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Aer Lingus unveils new business class menu and grows IFE library – Business Traveller

16Apr

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Aer Lingus unveils new business class menu and grows IFE library – Business Traveller

Aer Lingus has launched a new business class menu while also expanding its inflight entertainment library by more than a third. The Irish flag carrier updates its menus every three months, with the latest iteration including dishes such as skin-on thyme and parsley chicken supreme, herb-infused roasted pork, pan-fried hake, citrus-marinated salmon and a vegetarian root vegetable and pearl barley stew. The airline will also serve starters of Irish smoked salmon, saffron-poached prawns, and a roast parsnip and seasonal apple soup, while desserts include a choice of lemon cream mousse and a local cheese board. Aer Lingus has also boosted its inflight entertainment library by more than a third, adding up to 48 Irish movies and more than 1,000 TV episodes to screens this year. The carrier rev...

Japan Airlines Downgraded Our First Class Seats and Skimped on the Refund

4Apr

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Japan Airlines Downgraded Our First Class Seats and Skimped on the Refund

In late 2021, Mark from San Diego and his wife were flying home on British Airways premium economy from Split, Croatia, via London and Dallas, but missed a connection. They were rebooked in economy on Virgin Atlantic and tried for two years to get reimbursed when finally, in December 2023, they were told they had agreed to the downgrade, which he denies. (It shouldn’t matter anyway, both Mr. Leff and Mr. Radchenko said.)They finally received $746 from British Airways earlier this week. But the full cost of their original round-trip itinerary (two tickets from San Diego to Ljubljana, Slovenia, and back from Croatia) was $5,821, and it is unlikely that their refund could account for 75 percent of a premium economy trans-Atlantic flight. British Airways confirmed they calculated the differen...

LNER unveils first class Christmas menu – Business Traveller

3Dec

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LNER unveils first class Christmas menu – Business Traveller

LNER has launched its Christmas menu for first class customers, which is available until 3 January, 2024. This year’s menu comes with a festive cocktail, designed exclusively for LNER by Tom Savano. The blood orange Christmas Cosmo include lime, cranberry and vodka, while further festive drinks include an apple and sweet cinnamon tea produced by Taylors of Harrogate. Dishes on the Christmas menu include a turkey and cranberry ‘sausage’ roll, topped with sage and black onion seeds and served with an orange, spiced carrot and pumpkin ketchup; a cheese and slaw sandwich served on malted wheat grain bread; and ravioli with burrata, truffle and spinach sauce. This will be followed by a chocolate and hazelnut dessert pot or Baileys chocolate truffles. Customers in standard class can also purch...

ITA Airways to offer fully flat business class on Heathrow-Rome route – Business Traveller

30Nov

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ITA Airways to offer fully flat business class on Heathrow-Rome route – Business Traveller

ITA Airways has announced plans to temporarily serve its Rome Fiumicino-London Heathrow route with the carrier’s new A321neo. The aircraft will operate daily flights on the route between 1 December and the end of January, departing Rome at 1400 and arriving into Heathrow at 1630, before returning at 1700 and landing back into the Italian capital at 2100. ITA’s A321neo is configured in three classes, with 12 business class seats offering a fully flat bed, a further 12 premium economy seats, and 141 economy seats (12 of which are designated as Comfort Economy). In addition to Heathrow the aircraft will also operate thrice daily flights between Rome and Paris CDG during the busy festive period between 22 December and 9 January. The airline had originally intended to roster the A321neo on it...

“Saltburn” Is a “Brideshead” for the Incel Age

18Nov

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“Saltburn” Is a “Brideshead” for the Incel Age

If the rich blithered as much in real life as they do in the movies, they’d have been eaten long ago. The fantasy that the privileged are easily gulled has a powerful lure. By placing riches in opposition to acumen, it reassures us that luxury and status are probably unearned—that, just as youth is said to be wasted on the young, wealth is wasted on the wealthy, and that it wouldn’t take much to get it into the right hands. That’s the premise of the British writer and director Emerald Fennell’s satire “Saltburn,” her second feature, which, for all the obviousness of its setup and its allocation of sympathy points, is diabolically clever. Yet the ingenuity of the story’s twists and turns ultimately left me feeling cheated, because of the cagy way that plot points are dispensed. It may seem...

