{"id":21255,"date":"2012-08-02T14:51:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=21255"},"modified":"2018-12-06T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T10:27:04","slug":"airlines-advancing-to-luxury-seating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/travel-insight\/airlines-advancing-to-luxury-seating.htm","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Advancing to Luxury Seating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the times air travel became commercial, the conventional concern for the passengers in any flight would be to gain access to the window seat, enjoying an aerial view above the clouds and the landscape while also avoiding the hustle bustle of passengers in the aisle. As air routes expanded over a global domain, long duration flights became somewhat of a norm, with direct flights requiring passengers to remain seated for a consistent stretch of hours.<\/p>\n<p>Number of airlines have also increased, which caused a sizeable chunk of competition dedicated to the comfort allocated in seating organization and arrangement. Aircraft manufacturers were previously just focused on aerodynamics, fuel economy and payload limits, but now keep track of seating design on a priority. Observing over the general trend, it seems the age of enlightenment in airline seating has arrived. Interior designers and custom furniture brands have merged to bridge the gap between hotel suites, cruise cabins and airline business class seating in certain cases. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aboard your voyage above the clouds with <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/airlines\/SQ-singapore_airlines.htm\">Singapore Airlines<\/a><\/strong>, which has installed executive \u2018cabins\u2019 for the precious few featuring bedspreads beside porthole windows just as if you\u2019re staying at a luxury cruiser. Emirates go ultra with their diamond first class sparkling with a personal mini-bar and deployable flat bed. That\u2019s not it, after a snooze you\u2019ll be tempted for the shower Spa as a complimentary service while you\u2019re bound to Abu Dhabi or Dubai.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Emirates contracted Ferrari for the interior, and so did Lufthansa by partnering Porsche for designing amenity kits while setting a comfy sofa along with half flatbeds in the first class sections. \u00a0Singapore Airlines have made your trip majestic as you sit back on a cushioned \u2018throne\u2019 spreading all the way below your legs. <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/airlines\/CX-cathay_pacific.htm\">Cathay Pacific<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s business class is designed to adjust most economical space for the aircraft itself, with compact divisions allowing passengers to lie on their sides.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish Airlines and Nippon airways stuck to the standard seat design, while allowing maneuverability and extension options in their economy class sections. Air New Zealand lets you dine in company with tablets between pairs of seats rotatable to face each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the times air travel became commercial, the conventional concern for the passengers in any flight would be to gain access to the window seat, enjoying an aerial view above the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[72,2350,2599],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-21255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-insight","tag-cathay-pacific","tag-singapore-airlines","tag-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42037,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21255\/revisions\/42037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21255"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=21255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}