Airlines Are Spiffing Up Their Business Class Seats Coming Out of the Pandemic
Expect more private suites and roomier business class seats debuting across a range of airlines as soon as this year.
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Expect more private suites and roomier business class seats debuting across a range of airlines as soon as this year.
MIAMI – Today in Aviation, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 took to the skies for the first time in 1965, gaining its type certificate nine months later. During the 1950s, there was a growing demand for economic aircraft for frequent short-haul flights to small airports with short runways. In order to meet this demand, the Douglas Aircraft Company (DAC) worked on a design to complement its DC-8 family aircraft. Initially, DAC designed a four-engine aircraft that did not attract enough interest from customers. Then, in 1960, subscribed a two-year contract with France’s Sud Aviation to support...