Premium Economy Seats first for India
A new airline Vistara takes off, has ‘premium economy’ seats, novel for india.The menu will be changed every week. There is a huge market for business class. Delhi - Mumbai, Mumbai - Delhi.
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"... The airline has already taken delivery of two planes - Airbus A320-200 - and has plans to operate 20 aircraft in the next four years. The 148-seater plane configuration is divided between business (16 seats), premium economy (36 seats) and economy class (96 seats).
The cheapest fare - economy class - for Delhi to Mumbai sector (on opening day) is Rs 7,502 (per passenger). Vistara also offers premium economy (a new concept in India) and business class seats. In comparison, Jet Airways' and Indigo's lowest fares on the same route (and same day) are Rs 6,268 and Rs 5,402, respectively.
Vistara's business class travel (for the same day) costs Rs 32,347. The company claims that its business class seats (with 42-inch pitch) are the largest of any domestic airline. ..."
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Refer http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/vistara-airlines-tata-sia-take-off-jan-9-2015-business-class/1/213775.html .
This is from December 2014.
