business class

noun

|Updated on: 18 Jul 2018

Definition of business class

: a class of air transportation at a fare lower than first class and higher than coach

Recent Examples of business class from the Web

The top lot, a luxury trip to Venice and Paris with business class airfare and tours included, sold for $23,000.

— candace jordan, chicagotribune.com, "Digestive Health Foundation honors 'power couple' at record-breaking gala," 20 June 2018
On Wednesday, a one-way ticket from New York to London on British Airways cost nearly $8,800 on business class.

— andrew tangel, WSJ, "‘Heck, Yeah, We Took It’: Business-Class Fliers Are Filching All That Fancy Airline Swag," 13 June 2018
The biggest change to standard business class is a sliding door that offers privacy from the rest of the cabin.

— sam dangremond, Town & Country, "What It's Like to Fly in Delta's New Business-Class Suites," 11 June 2018
Just one sting and that talkative guy from business class will take a long nap all the way to your destination.

— Fox News, "Gutfeld: NoKo wasn't just human victory, but ratings one too," 13 May 2018
Students combine core art and design coursework with business classes on finance, organizational behavior and entrepreneurship, the college said.

— karen farkas, cleveland.com, "Virginia Marti College of Art and Design to be renamed North Coast College," 7 May 2018
The grand gestures are left for downtown; on campus, players tell stories of tests—Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Clayton Custer had one in a business class on Tuesday—and of being stopped repeatedly and told good luck.

— joan niesen, SI.com, "An Unlikely Reviver of Chicago's Hoops Title Dreams, Loyola Has Become the Darling of the City," 28 Mar. 2018
That passenger refused to move even after a United crew member asked him, and Obioma ultimately had to take a different seat in business class.

— david z. morris, Fortune, "Nigerian Woman and Children Were Kicked Off United Flight After White Passenger Complained of 'Pungent' Odor, Lawsuit Says," 13 May 2018
The airline will fly the new ultra-long-range Airbus A350-900 with 67 business class seats and 94 premium economy seats.

— mary forgione, latimes.com, "World's longest passenger flight, from New Jersey to Singapore, to start in October," 31 May 2018

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