Lying down on Air New Zealand will no longer be the privilege of business class passengers. The New Zealand airline has just unveiled the new cabins that will complement the eight Boeing 787 Dreamliners delivered from 2024. Willing to respect the complaints of its passengers.the importance of sleep and the need for more comfort and space“The company will install economy class berths.
The compartments called Skynest will have six beds. They will only be offered on the longest routes, namely between the company’s base in Auckland and New York (17:00), which is scheduled to launch next September. Passengers will only be able to use the berths for four hours so that others can use them. To sleep there, you have to pay an additional fee, the amount of which has not yet been specified. Note that Air New Zealand, through its Skycouch Economy service, already offers the possibility to convert a row of seats into sleepers.
Air New Zealand isn’t the only airline that offers economy sleepers. From August 2021, the German company Lufthansa offers to “privatize” a row of three or four seats on some long-haul flights with a duration of 11 hours for a pillow, a blanket and a mattress topper for an additional fee of 159 euros. up to 229 euros But the offer is very limited. Only three Sleeper Rows are offered per flight, and reservations are only made at check-in or at the boarding gate.
Source: Le Figaro
