business class

Why is La Compagnie moving to Orly now? Jean-Charles Périno - Developments in the competitive environment, new services offered by various airlines and, of course, the redistribution of Air Berlin slots, have enabled us to seize this opportunity to move to Orly. We're delighted that Cohor has awarded us these slots, which will enable us to...

From next summer, La Compagnie's 100% business class aircraft will take off from Orly airport for New York. This migration to the south of Paris was made official on 29 January, and is part of the carrier's business travel strategy. Orly airport offers a crucial advantage in terms of geographical location...

An infographic is sometimes better than a long speech, especially at the start of the year when every company publishes its balance sheet for the previous financial year. La Compagnie has therefore opted for a fun, easy-to-read format to highlight the figures that sum up 2017. Starting with passenger traffic up sharply: 56,800...

The airlines are definitely blurring the lines... The incumbent carriers have taken their cue from low-cost carriers by moving from "all-in" to "à la carte" services. Low-cost carriers have gradually developed premium offers to attract business travellers who are increasingly interested in this new offering. Now it's the turn of the long-haul low-cost airlines...

Business travellers won't be able to try it out until 2020, but they can already appreciate the comfort of Lufthansa's future Business Class. Without waiting for the first Boeing B 777-9s to be deployed in its fleet, the German airline has unveiled the concept of its new Business Class. The Boeing 777-9s will feature a...

For Pascal de Izaguirre, CEO of Corsair, the airline's new business class is an essential element of its strategy. "It reflects our quality positioning. We will never be a low-cost airline, nor a premium carrier like the big national airlines. It would be ridiculous to position ourselves on...

El Al is giving itself the means to fulfil its ambitions: it will cost the airline more than a billion euros ($1.25 billion) to buy the sixteen Boeing 787-9s for which the order was confirmed in mid-June. This is an opportunity for the Israeli carrier to rethink its product for business travellers, and to enter the market...

The widespread use of mobile devices - smartphones, tablets, laptops - will have, and is already having, a definite impact on the in-flight entertainment offered by airlines. In its annual survey of passengers' high-tech habits, SITA, a specialist in technologies for the airline industry, showed that in 2016, almost half of all passengers...

Far from the grand announcements made by other airlines, Swiss has already been working for several months to improve its offer. The Swiss carrier's fleet is gradually being equipped with Boeing 777-300ERs, replacing the A340s used until now on long-haul flights. This renewal of the fleet is part of the "Next Generation Airline of Switzerland" strategy, and...

A world first in the aviation industry, a "revolutionary experience": when Qatar Airways unveiled its brand new QSuite in Berlin on 8 March, the airline's directors did not skimp on the historic aspect of the launch. It has to be said that the concept developed over a two-year period by the airline is a radical rethink of business class,...

American airlines are now rivalling each other in the quality of the products they offer business travellers. After United, which last June presented its highly innovative Polaris cabin, it is now Delta's turn to unveil its new business class. With a unique suite concept, this is the first business cabin to offer a separate cabin for business...