Article for 'Business class'

No doubt the author is treating business class as a noun; after all, it is a noun! He has omitted the article because he thinks of it as a proper noun. Proper nouns are capitalized, and Business Class would look better to my eye.

CB

Hi, here's my explanation which is not necessarily correct

'Business class' as used here is an uncountable noun phrase (the noun class is normally countable) and is also used in the most general sense

(shuns bussines class = avoid buiseness class in favor of economy class)

Uncountable noun phrases used generally take no article

Thanks guys.

What if I consider a class as a category and write the sentence as given below? Does that change the meaning of the sentence?

'Without spending a nickel to spruce up the interior, WestJet will be able to create a "premium economy" section while sticking to its casual corporate culture, which shuns the business class

This structure (the + singular countable noun) can be used to generalize but is mainly used with animals, plants, things and even certain groups of people.

1. The computer has changed the way we do business.

2. The mountain lion is a member of the Felidae family.

3. The average American speaks two languages.

Normally uncountable nouns are not used in this way

This is abviously a reference made to the airline industry and the improved comfort WestJet offers to the public. I think the creation of the "premium economy" class is compared to "the business class" found in other airlines as the industry standard. Based on that approach, I would use "the" before business class. I may be wrong!