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Economy class in rail travel
Some railways have renamed their economy class for marketing purposes. Such names include VIA Rail’s Comfort class, although Amtrak still refers to such seating as coach class. It is called second class on most European railways or standard class in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
An economy class seat in a train usually consists of a seat, sometimes with a fold-down tray for use as a work surface or for food service. The chair sometimes will recline, particularly on overnight trains, where it will permit more leg room for sleeping in a semi-upright position. The seat may also include a pocket attached to the back of the seat in front for storage of small items such as magazines. Depending on the configuration of the passenger compartment, luggage might be stowed in overhead racks or at each end of the coach.
Economy seats in North American intercity passenger trains are found almost exclusively in coach cars, with other class fares on the train separated by the type of car (ie. sleepers, etc.). Economy seating on North American passenger trains typically does not include meal service in the fare.
On British intercity trains it is common to find some standard class seating arranged around permanent tables – offering plenty of space to work. Power sockets for laptops are common and some trains offer (chargeable) Wi-Fi Internet access in standard.
Economy class in air travel
SilkAir Airbus A320-200 economy class cabin
Economy Class on an Emirates Airline Airbus A380-800
A typical economy seat on aircraft. Note the very limited leg room
Some airlines have renamed their economy class for marketing purposes. Such names include British Airways’ World Traveller, Kingfisher Airlines’ Kingfisher Class, United Airlines’ Economy/Economy Plus, Air Canada’s Hospitality/Hospitalit, Philippine Airlines’ Fiesta Class (although Economy Class is widely used), LAN Tourist Class, and Air France’s Voyageur. The seat pitch of domestic economy class seats range from 29 to 36 inches (74 to 91 cm), usually 3032 in (7681 cm), and 30 to 36 in (76 to 91 cm) for international economy class seats. The seat size of domestic economy class seats range from 17 to 18.25 in (43 to 46 cm), usually 17 in (43 cm), and 17 to 19 in (43 to 48 cm) for international economy class seats.
In addition to a fold-down tray table, an economy class seat usually also includes a pocket of items attached to the seat in the next forward row, containing such things as:
An airsickness bag
An airline magazine
A Duty-Free shopping catalogue
A safety and evacuation procedure card
Headphones (if inflight entertainment is available)
In-flight entertainment may be available. Some video screens, especially on older planes or long haul flights, are mounted on the ceiling of the aircraft or on a bulkhead so that all passengers in the cabin watch the same film. If there is an individual screen for each seat or partial row of seats, it may be smaller than first and business class screens, or there may be fewer video channels available. Headphones must be purchased on some carriers. This is often called an “entertainment fee”. Airlines usually attribute this to being hygienic by not reusing and recleaning headphones. On some carriers, the headphones come in a pack with other amenities such as earplugs, eye mask etc.
Low-cost carriers often offer only economy class. These airlines are often associated with short-pitch seats, non-provision of food or drink, and little or no reading material, but also lower fares. Such airlines include EasyJet, Ryanair, and Bmibaby. Most charter airlines also offer only economy class but some are introducing ‘Economy Plus’ Virgin Blue and Air Transat is now offering club class. This class is also referred to as ‘cattle class’ or ‘sardine class’ by some people.
Meals are usually provided on longer flights, although, due to drastic cost-cutting, even some mainline airlines have ceased to serve meals except on very long and international flights. Short flights usually include a soft drink and a snack such as pretzels or peanuts. Many airlines, particularly low-cost carriers charge for snacks on short flights and even on flights of a duration of more than 6 hours or more en route. Skybus went as far as to institute a “no outside food” policy, which would force passengers to buy their refreshments. Many, such as Aer Lingus and Ryanair, no longer provide complimentary soft drinks on flights that are under two hours long.
The quality of the food varies depending on a number of factors. Airlines have now introduced a variety of special meals, such as vegetarian or kosher meals, as well as international dishes which should be ordered in advance. Generally, domestic airlines in the United States is perceived to be lower quality food. Therefore, economy class food is a frequent butt of comedians’ jokes.
Because of the reputed low quality and frequent unavailability of airline food on domestic U.S. flights, some airport vendors have started to offer meals packaged so that they can be carried on to the flight.
Carriers such as Qantas and Cathay Pacific offer inflight audio and visual entertainment on demand as well as a choice of meals across their international and selected domestic routes. On Qantas’s new Airbus A380’s wireless connectivity is available to all of its passengers (including economy).
Premium Economy class
See also: Premium Economy
Increasingly, airlines offer a Premium Economy class to passengers willing to pay more for slightly better seats and, in some cases, better service. These include British Airways (World Traveller Plus), Virgin Atlantic (Premium Economy), EVA Air (Evergreen Deluxe Class), Pakistan International Airlines (Economy Plus+), Qantas (Premium Economy) and United Airlines (Economy Plus) among others.
See also
First class
Business class
Premium Economy
Economy class syndrome
IATA class codes
References
^ smarttravelasia.com: Economy class seat survey
^ Sharkey, Joe (2001-10-21). “Business Travel; In a sign of desperate times, many airlines on many of their flights will serve no meals”. New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-12-27. http://www.webcitation.org/5dNlW3RrI. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
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External links
The Economy Traveler
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Economy class
The entire concept of Economy Class reviewed
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