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Re:Latest Airbus Single Aisle Aircraft Innovations by tuna74 on Friday July 24, 2026 @05:18PM (#49041697)
"I'm someone who would happily pay up for a lie-flat more frequently if it was priced at 2-3x a regular ticket rather than 5x+. "

If you look at pictures it seems like the lie-flat seats take up roughly 6x the space of what the economy seats take up.

Re:Latest Airbus Single Aisle Aircraft Innovations by darknavi on Friday July 24, 2026 @09:38PM (#49043692)
New Zealand allows you to book three seats in a row and covert it to a bed which seems like a nice alternative.
Re:Latest Airbus Single Aisle Aircraft Innovations by throwaway2037 on Saturday July 25, 2026 @09:30PM (#49053688)
I checked the prices. To be clear, I assume that we are talking about the "Economy Skycouch" programme. [1] Its better than just three economy sets because they lay down a small mattress that fills the whole seat area. It looks much more comfortable that trying to sleep across three regular economy seats! It looks like the prices are about 50-100% higher. That looks pretty reasonable to me, considering it is cheaper than buying the three economy seats. I wonder what the business analysis looked like for this offering. I guess they have some long-haul flights with low load factor, so they are looking to sell the empty seats and harvest some revenue.

[1] https://www.airnewzealand.co.jp/economy-skycouch