The Numbers Tell a Stark Story Between 2019 and 2024, first class seats fell by roughly 40%, according to aviation analytics data. That's not a minor shift. It's a fundamental restructuring of how ...

While it is too soon to say that the first-class cabin faces extinction, it's clearly in a state of collapse. Between 2019 and 2024, the number of first-class seats fell by 40%, while other classes, ...

First class isn’t dead — it’s just evolving. As airlines chase high-margin passengers, luxe cabins are back, but often rebranded or reimagined as ‘business plus’ instead. Coming as it usually does ...

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