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business class

noun

  1. a class of accommodations on an airliner, usually just below first class.



business class

noun

  1. a class of air travel which is less luxurious than first class but superior to economy class, intended for business passengers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this class of travel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Passengers on board said that during the flight, they organized to have people in economy class with H-1B visas move to the front of the plane an hour before landing, swapping seats with business class passengers with the goal of helping them reach customs faster.

He said he booked business class for himself, and we could sit in economy and wave at him.

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That could help make private flights cheaper over time than seats in an airline’s business class, he added.

Non–business class tickets are only about $20 more expensive now than they were in 2000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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He had been using his laptop in a business class cabin of an Air France flight, and when confronted he had claimed that the photos were "art" and AI-generated, Le Parisien reported.

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