In 2021, Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa, called the Premium Economy a game changer. Even in the middle of the pandemic, he said: ‘The premium economy has been introduced to all network airlines over the past few years. The contribution per square meter is 39% higher than that of a business class seat. ‘ The premium economy was a great success. [It has] Higher margins per square meter square feet than business class, economic class or first class … We see many more upgrades of economics to premium economy than downgrades of business to premium economy, which we naturally want to avoid. “In 2016, Vistara, the Tata-SIA airline, started in India with a three-class configuration, which was premium-heavy and introduced the premium economy class in domestic aviation. India, Air India is launching its double class aircraft to threefold and introduces premium economy. 29,33 lakh per week.
Premium economy takes up in Indian air
