Santa and the FAA want everyone to have a safe and happy holiday season. You wouldn’t want to disappoint Santa, would you?
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Santa and the FAA want everyone to have a safe and happy holiday season. You wouldn’t want to disappoint Santa, would you?
A highly customised version of Thompson Aero Seating’s VantageXL First fully flat-bed seat has entered service with Virgin Atlantic as the luxurious Retreat Suite in Upper-Class.
The airline is introducing a new premium product on long-haul routes under the name “Allegris” in all travel classes (Economy, Premium Economy, Business, and First Class). The “Allegris” product generation includes new seats and a new travel experience in all classes. It will launch in 2023.
American’s choice of natural tones, including charcoals, light grays, subtle blues, browns, soft golds, and platinum, creates a sense of calm and a feeling of being at home.
The Paradym seat concept by LIFT Aero Design may be an ideal fit for the new long-haul Premium Economy market.
No other airline has handled a retrofit of this magnitude in-house, and there’s no blueprint for such an undertaking.
Lufthansa first announced a new business class coming in 2017, sharing renderings which now return a 404 page error on their website. I would hazard a bet that these plans have been scrapped.
The new Australia routes are served by the spacious 377 seat Airbus A330 aircraft with 12 upfront business-class reclining seats for extra comfort and 365 economy seats, including a quiet zone from rows 7 – 14.
Unite the union said that any industrial action would cause major disruption to mainly BA flights, particularly long haul, during the school holidays as food has to be on board for pilots and cabin crew as part of their employment contracts.