I've always found Emirates persistence in providing a "full immersion" experience of the aesthetic qualities of faux (plastic) wood in their Business Class to be rather less than "upmarket". With their move into PremEcon, it's good to see that the ocular pain is to be shared by a price point mark...

How long before airlines start to realise that like "non-smoking" (yes, I DO realise THAT move was legislated) there is almost certainly a 'place' (at least on long haul international flights) for "This is a non-internet enabled flight". Plus 5% ... 10% maybe? Beam me in, Scotty.

"... we sample 'the new normal' of domestic travel ...". The new normal ... I doubt that. Perhaps 'the temporary normal', but I'd be very surprised if you haven't joined (probably on a state by state basis) the current NZ 'old normal' domestic air travel standards (albeit on reduced schedules due...

@h15t0r1an ... don't believe tooo much about 'spit slops' going back into barrels ... this section mainly for light entertainment ... maybe, but only very occasionally, reliable informed knowledge.

Absolutely right parish, ridiculous inconsistencies and contradictions in spacing, touching, etc, etc, requirements every direction you look. Perhaps they figured that as glass 'booze' bottles are an ideal surface for harbouring pathogens for extended periods AND will probably be handled often by...