North Atlantic premium bookings soften: business fares down 18%

Business class air fares on key trans-Atlantic routes appear to be declining ominously, latest CAPA research shows. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), using its new, freely available online air fares database developed in partnership with ITA Software, has found that the cheapest available business class fares on 20 key trans-Atlantic routes have dropped an average of 17.8% for bookings made over the next five weeks.