Air France Chooses STELIA Aerospace For Latest Business Class Seat

Air France has unveiled its exclusive recent long-haul business class seat in partnership with French firm STELIA Aerospace. The seat is a widebody variant of STELIA’s ‘Opera’ design and incorporates a 20-inch ultra-HD screen, amongst other perks.

Introducing Air France’s recent business seats

The French carrier showed off its latest business class seat on the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) held in Hamburg this week. The STELIA Aerospace Opera seat was designed exclusively for Air France and incorporates the ‘three F’s’ – Full Flat, Full Access and Full Privacy.

Fabien Pelous, Senior Vice President of Customer Experience at Air France, said,

The fully-reclining seats – featuring wool, brushed aluminium and full-grain French leather – extend right into a bed measuring almost 2 meters long and two feet in width. They’re equipped with a sliding door for full privacy, while middle seats have a retractable central partition ideal for traveling couples or talkative solo passengers.

On the tech side, 20-inch 4K Ultra High-Definition touchpad screens – the most important of any business cabin across Air France’s fleet – will provide the best platform for inflight entertainment. The screens will even offer Bluetooth and private device pairing connectivity, while a touchpad by each seat gives travelers detailed control over seat functions.

Coming to the A350

The brand new Opera seat will furnish Air France’s incoming fleet of Airbus A350s which are progressively joining the carrier’s long-haul fleet. The carrier has an order with Airbus for 41 A350s, of which it has already taken delivery of 20 – its 21 remaining A350s due for delivery will all be fitted with the brand new business cabins.

The primary updated A350 is as a consequence of enter service as early as July, with all remaining A350s set to reach by 2025. The newer planes will seat a complete of 292 passengers (down from 324 on its current A350s) which incorporates a 48-seat business cabin in a 1-2-1 configuration, modeled after its updated Boeing 777 fleet.

About STELIA Aerospace

STELIA Aerospace is a French company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus – the corporate states it’s within the Top 3 for premium passenger seating worldwide and primary on this planet for pilot seats. STELIA has worked with over 50 airlines across the globe and boasts several premium seating ranges, including its most up-to-date ‘Rendez-Vouz’ business seats.

Thierry Kanengieser, Vice President of Cabin Interior at STELIA Aerospace, commented,

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• Air France

  IATA/ICAO Code:

  AF/AFR

  Airline Type:

  Full Service Carrier

  Hub(s):

  Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport

  12 months Founded:

  1933

  Alliance:

  SkyTeam

  Airline Group:

  Air France-KLM

  CEO:

  Anne Rigail

  Country:

  France