Jim Moreton
Contributing Writer
Jim Moreton, renowned for his prior service as a British CID Detective and now celebrated as a crime fiction author, fuses his investigative acumen with a passion for luxury travel. Publishing under the name James D Mortain, he has penned five critically acclaimed thrillers, with an eagerly awaited sixth novel scheduled for release. Jim’s intricate plots and richly drawn characters are informed by a meticulous attention to detail—a skill cultivated during his years on the force. Beyond his literary achievements, Jim relishes exploring global destinations with his young family, savoring diverse culinary traditions and immersing himself in vibrant cultures. His journeys inform both his fiction and his expert travel writing. As a regular contributor to Businessclass , Jim shares in-depth reviews and insights from his extensive travels. His signature blend of storyteller’s flair and a detective’s precision ensures readers receive authentic, authoritative perspectives on premium travel experiences, making his features on Businessclass both compelling and trusted.
Posts by Jim
The Best Business Class Seats for Couples & Families
Experience the ultimate luxury while traveling with your loved ones. Discover the best business class seats for couples and families.
Nov 25, 2025
Travelling with Kids in Business Class
Bringing your children along on your next business trip can be a fun and bonding experience, but it can also be a lot of work. Here are tips to make travelling with kids in business class as painless as possible!
Nov 25, 2025
10 Business Class Seats new for 2025 & Coming Soon!
Following the back of our article featuring The 12 Best Business Class Seats , we whet the appetite to bring you ten airlines introducing new and exciting Business Class seats and suites - now just available and indeed, coming soon.
Jan 14, 2025
Premium Economy vs Economy
Compare and contrast premium economy and economy flights to find the best option for you! Check out our full indepth review!
Oct 1, 2024
Airline Cuisine - the Best Celebrity Menus and Flying Chefs
In a bid to break free from the image of substandard in-flight fare and potentially influence new customers to their brand – airlines now collaborate, in their premium cabins, with high-profile Michelin-starred chefs or high-end restaurants. The kind their customers would dine at on terra firma.
Aug 27, 2024
12 Best First Class Seats For Couples
TWA pioneered the luxurious First Class concept in the mid-1950s, and airlines have embraced the romantic allure of unparalleled elegance and comfort in air travel ever since. Opulent and refined cabins provide discerning travellers with unrivalled exclusivity, superior space, unmatched privacy, and supreme service. Yet, First Class cabins are becoming even more exclusive in the rarefied air of luxury travel as the popularity of ever-impressive and widely-available Business Class products increases.
Feb 23, 2024
Flying with Pets: A Complete Guide to Pet-Friendly Airlines
Discover essential tips and expert advice for stress-free air travel with your pets. All you need to know about flying with pets in one comprehensive guide.
Feb 6, 2024
27 Best Premium Economy Airline Cabins
Want to experience premium economy on an airline? Check out our list of the best premium economy airlines in 2024!
Jan 5, 2024
12 Best Airport Hotels
Discover the top 12 airport hotels offering exceptional convenience, comfort, and luxury. Elevate your next travel experience now Click here for more."
Dec 21, 2023
12 Best Business Class Seats
Discover the world's best business class seats – from plush lie-flat comfort to exclusive suites, redefine your travel experience with unparalleled comfort.
Nov 17, 2023
10 Best Amenity Kits in Business Class
Discover the ultimate guide to the top 10 amenity kits in business class, showcasing the most luxurious and essential travel companions.
Nov 17, 2023
Business Class - and its many brands ...
Want to fly in style? Try one of these 10 airlines with a branded business class!
Nov 17, 2023
10 Best Amenity Kits in First Class
Discover the ultimate guide to the top 10 amenity kits in first class, showcasing the most luxurious and essential travel companions.
Nov 3, 2023
The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad opens in Manhattan's Flower District
The newly constructed The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad - which features a luxury hotel and residences - rises 50 floors above Manhattan’s trendy NoMad (North of Madison Square Park) neighbourhood. It is just a short walk from Tin Pan Alley, the Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building and Midtown.
