Comments on: Air New Zealand reveals new lie-flat design for economy class

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:42:38 +0000

I’m not sure how many people would go for this…

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:27:22 +0000

They look interesting, but as others have asked, will they really work. As the pictures show, there is no room between them and the seat in front, and surely you can’t lye like the people are in the top image?

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By: Arun

Arun — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:01:41 +0000

I have doubts about usability and value for money factor, but it is good to know that someone is thinking of people flying economy too.

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Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:32:19 +0000

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By: BBOHEME (BOURGEOIS BOHEME)

BBOHEME (BOURGEOIS BOHEME) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:21:58 +0000

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Not bad...hoping others will follow suit

By: nzm

nzm — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:02:17 +0000

Seatbelt design has been approved by CAA.

Quote from Air NZ’s Ed Sims (the Project Manager):
“Seatbelt for the first prone person extends from the seat as per normal . Second person would have an extension belt (as we currently use for children on parents’ laps for take off and landing, but a bit bigger.)

All perfectly safe and CAA approved.”

By: Andy Hayes | Sharing Travel Experiences

Andy Hayes | Sharing Travel Experiences — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:40:23 +0000

Interesting experiment, for sure. Good question from Brian about the seat belt thing (“secured over your blanket or outermost garment”, right? LOL)

I’ll stick to AirNZ premium economy, thanks.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:19:25 +0000

1) I think I could get my entire family of four to sleep on one of these.
2) How are you supposed to wear your seat belt? Is there a way to make it fit perpendicular to the seat and still be tolerable? Is the same belt supposed to enclose two people?

By: shirley

shirley — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:09:03 +0000

great idea, but one question. do these seats recline? if so, then you’d lose a great deal of your ‘coach’ due to the tilt of the seats in front of you.