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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Elias Visontay

Air New Zealand to install world-first economy bunk beds on long-haul flights

Air New Zealand has announced plans to install six sleeping beds across eight Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners that will be open to regular and premium economy passengers.
Air New Zealand has announced plans to install six sleeping pods across eight Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The beds will be open to regular and premium economy passengers. Photograph: Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand will soon allow economy passengers to lie down and take a nap in communal, bunk bed-style sleeping pods on its planes, as it attempts to entice passengers on to its more than 17-hour ultra-long-haul flights.

In what the airline says will be a world first when its new cabins are installed by 2024, premium and regular economy passengers will still be sold traditional seats that do not recline into a bed.

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