Airlines

Business Class Recovery: State of Airline Premium Cabin Capacity

Airlines

Business Class Recovery: State of Airline Premium Cabin Capacity

September 2023
15 min read
Ashab Rizvi

Skift Take

Even with reduced capacities, revenues from airline business cabins have surpassed 2019 levels. Its no wonder that airlines executives are hoping for improved corporate travel budgets in 2023, as business cabin yields have continued to improve.

Report Overview

Skift Research latest report on cabin capacity and revenues in 2022 provides a proprietary methodology for evaluating cabin capacity and revenues across different cabin classes in the airline industry. Skift Research devised a model utilizing a sample of 11 prominent global airlines.

This report aims to expand and provide analysis on the capacity and revenue of flight cabins during the year preceding the pandemic, as well as provide insights into the recovery trends in 2022. It offers insights into the allocation of airline passenger revenues between economy and business cabins across different airlines and geographies.  

What You'll Learn From This Report

  • Introduction to Skift Research's proprietary business cabin capacity and revenue estimation model
  • Business cabin and economy cabin capacity and revenue estimates in 2019 and 2022
  • Unit profitability by airlines
  • Cabin class capacity and revenue recovery by regions