ECONOMY CLASS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of economy class in English

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I gather, also, that the alternative to this cut in travel from first-class to economy class was to cut the size of the delegation.
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Instead of travelling economy class, they will travel first class.
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Foot leg rests are already provided in many aircraft but not normally in economy class seats.
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He travels there with the rest of the gang after exchanging his free first-class ticket for four economy class tickets.
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A full range, from regional economy class seats to first class is produced and sold globally.
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They range from a simple beverage in short-haul economy class to a seven-course gourmet meal in long-haul first class.
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First-class long-haul fares regularly exceed $10,000 per person round trip, as opposed to $4,0005,000 international business class tickets and $1,000-2,000 economy class tickets.
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It had 168 seats (10 in first class, 32 in business class, and 126 in economy class).
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This route offers seating options ranging from economy class to first class.
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For example, airlines often offer multiple classes of seats on flights, such as first class and economy class.
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The aircraft had a premium configuration with 29 first class, 79 business class and 79 economy class seats, with two stand-up bars in the business class cabin.
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Allowed seating arrangements are 222 six-abreast in first class, 232 seven-abreast in business class, 242 eight-abreast in economy class, or 3-3-3 nine-abreast in high-density economy class.
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Twelve passengers occupied the upper deck first class, while in business almost all of 24 seats were taken; in economy class, approximately 80 seats did not contain passengers.
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Tharoor's explanation that cattle class was a well-established phrase for economy class travel, and that it attacked the airlines and not the passengers, was ignored in the outcry.
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First, standard and economy classes.
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Translations of economy class

in Chinese (Traditional)
(客機的)經濟艙, 乘坐經濟艙…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(客机的)经济舱, 乘坐经济舱…
in Spanish
clase turista…
in Portuguese
classe econômica…
in more languages
in Japanese
in Turkish
in Catalan
in Arabic
in Polish
in Korean
in Italian
in Russian
エコノミークラス…
uçakta ucuz biletle seyahat edilen yer…
classe turista…
الدَرجة الاقتِصادِيّة…
klasa ekonomiczna…
일반석…
classe economica…
эконом класс…
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