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Delta to launch lie-flat seats
Delta has announced plans to introduce a fully-horizontal personal sleeper suite in early 2008.
Its BusinessElite cabins will be fitted with Contour Premium Aircraft Seating when the airline takes delivery of two new Boeing 777 Long Range (LR) aircraft.
Starting in the autumn 2008, Delta will add a sleeper seat to the rest of its 777 fleet. The airline also expects to offer a lie-flat option on its 767 aircraft by 2010.
The sleeper suites will also feature Delta’s entertainment system with on-demand, digital video and music at every suite.
Jim Whitehurst, Delta’s chief operating officer, said: “The experience we’re creating for premium international travellers will offer an unmatched combination of privacy and comfort with the option to lie completely flat, unlike some competitors who offer an angled lie flat product.”
All seats have direct aisle access and a privacy screen with a pull-out meal table, fold-out video monitor, integrated footrest and personal stowage compartment for bags, shoes or blankets.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
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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