The difference between an anxiety-inducing long-haul flight and a downright pleasant one comes down to one thing: your seat. And as any seasoned traveller knows, there’s more to it than your mere cabin assignment. With airlines making significant investments in first- and business-class cabins that focus on more space and more privacy and even breaking up the business-class cabin into multiple seat options, the journey really can be half the fun.
But the latest seats are only installed on certain planes – which don’t fly every route – so you need to know where to look and what to choose (assuming they’re even available). These are the best new premium plane seats to look out for in the months ahead – and details on how to find them. By next year, Air New Zealand’s ultra-long-haul flights – such as those from New York’s John F.
Kennedy International Airport to Auckland – will benefit from new suites on retrofitted Boeing 787 Dreamliners. These are a vast improvement over the current flat-bed seats – instead of facing toward the aisle, they now point toward windows, giving travellers more privacy from people passing in the aisle and an easier view from the window. Business Premier Luxe seats are also new – think of them as an even higher-end subset of seats within the business class cabin.
They come with additional legroom, sliding privacy doors and dining seats for companions travelling in the same cabin. Always innovative in its cabin designs – remem.