There must be paved on the plane. New Zealand Airlines will be equipped with a double -layer sleeping compartment for the economy class.

Jimu Journalist Hu Xiuwen

Intern Peng Xinyi

According to the British "Guardian" reported on June 29, in order to attract passengers to take more than 17 hours of long -distance flights, New Zealand Airlines will soon allow economic class passengers to replace the double bed. By 2024, passengers will be able to book a four -hour sleep compartment on the long -distance route.

Sleep compartment (source: Guardian)

The airline said that the new cabin installed in 2024 will be the world's first economic class double bed. This kind of sleeping cabin is only open to ordinary and advanced economy class passengers, and passengers can book four hours, but this service requires additional fees. Advanced and ordinary economy class will still sell traditional tickets.

It is reported that the sleeping cabin has mattresses and sheets, and the crew is replaced by the crew after each reservation. Each sleeping cabin has a privacy curtain, as well as the USB charging port and ventilation port.

There is a privacy curtain in each sleep cabin

New Zealand Airlines ’s plans for the sleeping cabin to develop a series of ultra -long -distance flights between the region and the east coast of the United States and the East Coast of the United States. In May of this year, Australia announced its long -awaited plan, that is, direct flights from Sydney and Melbourne to London and New York. These flights known as the "Sunrise Plan" will begin to fly at the end of 2025, and some of them will fly for 20 hours. For long -distance flights, Australian Airlines announced the "welfare area" of economic class passengers for them to move around and stretch their bodies. New Zealand Airlines also designed a similar "nursing station" in its new cabin.

A spokesman for New Zealand Airlines told the Guardian that although the booking cost of the sleep compartment has not yet been determined, it only opens to ordinary and advanced economy class passengers. Passengers can only book a cabin every time, because the cabin is limited. The airline is reservation system for the development of the sleep compartment.

New Zealand Airlines CEO Greg Fulan said that double -layer beds will become "the real game rules of the economic travel experience." Fuland said: "We focus on sleep, comfort and health, because we know how important it is for customers to get a good rest. After getting off the plane, whether passengers enter the meeting directly or go to the first holiday hotspot, they all want to all want Start immediately. "

The airline's chief customer and sales official Lenn Geiti said that some studies showed that the first night of leaving home was the most difficult night of sleep, so they would create a calm feeling on the plane. Including sleeping tea and balm, healthier food choices and breathable fabrics.

Earlier, New Zealand Airlines has announced a plan to provide beds for economy class passengers in 2020 and has provided air sofas. There, a row of economy class seats or households or passengers with spare seats next to them can ask special foot stools to turn this row into temporary beds.

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