La Compagnie’s all-business-class flights offer champagne, lie-flat seats, and chic service from NYC to European hubs like Paris at prices that beat economy on legacy airlines. Here's how.

The airline, a World's Best Awards winner since 2019, flies business class-only aircraft — and while they returned to the friendly skies in June, La Compagnie has just ramped up its fall schedule.

La Compagnie began operations in July 2014 -- nearly five years ago. Initially, it operated a single daily flight between Newark International Airport (just outside New York City) and Paris.

I booked La Compagnie for the lie-flat seat but stayed for the unexpectedly chic, boutique airline experience — business class seats, elevated service, curated meals, and great pricing.

La Compagnie is not your typical airline. In a world where premium air travel is increasingly out of reach for most, it has carved out a niche that, by all logic, shouldn’t work. And yet, it does.