Avelo Airlines has unveiled three new routes which will see the budget carrier double down on one of its crew bases and add a new destination to its route map.
27.01.2024 - 01:01 / cntraveler.com
Few things in life are as miserable as flying in an uncomfortable airline seat for hours on end. Fortunately for air travelers, cramped legroom and sleepless flights are so last year.
2024 is chock full of new airline cabin launches featuring innovative seat designs that will significantly up the comfort quotient on long-haul flights. Whether you’re traveling in coach or living large in first class, expect to see changes to plane seats this year that offer passengers more space, increased privacy, and better mid-flight sleep across cabin classes.
From the world’s first-ever beds in economy class to private suites with flatscreen TVs and starlit ceilings, here are seven of the best new airline seats launching through 2024, including, yes, beds in economy.
Economy passengers will be able to reserve four-hour time slots in the SkyNest for around $400 to $600.
The world’s first-ever beds in economy class will launch this year when Air New Zealand rolls out its economy SkyNest bunks in September. Passengers in premium and regular economy will have access to a sleep zone featuring six lie-flat beds configured in a bunk bed style. The SkyNest area will be located between the two economy cabins, with passengers able to book one four-hour session for around $400 to $600. The beds will be available on the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes on select ultra-long-haul routes, including those flying from New York and Chicago to New Zealand, which can stretch up to 17 hours long.
Japan Airlines recently debuted an ultra-luxe premium economy seat on board its just-launched A350-1000 planes. In addition to featuring a fixed hardshell back, the seats will be the world’s first in premium economy to have an automatic recline function, making the process of reclining easier and as seamless as business class. There’s also motorized legrests and privacy partitions between each seat for an extra sense of seclusion. Among the other features are a 16-inch entertainment monitor that’s Bluetooth capable, noise-canceling headphones, and USB type A and C charging ports. The first of JAL’s 13 new A350-1000 planes began flying earlier in January between New York and Tokyo.
The newest Allegris premium economy seat from Lufthansa will treat passengers to even more business-class-style perks. Most notable? A pod-like, hardshell seat back that allows customers to recline their seat without encroaching on the passenger behind them—a design feature usually only available in business or first. Other perks include leg rests, a cocktail table in the armrest, coat hook, personal reading light, 15.6-inch entertainment screen with Bluetooth capability, USB charging ports, and noise-canceling headphones. The new premium economy seats are set
Avelo Airlines has unveiled three new routes which will see the budget carrier double down on one of its crew bases and add a new destination to its route map.
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