Emirates to launch new first class product

Emirates is to launch a brand-new First Class product "by the end of 2017", the group's chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum told reporters on Tuesday, according to a report in Arabian Business.

The report adds that rumours of a new First Class product on Emirates have been doing the rounds for at least a year but the airline has not made a statement so far.

Sheikh Ahmed declined to give details but previous reports have suggested the product could be more similar to a luxury first-class train cabin, than an airline seat.

Sheikh Ahmed said: "What you will hear and what we will launch by the end of the year...We will come up with a new product in the First Class.

Read the full report here.