
International premium-class travel grew faster than economy in 2024 as global demand for air transport continued to climb, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in its annual World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) report this month.
Business and first-class travel increased by 11.8 per cent , slightly ahead of economy’s 11.5 per cent , with 116.9 million premium passengers making up 6 per cent of the total.
In regional terms,