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The seats in the new Premium Economy cabin and Economy Class cabins. It has chosen B747 fleet as well as adding new city-pairs to
will be 19 inches wide, and distance between to install the same Business Suite cabin on the Qantas International network.
rows will be extended to 37 inches. The seats the 787-9s as those already installed on its
will recline by an additional 40 percent over A330 fleet. However, in the 787, the seats Cabin Refresh
those on the economy cabin and the seats will have an adjustable divider between each A recent example of a comprehensive
will have adjustable head rests, foot rests seat. The suites with a fully-flat bed are laid cabin refresh, was that of 18 Boeing 747’s
and passengers will receive noise-cancelling out in a 1-2-1 configuration and each suite belonging to British Airways. The airline
earphones and an exclusive amenities kit. has direct aisle access as well as the ability announced in August that it had completed
Singapore Airlines is also now to stay reclined during take-off and landing. the cabin refurbishment on the airplanes.
strengthening its premium positioning Unveiling the Business and Economy seats They now have cabin interiors that are
offerings and offers Premium Economy in Sydney recently, Qantas Group CEO Alan similar in look and feel to the airline’s newest
cabins on 6 A350, 19 A380 and 10 B777-300ER Joyce said “We’re planning to make the most aircraft. Troy Warfield, British Airways’
jetliners to 24 destinations. The new cabin of the 787’s amazing range, so we’ve designed director of customer experience, said: “We
class entered service in August 2015 and the cabin to give Qantas passengers a better have recently taken delivery of our 12th
took two years to develop at a cost of US$80 experience on long haul flights.” “Many of A380 super jumbo and have now have 13
million. On offer are seat widths of either 18.5 the cabin design elements reflect what our Dreamliners in our fleet, however the iconic
or 19.5 inches (depending on aircraft type), customers have told us. Personal storage Boeing 747s remain an important part of our
38-inch seat pitch, 8-inch recline along with rates really highly, so we’ve created extra fleet, that many of our customer’s love.” The
active noise-cancelling headphones, 13.3- space in Economy for customers to store 16 additional Club World lie-flat seats also
inch full HD monitor, individual calf-rest and their personal devices and water bottles,” he improve the revenue generating potential of
foot-bar, individual in-seat power supply, two added. The new Qantas Premium Economy the 747 fleet. The aircraft have already been
USB ports, personal in-seat reading light, cabin, which will offer a class leading pressed back into service. The 11-month refit
cocktail table, and additional stowage space. experience and a revolutionary new seat, saw all 18 ‘Jumbo Jets’ receiving a thoroughly
will be unveiled in early 2017. Passengers modern cabin interior, with better seats, LED
New Cabins travelling Economy on Qantas’ new 787s mood lighting and state-of-the-art in-flight
Australia’s Qantas unveiled its new will have an all-new seat with an additional entertainment systems. To help match the
generation cabins that will feature on inch of seat pitch compared to its A380s. colour pallet on the 747 with that of BA’s
its flagship Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in The seats will feature more storage areas, A380 and 787s; new carpets, seat covers
the last week of October. The first of the a personal device holder, USB ports and a and mood lighting were fitted along with
Dreamliners will join the Qantas towards seat-back mood light. The HD entertainment new seat foams and new style seat covers
end 2017. Qantas has chosen to configure touchscreen will also five per cent larger. in World Traveller and World Traveller Plus
its Dreamliners in 236 seat configuration The new Dreamliners will gradually take over to increase customer comfort. Panasonic’s
with Business Class, Premium Economy routes currently operated by the airline’s next generation eX3 entertainment system,
which features hi-resolution screens,
capable of touch and swipe gestures, giving
the system the familiar feel of using a tablet
and affords the customers a choice of over
1,300 hours of entertainment including more
than 130 movies and 400 TV programmes
on larger, is a dramatic upgrade over the
older systems.

OPPOSITE TOP: British Airways has
completed a comprehensive cabin
refresh on 18 Boeing 747s to bring
them in line with the cabin interiors
available on its A380s and 787s

LEFT: The new Qantas Economy
Class soon to be available on its
787s that will join the airline in 2017
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