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GF-A330 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2001, 1643 posts, RR: 3
Posted (8 years 8 months 22 hours ago) and read 9264 times:

For early next year passengers will be able to experience the most comfortable seating and sleeping environment in the skies as Gulf Air introduces the latest state of the art flat Skybeds in First and Business Class on all A330 aircraft.

Designed to provide the ultimate in comfort, spaciousness and privacy the First Class Skybed will offer a private 'cabin' space for each passenger, which transforms into a fully functional bed, while the Business Class Skybed offers an exclusive lounge-bed sleeper position, scientifically proven to be the healthiest and most comfortable sleeping position for air travellers.

The first Skybeds will be in operation from March, serving destinations including London, Frankfurt and Paris. The full programme will be complete by July 2005.

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Aerofan From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1515 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (8 years 8 months 20 hours ago) and read 8974 times:

Why do every airline claim their seats are the most comfortable in the world. Especially when sitting in them for 30mins clearly disprove that. Perhaps pax should start suing to get a refund if it is not the most comfortable to them. False advertising... Smile

MEA321 From Lebanon, joined Oct 2003, 389 posts, RR: 17
Reply 2, posted (8 years 8 months 20 hours ago) and read 8865 times:

What a big waste of space in my opinion. How can an airline be profitable with that kind of seating arrangement?

Look at the opportunity cost of having a more dense cabin layout!

In any case, the governments take good care of Gulf Air which is why they are allowed to get away with things like this, it kinda brings back the golden age of aviation that we saw in the U.S. before deregulation. The passengers were very spoiled and pampered.

Thanks for posting this GF-A330 Smile

MEA321

Kanebear From United States of America, joined May 2002, 953 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (8 years 8 months 19 hours ago) and read 8791 times:

Some of us dislike dense cabin configurations and are willing to pay the extra to fly with the extra room. When you spend a week sleeping on planes going from meeting to meeting and need to arrive refreshed, a dense cabin configuration is your enemy.

Byrdluvs747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2152 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (8 years 8 months 17 hours ago) and read 8476 times:

What a big waste of space in my opinion. How can an airline be profitable with that kind of seating arrangement?

Look at the opportunity cost of having a more dense cabin layout!

Insane

The topic is about J and F not Y.

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Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (8 years 8 months 14 hours ago) and read 8294 times:

Look like standard contemporary First and Business Class cabins. Different colors, but other than that they've just brought their product into line with other major carriers. How are these seats any better than what Swiss or SQ or BA offer?

Antares From Australia, joined Jun 2004, 1402 posts, RR: 40
Reply 6, posted (8 years 8 months 12 hours ago) and read 7846 times:

Having flown the new Virgin Atlantic upper class to New York over a month ago I'd say that the Gulf business class cabin is dead in the water if it has to compete with that concept.

The first class looked very good, but didn't seem to offer all that much more than the new Virgin product, which is also going to kill the otherwise good Qantas new long haul business class seats when we get it here in December. And we will also see the Virgin type of sleeper on Air NZ starting sometime next year.

Ramerinianair From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1486 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (8 years 8 months 12 hours ago) and read 7716 times:

Amen to that Kanebear!!!!
"Some of us dislike dense cabin configurations and are willing to pay the extra to fly with the extra room."
SR

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Richard28 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2003, 1570 posts, RR: 6
Reply 8, posted (8 years 8 months 11 hours ago) and read 7296 times:

while the Business Class Skybed offers an exclusive lounge-bed sleeper position, scientifically proven to be the healthiest and most comfortable sleeping position for air travellers.

for this read, "it has been scientifically proven that we can fit more J class seats in, if they do not recline into fully flat beds"

or

"with fully flat beds in First Class, first class passengers will not get so much sleep, compared to J class"

marketing logic - don't you just love it!

Cancidas From Poland, joined Jul 2003, 4112 posts, RR: 13
Reply 9, posted (8 years 8 months 10 hours ago) and read 6878 times:

What a big waste of space in my opinion. How can an airline be profitable with that kind of seating arrangement?

they see a ROI due to the high price they charge for these seats.

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Fuffla From Australia, joined Feb 2004, 399 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (8 years 8 months 9 hours ago) and read 6796 times:

"Some of us dislike dense cabin configurations and are willing to pay the extra to fly with the extra room."

I totally agree. Not only do some people like having a little extra room when flying but others need the extra room. People, like my grandfather, have poor circulation in their legs and have no choice but to pay that little extra just to stay healthy. The airlines need to cater for people such as these because they can and will pay big bucks for luxury. This is where airlines can gain more money than having an economy layout in the same cabin.

Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11997 posts, RR: 36
Reply 11, posted (8 years 8 months 4 hours ago) and read 5408 times:

As someone who has experienced the discomfort of long haul economy - particularly when it's full, I can vouch for the need for extra space. I will be flying to Orlando with Virgin next February and I'm damned if I'm going to put up with their Economy Class; I'm flying Premium Economy.

It really is worth it to pay a surcharge for more space. Of course, if I could afford Upper Class, I would take it!

Fbgdavidson From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 3688 posts, RR: 31
Reply 12, posted (8 years 8 months ago) and read 4579 times:

Dense configurations make more money????? Think about it!

Taking into account the average price of a J seat on a given flight (averaging full fare J & discount J) I'd say £1000/$1800 (half a return fare) is a fair assumption. Can you get £1000 worth of Y seats into the space occupied by the one J seat? Not likely

I am with the Why Y group! Having done approx 80% of my flights as a teen in F or J I would not be happy with flying in the back now I have become accustomed to it. Now I am paying for my own flights I still fly J on longhaul, although earlier in the year I was looking to book a last minute trip to IAD and couldn't get J on BA or UA and wasn't willing to pay for F so decided on UA. Even in E+ I felt extremely cramped.

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Ronerone From Jordan, joined Aug 2004, 1550 posts, RR: 54
Reply 13, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 4195 times:

Is it just me, or is it that the "newer" and more technologically advanced F and C classes these days just keep getting smaller and smaller in size? ...

BA Club world's older seats which weren't lie-flat were BIGGER in size! now they just look like a tin can that can barely fit one human size sardine! ...

i think airlines are overlooking the size of the width of the seat and concentrating on the length .... or the lie-flat concept, or what-not

Royal Jordanian's OLLLLLLD business class (when they used to have a 3 class layout) was much wider!

i may be wrong .. these are just my observations.

roni

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Marara From Australia, joined Oct 2001, 676 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3860 times:

Hmm wonder what QF think of the product name.

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L410Turbolet From Czech Republic, joined May 2004, 5411 posts, RR: 18
Reply 15, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3619 times:

Am I the only one, who counts 6-abreast and can't see any aisle in the very top picture???

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