Sep 18, 2023
Kuwait Airways expands and upgrades - from uniforms to Business Class cabins
Kuwait's national carrier has unveiled a raft of initiatives for 2023 under the banner - The Reveal. There are new lounges, cabins, home check-in and limousine services, crew uniforms, menus, aircraft and routes.
Feb 3, 2023
Singapore Airlines - unlimited free Wi-Fi in Business and First Class
Singapore Airlines has confirmed that it is now offering complimentary unlimited Wi-Fi to all its passengers in Business, First Class and for the airline's top-tier loyalty PPS Club members. Premium Economy passengers - who are members of the KrisFlyer loyalty program - receive three free hours of Wi-Fi. Passengers can purchase extra time if needed.
Feb 3, 2023
SWISS A340-300 fleet gets a Premium Economy upgrade
SWISS has started flying a new Premium Economy Class on its Airbus A340-300 fleet.
Feb 3, 2023
All-suite The Emory - sister to Claridge's - to open in London
The Maybourne Group which manages three of London's most prestigious luxury hotels - Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley - has announced the opening of its fourth - The Emory - later this year.
Feb 3, 2023
Finnair ends inflight duty free shopping
Oneworld member Finnair has announced that it is discontinuing both in-flight and pre-order retail sales of cosmetics, accessories, gifts and other retail products this spring.
Feb 2, 2023
Air China unveils A350 Business Class "mini-suite"
The Beijing-based Chinese flag carrier has launched its new Business Class product for its Airbus A350 fleet – which features an enhanced Recaro seat – but now without privacy sliding doors.
Jan 27, 2023
AMAN launches superyacht in 2025
Look through this article for information and the beauty of these superyacht's arriving in 2025.
Jan 24, 2023
Air France takes premium dining to new heights
France's national carrier has announced a roster of seventeen chefs that will create dishes for its premium cabins and lounges this year.
Jan 23, 2023
Air France flies new Business Class on long-haul Boeing 777-300ER
On Friday, Air France will debut the inaugural flight of a Boeing 777-300ER - from Paris to New York - that will feature its upgraded premum cabins.
Jan 20, 2023
BA begins Club Suite upgrade of Dreamliner fleet
British Airways will begin the next stage of the Business Class Club Suite retrofit program with the first of the carrier's 12 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners due to roll out the elevated product later this year.
Jan 20, 2023
China Airlines serves Japanese cuisine in premium cabins
From this week, Taiwan-based China Airlines will be serving award-winning Japanese cuisine to its Premium Business/Business Class passengers on all its routes to/from Japan. Not only will passengers enjoy this new menu but they will also use brand new tableware to complement the cuisine.
Jan 20, 2023
Flying Chefs returning to Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines is recruiting Flying Chefs — a top-end service in Business Class cabins - whose return signals the airline's intent to invest in the premium soft product.
Jan 20, 2023
New United Club Lounge at Chicago O’Hare
United Airlines has opened its new Club Lounge at Terminal One at Chicago O'Hare Airport.
Jan 20, 2023
British Airways parades new uniforms
British Airways will introduce a new uniform in the Spring of 2023 for the first time in nearly 20 years. More than 30,000 airline staff will wear the bespoke uniforms designed by celebrated British fashion designer and tailor Ozwald Boateng.
Jan 13, 2023
Cathay Pacific reopens flagship lounges in Hong Kong
Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific has reopened two of its premium flagship lounges following the lifting of travel restrictions to mainland China.
Jan 13, 2023
Delta and T-Mobile to offer free Wi-Fi
Delta Air Lines has partnered with T-Mobile to bring free and fast in-flight Wi-Fi to all customers from February 1, 2023.
Jan 13, 2023
Emirates flies its first refurbished A380
The first of Emirates’ retrofitted Airbus A380s arrived in London Heathrow from Dubai last weekend, in what is the start of the largest aircraft refurbishment project in aviation history.
