Foreign airlines like Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and others bring more business class seats to India

Mumbai: Foreign carriers are bringing a higher number of business class seats in their flights on India on growing demand as positive sentiment returns to the country's economy. German flag carrier and Europe's biggest airline Lufthansa has brought in its new Boeing 747-800 on the Mumbai-Frankfurt route on which it currently operates the 747-400. That will increase the number of business class seats to 80 from 66, making it the foreign carrier offering the most seats in this class to India. The total capacity per flight increases 10% to 386 seats.
"Our entire upper deck and a part of the lower deck will have business class seats," Wolfgang Will, director, south Asia for the carrier told ET in a recent interview.

Similarly, Singapore Airlines is also considering a plan to introduce full business class upper decks on its Airbus A380 flights to India. The airline started operating the world's biggest passenger aircraft to India, replacing its Boeing 777s, increasing the number of business class seats to 60 from 38. In the current configuration, the airline's upper deck is a mix of business and economy class seats. The US is the only destination where it offers an exclusively business class upper deck aboard the A380.
Read news in full 18/06/14 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times