Korean Air to add premium economy class – Business Traveller

9Nov

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Korean Air to add premium economy class – Business Traveller

South Korean flag carrier Korean Air will introduce a premium economy class product as it takes delivery of new Boeing 787 Dreamliners, the airline’s chief executive, Walter Cho, told media this week. The SkyTeam carrier already has 11 Boeing 787-9 long-haul aircraft in its current fleet, but is due to take delivery of nine more, plus 20 higher-capacity 787-10 Dreamliners over the coming years. In their current configuration, the Korean Air 787-9 Dreamliner seats 269 passengers – 24 in 1-2-1 business class and 245 in 3-3-3 economy class. A seat map for the 787-10 with the new premium economy seats has not been released yet, although Korean Air did say that the new cabin class would debut next year. Separately, on 9 November, Korean Air announced that it would resume its services to K...

Singapore’s Changi celebrates new app launch with business class lucky draw – Business Traveller

25Oct

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Singapore’s Changi celebrates new app launch with business class lucky draw – Business Traveller

Changi Airport Group (CAG) has unveiled a new mobile experience following a revamp of the official airport mobile application Changi App. Enhanced with a suite of new and upgraded features, Changi App, formerly called iChangi, now takes the promise of seamless and fuss-free travel to the next level with more useful and personalised services. New features include customised travel information when passengers save their flight itineraries, such as recommendations for relevant services and facilities, travel checklists, advisories, and push notifications regarding boarding gate and baggage status. Reservations at participating restaurants at Changi’s terminals and Jewel Changi Airport can now also be made via the app. Overseas payment is available as well via the in-app Changi Pay walle...

Japan Airlines unveils new A350 business and first class suites – Business Traveller

2Oct

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Japan Airlines unveils new A350 business and first class suites – Business Traveller

Japan Airlines has unveiled the new seating products which will feature on the carrier’s 13 A350-1000s, the first of which is due for delivery later this year. The four-class aircraft will offer a total of six first class suites designed by Safran Seats (down from eight on JAL’s Boeing 777-300ERs). These will offer three different seating / sleeping choices – a wide sofa, a seat and single bed, or the option to convert the whole suite into a double bed – although note that one corner of the double bed option houses a storage / table unit so the bed doesn’t stretch to double size all the way down. When in sofa mode the seat will be 123cm wide, and the bed length is 203cm. The suites feature a sliding privacy door, with a wall reaching up to 157cm, as well as a wardrobe and storage space, ...

SWISS unveils new menu for long-haul first and business class customers – Business Traveller

10Sep

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SWISS unveils new menu for long-haul first and business class customers – Business Traveller

SWISS has introduced a new menu for first and business class guests on long-haul services from Switzerland. The new menu is the latest chapter in the airline’s ‘Taste of Switzerland’ inflight dining programme, which sees an award-winning chef showcase regional specialties from their home canton accompanied by wines and cheeses from the region. Every three months a new chef is introduced, with the latest addition being Olivier Jean, the executive chef at the Oetker Collection’s The Woodward hotel in Geneva, an 26-suite hotel designed by Pierre-Yves Rochon. The menu has been inspired by the cuisine at the hotel’s Michelin-starred L’Atelier Robuchon restaurant, where he blends French haute cuisine with Asian influences and local specialties. In first class, passengers can enjoy the likes of...

Etihad launches flash business class sale – Business Traveller

12Aug

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Etihad launches flash business class sale – Business Traveller

Etihad is running a flash promotion for business class fares this weekend. Both the booking and travel windows are very tight, but if you are looking to travel in September it may be worth you taking a look. The offer runs for bookings made before midnight on Sunday 13 August, for travel between 1 and 10 September. The promotion is valid for departures from 14 European airports including Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Vienna, Zurich, Geneva, Dublin, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rome, Milan, Athens, Barcelona and Madrid. From the UK customers can take advantage of business class fares starting from £1,499, for flights from either London or Manchester to destinations including Abu Dhabi, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Male. For more information and to book, click here...