Airlines: Big decline in business class travel in March

The number of international air travelers flying in business or first-class fell in March by the largest amount in 5 years, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said. Premium air traffic shrank 3.9 percent in March compared with the same month last year, after growing by 5.1 percent in February.

Although the drop was exaggerated both by the leap year adding an extra day to February and because March business travel fell due to an early Easter, it was the largest