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World's Best Airport Lounges from AirGuide featured its Top Ten First- and Business-Class Airport Lounges in Forbes Magazine & Forbes.com
New York, NY June 30, 2005 - World's Best Airport Lounges from AirGuide featured its Top Ten First- and Business-Class Airport Lounges in Forbes Magazine & Forbes.comAsk most people why they buy a first-class or business-class airline ticket, and the odds are that one of the most important reasons is that those pricier tickets provide automatic access to an airport lounge.
For both business and leisure travelers, airport lounges can smooth away the rough edges associated with air travel these days. These lounges are, for the most part, the last bastion of civilized behavior within commercial aviation. Sure, you might have to remove your belt and be checked by a bored security guard, but this unpleasantness can be mitigated by the promise of soon finding yourself greeted like a VIP instead of a potential terrorist, finding a quiet place where you can check e-mail, hold a quick business meeting or even take a nap.
Top Ten First- and Business-Class Airport Lounges
Best First Class Lounges
1. Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong International Airport)
2. Thai Airways (Bangkok International Airport)
3. South African Airways (Johannesburg International Airport)
4. Asiana Airlines (Seoul Inchon International Airport)
5. Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
6. Lufthansa (Frankfurt Airport)
7. Singapore Airlines (Singapore Changi International Airport)
8. Qatar Airways (Doha International Airport)
9. Gulf Air (Bahrain International Airport)
10. Swiss International Airlines (Zurich International Airport)
Best Business Class Lounges
1. Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong International Airport)
2. Virgin Atlantic (London Heathrow International Airport)
3. Gulf Air (Bahrain International Airport)
4. Asiana Airlines (Seoul Inchon International Airport)
5. Swiss International Airlines (Zurich International Airport)
6. Singapore Airlines (Singapore Changi International Airport)
7. SAS Scandinavian Airlines (Copenhagen-Kastrup International Airport)
8. Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
9. China Airlines (Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport)
10. Qantas Airways (Sydney International Airport)
Aram Gesar of AirGuide Magazine and AirGuide Online estimates that of the 460 million people who took an international flight in 2004, approximately 3% flew first class, 11.3% flew business class and 85.5% flew coach. Gesar expects the combined percentage of people flying first and business class combined will climb steadily over the next few years, even while many airlines worldwide are cutting first-class capacity and jazzing up their business services, introducing flatbed seats and serving gourmet food."A lot of first-class and Concorde passengers have migrated to private jets, since the increase in cost is marginal and the absence of security hassles is a huge benefit," says Gesar. "With first class being folded into business on many commercial airlines, the overall volume of first- and business-class passengers is increasing globally, especially in China, India and the Middle East."
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