More Indians now prefer travelling business class while going abroad and the international airlines have decided to bank on this trend.
International airlines such Singapore Airlines, British Airways, Jet Airways, etc are increasing more seats in the business class on their India flights.
The business class bookings increased 75% and are proving to be one of the growth drivers in the aviation industry.
Singapore Airlines' new Airbus A350 aircraft, which will added to Mumbai next year, will have 66 business and premium economy seats compared with 38 business class seats in the current Boeing 777 aircraft.
Meanwhile, British Airways is also planning to introduce first class seats on both its flights from London to Mumbai, whereas, Jet Airways introduced first class and business class on short-haul international routes, which were earlier all-economy flights.
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