Airbus plans bunk beds on the A380

April 14, 2010

“Getting a comfortable night’s sleep on a long-haul flight will no longer be a luxury for the rich, under new plans revealed by Airbus to fit flatbed seats in the premium-economy cabin of its A380 superjumbo.

“It’s been the holy grail to find a way of allowing premium passengers to sleep horizontally, but space and best use of it is always an issue,” says Robert Lange, head of aircraft interiors marketing at Airbus. The answer, he says, is the “overlapping layout”, which in plain language means troopship-style bunk beds.”

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James Park's stacked sleeper bed

April 12, 2010







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Air New Zealand Seat Bed

April 12, 2010




Air New Zealand

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AbH at Aicraft Interiors ´09

April 12, 2010



Airborne Hotel Systems was present at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2009, held in Hamburg, Germany from 31st March to 2nd April.
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The Airborne Hotel Systems stand, located in Hall B7 of the Hamburg Messe und Congress, displayed a full-size mock-up of the Airborne Hotel (AbH) sleeper cabin concept, recreating a section of the upper deck cabin of an Airbus A380 superjumbo, albeit with an AbH layout consisting of four modules with six seat-beds.

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The features and atmosphere of the passenger cabin...


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The Flex-Seat

April 12, 2010



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April 12, 2010


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One possible configuration for Lufthansa’s proposed ‘Sleepers Class’

April 12, 2010

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The airline has generated an conceptual image of the proposed ‘Sleepers Class’ cabin, showing a possible arrangement featuring fully lie-flat bunks stacked three-high in a herringbone layout on either side of the cabin, with additional berths in a wide central aisle.

Star Alliance member Lufthansa is considering the sleeper-cabin for specific intercontinental services – possibly overnight flights, such as those to Johannesburg, Sao Paulo and Shanghai – although the carri...


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AbH in Create the Future Contest

April 12, 2010


Entry of AbH System in the Create the Future Design Contest.

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Seat-Beds in Economy Class


Finally, in 2007, news about industry intentions to install beds in Economy Class began to appear in the media. Since then, diverseconcepts and proposals have come to light and, recently, the first operating seat bed has been announced.It will be an interesting time to follow up on what seems to be the beginning of a revolution for Economy Class.

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