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Amazing pics: The best 1st Class airline seats in the world revealed


v  Amazing pics: The best 1st Class airline seats in the world revealed

Travel website Flightfox just released a comprehensive list of the 24 best First Class in-flight cabins from around the world...and boy oh boy, what a way to travel. To produce the list, the website took into account everything from seat configuration, aisle access, suite privacy, type of champagne served etc.

Emirates Airline is known to have one of the best First Class seats in the world but Ethiad recently launched a new First Class luxury suite named 'The Residence', and what luxury it is. See photos of the best First Class airline seats after the cut...

 Amazing pics: The best 1st Class airline seats in the world revealed
First place went to Singapore Airlines for its luxurious first class cabins





1st place: a guest of Singapore Airlines inspects a double bed in a first class suite on an Airbus A380.


2nd place: Cathay Pacific cabin crew will serve you Krug Grand Cuvée champagne, provide pyjamas to sleep in and cook your eggs just how you like them


1th place: Japan Airlines (JAL) gives its customers caviar but only scored three stars in the 'rock star' category factor


3rd place: Emirates provide an onflight bar, pyjamas, limousine and Dom Pérignon champagne to its premier passengers





5th place: first class with Lufthansa is expensive - a ticket can cost £3,409 - but they scored five stars for maximum leg room and seat comfort


It's the little details that make the difference. A place to hang your suit and a new issue of of Vogue awaits on Lufthansa, who ranked forth overall


16th place: Swiss International Airlines



6th place: Oman Air 's champagne of choice is Taittinger Comtes and your seat comes in a rather fetching turquoise and brown finish


17th place: private chef? Tick. Caviar? Tick. Billecart Salmon Brut Rose champagne? Tick. Garuda Indonesia's first class booths are compact but luxurious


18th place. Korean Air's Kosmo suite serves Laurent-Perrier Alexandra Rose 1998 champagne and scored three stars for food and wine


22nd place: British Airways. They did well on food and serve an a la carte menu followed by a cheese board and fine chocolate.


23rd place: American Airlines


Japan Airlines first class sleeping pod as viewed from above which allows you privacy while you sleep. They came 11th in the survey.


12th place: Air France was awarded four stars for its seating and but just three stars for its food and wine and will bring you Taittinger Comtes champagne



American Airline's first class offering was ranked in 23rd place in the survey

 

American Airline's (ranked 23rd) comfortable first class seats, left, and, pictured right, Emirates has an in-flight shower for its first class passengers and came third overall in the survey by Flightfox

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