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9 Airlines Offering First-Class Seats That Cost More Than a Car
Paying five figures for a flight might sound absurd—until you see what that ticket gets you. These first-class cabins go ...
13 Years On: How Has The Boeing 747-8i Held Up Since Its Introduction?
The 747-8i is now approaching its 13th year in commercial service. The German flag carrier Lufthansa introduced the type in ...
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Vintage photos show how flying first class has changed over the past 70 years
Cocktail lounges were also a feature of the first-class flying experience in the 1950s. The introduction of the double-decker Boeing 747 jumbo jet in 1970 took first-class service to new heights.
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One last flight on the British Airways 747 (warning: may cause nostalgia)
BA has plenty of new planes these days and a much better business class product (the Club Suite) as well. But the 747-400 will always ... Language of U.S. for First Time in Nation's History ...
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BA unveils 'widest ever' seat as battle for high-spending first class passengers intensifies
while BA says it has also used leading British manufacturers such as Scottish luxury leather specialist Muirhead. The route on which the new first class suites will debut has yet to be revealed ...
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The wacky afterlife of the Boeing 747: Wedding venue, film set, cockpit capers - the much-loved jumbo jet is still in business
Nicknamed The Queen Of The Skies, Boeing’s beast first took off in 1969 ... two friends rescued an original BA 747 cockpit and an entire upper deck business class cabin.
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British Airways’ luxurious new first-class suites that cost £100,000 to make
It will be the first update to BA’s first class offering since 2020, when the airline upgraded seats across several of its Boeing 777 fleet. The new suites are expected to take to the skies ...