By Utibe Inyang
Some years before Qantas introduced a complete business class – a number of global airlines (KLM, Thai Airways, Pan AM) had begun seating their highest-paying economy class passengers in a dedicated section of the plane located at the front of the economy cabin. These travellers still flew in what were regular economy class seats, but with a few added extras to make the journey more comfortable.
In 1979, Qantas took the opportunity to roll out a “business class” of its own – but with a wider, more comfortable seat compared to economy class. However, Qantas was neither the first airline to offer a ‘better than economy, but less than first class’ experience, nor the first airline to actually use the term “business class”. Qantas was the first to pull together the complete business class package as a true ‘mid-tier’ cabin and travel experience as we know it today.
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executivetraveller.com
