The “Allegris” cabin of the first class of Lufthansa, which was placed outside the show.
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Heated or cooled seats. TV displays Ultra-Visoke resolution. Benches. Cabriolet beds. Access to everything. And of course, a wished privacy door.
Always luxurious first and business class cabins that have hundreds of parts and require the approval of the regulator are the latest retention as new aircraft are coming late to customers, according to the heads of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers.
Boeing He has 787 Dreamliners, a twin jet used on some of the world’s longest flights, on the field in his South Carolina factory “who are held for delivery for places, which is obviously going in a pretty late assembly process,” said Kelly Ortberg CEO at the Barclays 20th Industry Conference. February 20th.
Part of the problem is the rush of Airlines to win over highly paid customers, offering comfort and more scarce space on board and if there are several extra inches.
“It gets certified places, and it’s not really the back of the seat,” Ortberg continued. “These are the cabinet and doors … for a first -class and business class. These are quite complex systems, and getting certified, they also seized the vendors of the seat and longer than it is intended.”
Similar questions affect Boeing Airbus’ chief rival, European manufacturer executive, Guillaume Faury, said the invitation of earnings on the same day.
“We have delays in the seats,” as well as monuments in the cabin “such as galleys and cabinets that” delay the time when we can deliver a plane completely completed, “Faury said.
Companies together represent the vast majority of commercial aircraft markets.
The delivery of aircraft are key to the manufacturer’s revenue because customers pay most of the nozzle price when they receive the plane, not when they first order it.
The first class section of the commercial passenger plane in the 1950s.
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Airlines and aerospace manufacturers are highly regulated, and new seats designs, some features and even cabin arrangements, have to win a regulator approval before they go to heaven. Passengers must also be able to safely go out to these places in case of emergency.
Some new aircraft cabins are still waiting for a certificate, and delays add for years supply chain strains and labor shortages coming from pandemic.
In recent weeks, Trump administration has been released by hundreds of workers of the Federal Air Force Administration in Troy. The agency said positions are not “critical security”, but did not say whether the staff problems could further slow down aircraft or other certificates.
Getting a state -of -the -art seat set on the front of the cabin means millions of revenue for airlines. For example, Delta air lines On Friday, during the first week in May, he sold a standard economic ticket between New York and Paris. Move on the delta one, the upper bracket seat and jumps the same way to $ 5,508.
The longer range of new aircraft compared to the older models open new non -stop routes for carriers.
“No one is happy right now,” said Henry Hartveldt, founder of Travel Consulting Firm Atmosphere Research Group. “They are unable to get their new shows.”
The members of the staff are displaying the first class of the Qatar Airways Boeing 787, at the Farnborough International Air Fair at Farnborough, England, on Monday, July 2, 2024.
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The business class seat can have about 1,500 parts, and the weight is key, especially for the industry that has invested high pain to remove the weight of wear of fuel on board. This includes the use of thin paper for seats for lighter cutlery.
German Recaro, the main plane manufacturer, says R7 A business class seat weighs about 80 pounds or about 176 pounds.
“You’re trying to do anything as light as you have a pleasant aesthetic value,” Hartveldt said.
The Swiss flag carrier, Swiss, said that the gravity center moved in some of its aircraft after testing its new seats models, so he had to make design changes and watch a “weight plate” before the new seats can fly commercially.
Customers “clearly signal to us that time to modernize the interior of the cabin of our fleet on long games, especially [Airbus] A330, “Swiss spokesman said Ue -Poruti.” At the same time, we work on solutions and observing trends and technologies that could allow us to achieve a different and more useful weight distribution. “
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The new business class headquarters cost low and six digits per piece, which “compares to the price of a luxury car,” Recaro said.
Aviochepania managers are valid. They say that customers, especially after the Coid-19 pandemia, have shown that they are willing to pay to sit down towards the front of the cab.
Delta, for example, said in November that only 43% of sales were coming from the main cabin last year, while 57% came from premium places and his loyalty program. In 2010, 60% of revenue came from the main cabin.
Executive director Ed Bastian told CNBC in January that the trend to the premium trip is likely to continue.
Airlines working on the radiant front of their aircraft cover the Globe: Australian Qantas, Delta, American, Jetblue and others. The new Lufthans cabin Allegris on the Boeing 787s are held in the certificate, a spokesman said.
Singapore Airlines said in November that he would bring it first class seats to his longest flights, more than 5pm. Executive Director GOH Choon Phoon said in a statement that the bids “pushed boundaries of comfort, luxury and modernity” would push offers. “
Singapore Airlines A380 First Class Suite
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The American Airlines, for his part, has been waiting for months to debut a new place for his wide body aircraft and has just won approval for those on his 787-9 Dreamliner. A spokeswoman said that the airline collaborates with regulators and plans to introduce new apartments on its Airbus A321XLR, a long-term version of the Airbus key aircraft and its renovated 777-300er later this year. It discovered places in September 2022. And in the beginning they were planning to make their debut last year.
“The biggest thing I can say on all these fronts is that we are addicted to the supply chain. Currently, the supply chain, especially in terms of seats, is very tight,” said CEO Robert Isom at the invitation of earnings in October. He said that the message to the company was to suppliers and partners: “” “Work with us to make sure we will get them – that equipment – on the dock as expected,” and we really try to happen now. “
