Tag: cabin
What KLM’s future business class tells us about the future of “front classes”
KLM has announced a new business class concept to renew the cabin of its Boeing 777s. Beyond the announcement, it is a basic trend that is asserting itself.
KLM's current business class
Until the beginning of the 2010s, it could not...
Finnair launches new business and premium-economy long-haul cabins
Finnish airline Finnair recently made a double announcement: the renewal of its long-haul business class and the introduction of a premium-economy class hitherto absent from its aircraft. All this for a total investment of 200 million euros.
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A new Premium Economy at Lufthansa and Swiss
Lufthansa and Swiss will be renewing the Premium Economy cabins in their long-haul fleets. A product that represents a significant advance on existing products, but is not without raising a few concerns.
A rationalized cabin between Swiss and Lufthansa
As is...
New business suite for Qatar Airways 787-9s
Qatar Airways has just begun operating the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with a new business class suite. It has a total capacity of 311 seats - 30 suites in business class and 281 seats in economy class.
The Business class suite,...
KLM renovates its 737-800 cabins
The good old 737 still has a bright future ahead of it, and is not about to retire. As proof of this, 14 of its 31 Boeing 737-800s are in the process of receiving a new cabin.
A lighter, greener...
COVID-19: what opportunities for the travel industry?
You have to be either oblivious or optimistic to think that COVID-19 can, in some form, represent an alternative for the travel industry. However, like any other sector, it has to deal with it and therefore two options can...
How Emirates disinfects its cabins for the Coronavirus
The airlines take the risks of Coronavirus infections very seriously, especially in the specific context of an aircraft cabin.
Here is the system put in place by Emirates
It requires a team of 18 cleaners on a Boeing 777, 36 for...
Soon beds in economy class on Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand is patenting a new concept of equipment for its Economy cabin: the Skynest. This would allow passengers in this class of travel to have a real bed in flight.
The Skyest consists of a "pod" containing...
Soon a Premium Economy at KLM
KLM has announced the upcoming introduction of a Premium Economy class in its aircrafts.
It was one of the first to enter the "premium economy" market with a class called "comfort economy". Located between business and economy it offered the...