Luxurious air travel taking off once again

First-class air travel is back on the menu, and healthy sales indicate there is a growing appetite for it.

With airlines having taken severe blows during the recession, luxury in the air is once again flying high — and this time with much greater extravagance.

Private rooms and mini-apartments in the sky have now become the order of the day as all of the major airlines compete for a new generation of travellers to whom price is not the primary consideration.