Why hold up new aircraft first -class seats
A Lufthansa First Class “Allegris” cabin that was set up outside the show.
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Heated or chilled seats. Ultrahohe definition television screens. Benches. Cabrio beds. All-Aisle access. And of course the coveted privacy door.
More and more luxurious cabins for the first and business class that have hundreds of parts and require the approval of the regulatory authority are the latest storage, since according to the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, new aircraft arrive too late to customers.
Boeing Has 787 Dreamliners, a Twin-Aisle jetliner who is used on the ground on some of the longest flights in the world in the South Carolina factory. “
Part of the problem is the rush of the airlines to win overpaid customers by offering comfort and more of the tight space on board-even if a few additional centimeters.
“The seats are certified and it is not the butt of the seat,” continued Ortberg. “It is the cabinet and the doors … for the first class and the business class. These are fairly complex systems, and if you have certified them, it has taken both the seat suppliers and the USA for longer than expected.”
Similar problems hit Boeing Airbus's main competitor, said the CEO from the European manufacturer Guillaume Faury on the same day when calling for a profit.
“We have delays in the seats” as well as “monuments” such as galleys and cupboards that “delay the time to which we can have completely completed an airplane,” said Faury.
Together, companies make up the vast majority of the commercial aircraft market.
Aircraft deliveries are of crucial importance for the sales of the manufacturers, since customers pay the majority of a Jetliner price when they receive the aircraft and not if they order it for the first time.
A first -class subject of a commercial passenger plane in the 1950s.
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More expensive seats
Airlines and manufacturers of aerospace are heavily regulated, and new seating designs, some characteristics and even cabin layouts have to receive the approval of regulatory authorities before they go to the sky. Passengers must also be able to leave these seats safely in an emergency.
Some new aircraft cabins are still waiting for certification, and delays increase years of supply chain trunks and labor shortage from pandemic.
In the past few weeks, the Trump administration has released hundreds of employees of the Federal Aviation Management in a paid Spree. The agency said that the positions were not “certainly critical”, but did not say whether personnel problems could continue to slow aircraft or other certifications.
Bringing the state -of -the -art seats in front of the cabin means that the airlines are millions of income. For example, Delta air lines On Friday, a ticket for the circular route standard economy between New York and Paris sold in the first May week for $ 816. Go to Delta One, the top seat of the wearer, and the same route jumps to $ 5,508.
New aircraft longer areas open up new non -stop routes for airlines compared to older models.
“Nobody is happy at the moment,” said Henry Hartevelt, founder of the travel consultant atmosphere Research Group. “You are unable to include your new show ponies.”
Employees of the employees show the first class of a Qatar Airways Boeing 787 at the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, England, Monday, July 22, 2024.
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A business class seat can have about 1,500 parts, and the weight is the key, especially for an industry, which has taken up great pain when removing the weight on board fuel cost players. This includes the use of thin paper for back magazines to lighter cutlery.
According to Germany's Recaro, a large manufacturer of aircraft seat, its seat in R7 Business Class weighs about 80 kilograms or about £ 176.
“They try to make everything as easy as possible and also have a pleasant aesthetic value,” said Hartevelt.
Swiss's flag bearer, Swiss, said that the focus was shifted in some of his planes after testing its new seating models. Therefore, she has to make design changes and looks at a “weight plate” before the new seats can fly commercially.
Customers “clearly signal that it is time to modernize the cabin interior of our long -haul fleet, especially those, [Airbus] A330, “A spokesman for Swiss said in an e -mail.” At the same time, we are working on solutions and observing trends and technologies that could enable us to achieve a different and more useful weight distribution. “
Luxury travel boom
According to Recaro, the seats of the business class seats in the low six-digits costs “compared to the price for luxury car”.
They are worth it for managers in aviation. They say that customers, especially after the Covid 19 pandemic, have shown that they are ready to pay themselves for the front of the cabin.
For example, Delta said in November that only 43% of his turnover came from the main cabin last year, while 57% came from Premium seats and his loyalty program. In 2010, 60% of sales came from the main cabin.
CEO Ed Bastian announced CNBC in January that the trend towards Premium trips will probably be continued.
Airlines that work to shine the front of their aircraft Jetblue and other. Lufthansa's new Allegris cabins on the Boeing 787 are kept in certification, said a spokesman.
Singapore Airlines said in November that it would bring first -class seats to the longest flights, more than 17 hours. In a press release, CEO GOH Choon Phong said that the offers “will exceed the limits of comfort, luxury and modernity”.
A Singapore Airlines A380 First Class Suite
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American Airlines had been waiting to debut a new seat for his wide-body aircraft for months, and just won the approval for those on his 787-9 Dreamliner. One spokeswoman said that the airline is working with the supervisory authorities and is planning to introduce the new suites in their Airbus A321XLR to introduce a long-distance version of an important Airbus aircraft and the re-established Boeing 777-300. It revealed the seats in September 2022 and initially planned to debut them last year.
“The biggest thing I can say about all of these fronts is that we are dependent on the supply chain. At the moment, this supply chain, especially in terms of seats, is very narrow,” said CEO Robert Isom about a win in October. He said that the company's message to suppliers and partners was: “Work with us to ensure that we – this equipment – receive this on Dock as expected” and we really urge to ensure that this is currently the case. “
