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The following chart gives an indication of which Business Class product is on which route for each airline.
Airline |
Flat Seat |
Comments |
Pitch |
Aerolineas Argentinas |
No |
|
50" |
Air Canada |
No |
|
60" |
Air China |
No |
|
42" |
Air France |
Angled |
Being introduced.
|
New 48" (Angled)
Old 48” |
Air Jamaica |
No |
|
40" |
Air Mauritius |
No |
|
43" |
Air New Zealand |
Flat bed |
Being introduced. Same product as VS.
On all LHR-AKL from 06 Nov 2005 |
New 79.5” (Flat bed)
Old 50 ” |
Alitalia |
No |
|
55" (777 & 767) |
American Airlines |
No |
|
60" (777)
50" (767) |
Austrian Airlines |
No |
|
50” (777) |
BMI |
No |
|
60" (except IAD) |
British Airways |
Flat Bed |
On all aircraft which show W&T class |
73" (Flat bed) |
BWIA |
No |
|
60" |
Cathay Pacific |
Angled |
On all long haul except some Asian regional routes |
60" (Angled) |
China Airlines |
No |
|
45" |
China Eastern Airlines |
No |
A340-300 – LHR-PVG (& Aus flights)
A340-600 – CDG-PVG |
38-40” (A340-300)
60” (A340-600) |
Continental Airlines |
No |
More recline on 777 than 767 & 757 |
55" (777 & 767)
38” (757) |
Delta Airlines |
No |
|
60" |
Emirates |
No |
Improved Business Class product on
A340-500 – nearly flat (Sleeper seat) |
New 55” (A340-500)
Old 47" (777) |
Etihad Airlines |
No |
New product to be launched Autumn 05 |
49"(A330)
47" (A340) |
EVA Air |
Angled |
Only on A330 at present. Will be on 777 from LHR from Sep 2005 |
New 61" (A340 & 777)
Old 44” (747) |
Finnair |
No |
|
50” |
Gulf Air |
Angled |
On GF 8 only at present |
New 63" (GF8)
Old 50” |
Iberia |
Angled |
On all A340 by end of 2005> |
New 60"(A340)
Old 50” |
Icelandair |
No |
|
38” |
KLM |
Angled |
On 777 only |
New 60"(777 – Angled)
Old 60"(747)
Old 55"(767) |
Kenya Airways |
Flat bed |
On 777 and 767 |
76" |
Korean Air |
No |
|
50"> |
Kuwait Airlines |
No |
|
61” |
Lufthansa |
Angled |
Being introduced. See LH description |
New 60" (Angled)
Old 48" |
Malaysia Airlines |
Angled |
Being introduced. See MH description |
New 58" (Angled)
Old 50" |
Northwest Airlines |
Angled |
On 747-400 and A330 only |
New 60” (Angled)
Old 60” (DC10 - Not flat) |
Qantas |
Angled |
The Qantas Skybed is available on ALL flights from London |
New Lie-flat Angled Bed
Old 48”-50” |
Qatar Airways |
No |
Sleeper seat (not totally flat) which reclines to 160 degrees on A330 only |
New 60" (A330)
Old 59" |
Royal Brunei |
Angled |
On 4 out of 6 767s – usually on LHR-BWN
>Old product may be on BWN-Aus/NZ |
New 57" (Angled)
Old 45” |
Royal Jordanian |
Angled |
On A340 only |
83"(A340)
54"(A310) |
SAS |
No |
|
50" |
Singapore Airlines |
Angled |
On 747’s between UK-SIN-Aus/NZ and on A340-500> |
64"(A340 & 747) >
58"(777) |
SN Brussels |
No |
|
60” |
South African Airlines |
Flat Bed |
Operates on all flights to/from LON. States if Flat Bed on Worldspan. |
New 78" (LON) |
Swiss |
Angled |
On A340-300 only. States if Lie-Flat on Worldspan |
60” (A340 – Angled)
55” (A330) |
Thai Airways |
Angled> |
On A330 only - not on LON flights |
60"(A330)
50"(747) |
Turkish Airlines |
No |
|
54"(A340)
38"(A310) |
United Airlines |
No |
|
48" |
US Airways |
No |
|
60” (A330)
53”-55” (767) |
Virgin Atlantic |
Flat Bed |
Look for S on Equipment type e.g. 74S on Worldspan |
New 79.5" (Suite)
Old 55" |
