Pictured: Air France’s brand-new Boeing 777 business-class suite customers can fly to New York in, with a privacy door, 6ft 5in lie-flat bed and gigantic entertainment screen
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Air France has introduced a brand-new business-class cabin with 48 seats for its Boeing 777-300s that offers all-aisle access, privacy doors, wireless charging and 6ft 5in lie-flat beds.
Plus, the new turn-left offering has seats in the centre of the cabin equipped with a central panel that can be lowered to create a ‘convivial space’ for passengers travelling together.
Also of note is a 17.3-inch 4K high-definition anti-glare screen that passengers can enjoy using a noise-reducing headset. If they bring their own headphones they can connect to the system using Bluetooth or a socket.
The seats are finished in wool, brushed aluminium and full-grain French leather.
The premium economy cabin, with 48 seats, is also new to the 777, but not Air France – it’s the same set-up that the carrier uses on its Airbus A350.
Air France has introduced a brand-new business-class cabin with 48 seats for its Boeing 777-300s (above) that offers all-aisle access, privacy doors, wireless charging and 6ft 5in lie-flat beds
The seats are finished in wool, brushed aluminium and full-grain French leather
Here each seat offers 96cm of legroom, reclines to 124 degrees, has USB A and C ports and a 13.3-inch 4K high-definition screen with Bluetooth connection.
The economy cabin, meanwhile, has 273 seats that, impressively, share the same 13.3-inch screen found in premium economy, but legroom is 79cm and recline 119 degrees.
Air France pointed out that as customers board the aircraft they are greeted by a backlit winged seahorse, ’embodying the company’s founding myth and rich history’.
The first Boeing 777 fitted with the new cabins flew from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to New York-JFK on January 20, with Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Dakar in Senegal also now served by the revamped plane.
The new turn-left offering has seats in the centre of the cabin equipped with a central panel that can be lowered to create a ‘convivial space’ for passengers travelling together
The Points Guy UK was given a tour of the new cabin before it entered service and commented: ‘Instead of reinventing the wheel with its new business-class product, Air France took an already solid product and added more modern touches’
The premium economy cabin (above), with 48 seats, is also new to the 777, but not Air France – it’s the same set-up that the carrier uses on its Airbus A350s
Pictured above is the new economy class cabin in Air France’s Boeing 777s. The seats share the same 13.3-inch screen found in premium economy
The Points Guy UK was given a tour of the new cabin before it entered service and commented: ‘Instead of reinventing the wheel with its new business-class product, Air France took an already solid product and added more modern touches — along with some beautiful dashes of colour.
‘Things like wireless charging, 4K monitors and doors on the seat make this a desirable and competitive product. And, everyone on the plane will benefit from some of these enhancements — at least with the monitors and Bluetooth audio pairing system.’
Air France said: ‘Thanks to this new major step in Air France’s move upmarket, all of the company’s long-haul business cabins will be equipped with seats that transform into full-flat beds by the end of 2023, compared to 90 per cent today. By this date, the entire fleet will also be equipped with in-flight Wi-Fi, compared to 97 per cent today.’
Air France said: ‘Thanks to this new major step in Air France’s move upmarket, all of the company’s long-haul business cabins will be equipped with seats that transform into full-flat beds by the end of 2023, compared to 90 per cent today’
The first Boeing 777 fitted with the new cabins flew from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to New York-JFK on January 20, with Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Dakar in Senegal also now served by the revamped plane