In a time where Skybus and other low cost carriers are aiming to take no frills to the extreme, Emirates Airlines is bucking the how-low-can-you-go trend and going top shelf:
"Passengers' expectations on long-haul flights are different," says Dermot Mannion, an executive at the airline. "The low-fare model will not work on long flights. Passengers want good service, comfort and certainly some food."
First-class features include; vanity mirrors, 19-in. video screens with 150 selections and in-flight e-mail. There is a personal minibar, the ever popular in-flight mood lighting that ends with a ceiling display of the Dubai night sky. Hot, young, flight attendants (we are not making this up, they tout their "young beautiful staff".
The price of a first-class seat from New York to Dubai: $8,999. Yeah, as per usual, you have to pay dearly for quality. However, look how much fun the passenger who brought us the above video tour is having just pushing buttons to open and close parts of his "capsule". We even hear a bit of laughter during the video tour--does anyone remember laugh-ter? On a long haul flight?
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