Premium Economy - Airlines

Airlines

Airlines offering this service include:

  • AeromĂ©xico: Aeromexico Plus, now standard across the entire fleet. offering extra leg-room, more recline and adjustable leather headrests. Includes SkyPriority at the Airport; as well as extra millage for frequent flyers.
  • Air Austral: Classe Confort
  • Air France: Premium Voyageur (Economy Plus Class), (except for their Boeing 747-400), AlizĂ© (flights to French overseas territories in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean), Seat Plus (upper deck on the Boeing 747), Premium Eco (Domestic and European).
  • Air Transat: Club Class
  • Air New Zealand: Long-haul flights on Boeing 747's and Boeing 777, feature Pacific Premium Economy, while on short-haul flights the cabin is turned into a Space+ zone exclusively for premium members of Air NZ frequent flyers (Gold Elite, Gold, Koru) and Star Alliance Gold members, as well as passengers flying full-fare economy on space available basis. On the new Boeing 777-300ER they have new seats called Spaceseats.
  • Alitalia: Classica Plus (Premium Economy Class) on the new Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Boeing 777-200ER will also be upgraded.
  • All Nippon Airways: Premium Economy
  • American Airlines: Main Cabin ExtrAA (offers a slightly wider seat and more legroom but no other benefits)
  • Avianca: Economy Plus (Only International Service Airbus A330-200 between Bogota-Madrid-Bogota, Bogota-Barcelona-Bogota, Cali-Madrid-Cali, Medellin-Madrid-Medellin)
  • British Airways: World Traveller Plus
  • Brussels Airlines Bflex economy +
  • Cathay Pacific Premium Economy (only on long-haul models)
  • Condor: Premium Economy
  • Delta Air Lines: Economy Comfort (extra legroom only, free spirits on transatlantic flights)
  • EL AL: Economy Plus (Economy +)
  • EVA Air: Elite Class (on all Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 747-400), Evergreen Deluxe (on Boeing 747-400 Combi and retired MD-11)
  • Estonian Air: Flexible Economy (extra legroom, free drinks, complementary meal)
  • Frontier Airlines: Stretch (first 4 rows of Airbus and EMB 190 offering a minimum of 36in pitch)
  • Icelandair: Economy comfort
  • Japan Airlines: Premium Economy (Only International Boeing 777 fleet serving London, Frankfurt, Paris, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Delhi, Moscow, and Sydney to/from Tokyo)
  • JetBlue Airways: Even More Space
  • KLM: Europe Select (Only on inter-Europe itineraries, on B737-7K2/8K2/9K2 models) Economy Comfort(Long-Haul only)
  • LOT Polish Airlines Premium Club (Long-haul only)
  • Oman Air: All Economy Cabins are Premium Class
  • Olympic Air: Premium Economy
  • Pakistan International Airlines: "Economy Plus+"
  • Qantas: Premium Economy (Available on Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s)
  • SAS Scandinavian Airlines: Economy Extra
  • Spirit Airlines: Big Front Seat (these were marketed as First Class until the carrier's transition to a no-frills airline in 2007, the seats themselves have not changed)
  • Thai Airways International: Premium Economy (only on Boeing 747-400 routes to Copenhagen and Stockholm)
  • Transaero Airlines: Premium Economy
  • Turkish Airlines: Comfort Class
  • United Airlines: Economy Plus (Only offers extra legroom)
  • US Airways: Preferred seating (bulkhead and emergency row seats, can be reserved by Dividend Miles elite members at the time of ticketing, and by others at check in for a small fee)
  • Vietnam Airlines: Deluxe Economy (Only available on selected Boeing 777-200ER serving European routes)
  • Virgin America: Main Cabin Select (not its own cabin - includes 12 bulkhead and emergency row seats on each plane)
  • Virgin Atlantic: Premium Economy
  • Virgin Australia: Premium Economy

Some airlines no longer offer Premium economy:

  • Midwest Airlines: Signature Service (was only found on Boeing 717s)
  • Singapore Airlines: Executive Economy used to run on non-stop flights from Singapore to Newark and Los Angeles (both operated by an Airbus A340-500). This was discontinued in favor of all-Business Class flights.
  • China airlines: Premium Economy class, which were installed on two Airbus A330-300 leased by Virgin Atlantic; now returned. And CI has renovated all economy class seats.

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