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Bmi to roll out lie-flat seats
Bmi will install life-flat seats in business class cabins on all long-haul routes from June at a cost of £2 million.
The electronically-adjustable lie-flat seats, with an 80-inch seat pitch, will be rolled out across its entire fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft.
The ‘Perseus’ lie-flat seats are made by Italy-based Aviointeriors and will be fitted in a 2-2-2 abreast configuration.
The airline’s chairman, Sir Michael Bishop, announced the plans during a trip to Saudi Arabia.
“We are proud and delighted to be the only British carrier serving Saudi Arabia and are confident that our investment in the introduction of lie-flat seats will create further demand and growth on these routes,” he said.
“We will also be reintroducing the A330 onto our Riyadh and Jeddah routes from next Spring.”
By Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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