In business class, A380 provides plenty of luxury

It was a short flight, two-and-a-half hours over the Pacific Ocean, but even that amount of time was enough to learn that business-class seats in an Emirat

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

August 29, 2008

It was a short flight, two-and-a-half hours over the Pacific Ocean, but even that amount of time was enough to learn that business-class seats in an Emirates Airline Airbus A380 are the only way to fly on the airlines, especially when considering the 19-hour nonstop that the airline plans from Los Angeles to Dubai. The business-class seats offer privacy and comfort, reclining to fully flat with plenty of legroom for tall passengers and a neat shoe-storage area under the footrest.

The Panasonic-based entertainment system–Emirates calls it ICE–offers way too much material to peruse even on a flight almost halfway around the world, including movies, music, audio books and more, all piped through a complimentary set of noise-canceling headsets. For the content purist, bring your own media on a USB drive and plug it into ICE. You can also store your personal preferences and playlist after using ICE on a USB, which makes sense if you’re a regular customer.

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