cattle class

British  

noun

1. informal a jocular name for the economy-class section of an airliner, in which passengers have little space to move

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Example Sentences

When executives of other airlines dismissed Southwest as cattle class for the cheap traveller, Kelleher responded with a TV advertisement featuring his head covered by a paper bag that he promised to give to any potential customer too embarrassed to be seen flying on his airline.

From The Guardian

Without the neutrality rules, Internet providers could set up their own fast lanes—meaning certain websites could buy first-class treatment, while others are stuck in cattle class.

From Washington Post

There used to be first class, business class and economy, but for those of us constantly relegated to cattle class there is now an extra twist - premium economy.

From BBC

Major U.S. airlines are carving up cattle class, hoping to nab every customer from the tightwad to the spendthrift amid intensifying competition from discount carriers and declining ticket revenues.

From The Wall Street Journal

Consumers are being ever more clearly divided into a “cattle class”, herded into the back of the cabin and offered precious little service, and a pampered “business class”, for whom no amount of fawning is too much.

From Economist