Budget Airlines Woo Globe-Trotting Business Passengers

Discount airlines add premium seats on many trans-Atlantic flights

LONDON—Budget airlines that helped make European vacations supercheap are setting their sights on business travelers.

Premium passengers for years have helped drive profits for long-haul airlines such as American Airlines Group Inc. and British Airways. Budget airlines that have proliferated on trans-Atlantic routes want to tap those higher margins, too.

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