Airlines spent decades cramming as many seats into coach as possible. Now, they’re focusing on adding roomier seats in a worldwide chase for high-spending travelers.
Rasmussen said she recently paid $500 to upgrade on her way home from Europe to ditch premium economy and fly in’ highest-end cabin, Delta One, which comes with a lie-flat bed, large entertainment screen and a privacy door.
“I clicked ‘yes’ so fast,” said Rasmussen, 43, who visited London, Germany and the Czech Republic on her latest trip and purchased a ticket in Virgin Atlantic’s in Virgin Atlantic’s premium economy class on the way over.Airlines are in an arms race to outfit thousands of new aircraft with high-end seats — and more of them.
Economy seats account for 79.3% of seats between the U.S. and Europe, down from nearly 81.9% in 2018, before the pandemic, according to aviation data firm Cirium. Business-class seats’ share of seats sold has grown slightly, from 12.9% to 13.5% though premium economy’s share has increased even more, making up 6.4% of seats sold, up from 4.2% five years ago, while
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