November 6, 2002 at 8:21 am
They are actualy starigtly sayin…NO SEX!!:9
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A double bed with wings:
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Singapore Airlines is introducing what it says is the first airline double bed to its business class cabin, but while it expects to attract couples with the feature, it hopes those couples will use the beds for sleeping and cuddling only.
The seat’s designed to provide a feeling of privacy, but you’re in a cabin with 28 other passengers,” said airline spokesman James Boyd. “To say it’s designed for intimacy implies more than what we intend. I’m sure our passengers will be more than appropriate as they always are.”
Dubbed by the airline “SpaceBed, ” the seats allow passengers to fold them down and lay nearly flat, creating a sleeping area 78 inches long and 27 inches wide. Since the business class seats are paired up directly next to one another, couples can turn the adjoining seats into the equivalent of a double bed that is about 4-1/2 feet wide.
There is also a screen that can be raised between the two seats if a passenger wants privacy from his or her seatmate.
There are even larger fold-down seats available in First Class on Singapore Airlines and its competitors, but these seats are not close enough to one another to allow a double bed. Boyd said competitors’ business class sleeper seats do not fold as flat as Singapore Airlines seats, which, he said, prevents them from being considered a double bed.
“Typically when you look at business class seating, the sleep position is a derivative of the sitting position — it always keeps you in cradle position,” said Boyd. “What we’re trying to accommodate is a number of different sleeping patterns during a 14-hour flight — on your side, on your back, on your stomach or moving around between positions.”
Singapore Airlines began deploying the seats on its 777 jets this summer. They were introduced on the airline’s key San Francisco/Seoul/Singapore route Tuesday. The seats are set to be included on all of Singapore Airlines’ North American routes by the middle of next year.
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link: http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/05/news/international/airline_bed/index.htm
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By: Saab 2000 - 12th November 2002 at 19:06
RE: A double bed with wings !
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 12-11-02 AT 07:06 PM (GMT)]Looks comfortable!However,it seems to me as if they are just encourging people to join the Mile High Club!
By: Ren Frew - 12th November 2002 at 16:36
RE: A double bed with wings !
Perhaps if BA offered the same facility, they could put a little sign up in the cabin saying “No sex please, we’re British” or on board Virgin flights you could have “Fly Virgin, stay Virgin” (lol) I won’t even go near the Constellation/Airscrew gag (doh!)
A friend of mine saw a poster at JFK a few years ago advertising Virgin Atlantic’s sleeping option. It was a tie in with The Austin Powers 2 film which had just come out, and featured a picture of Mike Myers next to a plane saying “Shag your way across the Atlantic baby!” or words to that effect.
It made me laugh anyway !