Jan 13, 2023
"Skip meals" - encourages JAL
Japan Airlines (JAL) has extended its meal skip option on all international routes for all passenger classes as the airline strives towards sustainable flights and moves closer towards achieving zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
Jan 13, 2023
JetBlue launches New York/London daytime flights
New York-based low-cost airline JetBlue has announced plans to operate daytime flights between JFK and London Heathrow for the first time, with tickets already on sale.
Jan 13, 2023
United Airlines brings back ice cream sundaes
The iconic Ice Cream Sundae Cart will return to United Airlines’ Business Class cabin, having been on ice since the start of the pandemic.
Jan 13, 2023
China opens up in January
From January 8th, inbound travellers to China will only have to show a negative Covid test obtained 48 hours before departure. Currently, visitors to the country must spend five days in hotel quarantine, followed by three days of self-isolation at home. The cap on international flights and passenger capacity is also to be lifted.
Jan 6, 2023
Air New Zealand’s new Dreamliner offers better sleep for Business Class passengers
Air New Zealand is set to receive a fleet of the next-generation Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in late 2024. The third variant of the 787-9 — which Air New Zealand has dubbed 787-9 ‘Code 3’ — will boast 42 Business Premier Suits over two cabins, plus four exclusive Business Premier Luxe Suites to offer customers the best sleep in the sky. Premium Economy will also see a new cabin design with 52 seats, plus the world’s first lie-flat pods in economy class with the pioneering ‘Skynest’ sleeping bunks.
Jan 5, 2023
Iberia debuts new A350 Business Class seat
Spain's flag carrier has unveiled its new A350-900 Business Class seat which features a sliding privacy door, direct aisle access, longer beds, removal of overhead bins, more personal seat storage and “honeymoon” seats (central two seats) that feature an electronically controlled divider which can be raised or lowered.
Dec 28, 2022
TAP Air Portugal unveils Premium Lounge in Lisbon
TAP Air Portugal has reopened its fully refurbished Premium Lounge at its main hub Humberto Delgado Airport - less formally known as Lisbon Airport.
Dec 28, 2022
Amanzoe - the real star of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The number one Netflix film this Christmas and New Year is the Daniel Craig whodunnit - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Dec 28, 2022
Rafa to open luxury hotels
Tennis legend Rafael Nadal has teamed up with Spain's Meliá Hotels to create a new group of luxury hotels under the Zel brand.
Dec 28, 2022
Air France redesigns Munich lounge
Air France has opened its redesigned premium lounge in Terminal 1 at Munich's international airport.
Dec 25, 2022
Emirates - only the finest Champagnes will do
Emirates, the Dubai-based airline now claims to be the only global commercial international airline serving Veuve Clicquot, Dom Pérignon and Moët & Chandon Champagnes at altitude, in what the airline has dubbed ‘taste the stars.’
Dec 20, 2022
Virgin Atlantic offers inflight Festive Fare
‘Tis the season for a jolly Christmas feast onboard Virgin Atlantic this Christmas - as the airline offers passengers a fun and festive menu between 24 — 26 December on select flights.
Dec 20, 2022
Virgin Australia to resume inflight Wi-Fi
Virgin Australia will bring back an inflight Wi-Fi network after removing the service to customers in April 2020. The first of the airline’s Boeing 737s is hoped to relaunch inflight Wi-Fi by the end of December 2022, with a gradual resumption of Wi-Fi service on most of the Boeing 737 fleet over the following 18 months.
Dec 20, 2022
Air India to Update Widebody Cabins
Air India has committed to updating all Boeing 787 and 777 cabins as part of a USD400 million investment.
Dec 15, 2022
Last Boeing 747 Rolls off the Production Line
It's the end of an era — after over fifty years in production, the final Boeing 747 has left the production line at Boeing’s enormous Everett factory in Washington State
Dec 15, 2022
SAS plans 5000 weekly flights next summer
Scandinavian Airlines — SAS — has announced plans to add 20 new Mediterranean destinations to its summer 2023 flight itinerary, making over 5,000 weekly departures to over 100 destinations.
Dec 15, 2022
Paris CDG reopens Terminal 1
After almost three years of closure, Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 1 has reopened following a 250 million Euros refurbishment.
Dec 15, 2022