Riyadh Air, the Saudi Arabia starter airline that hopes to become the last high -end aircraft carrier, has presented the cabin and seats for its first long -distance plane.
Riad recently announced that his Dreamliners Boeing 787-9 will be configured for 290 passengers in a three-cabin design with executive class, premium economy and coach.
However, the airline has also revealed plans for a small handful of extra spacious business class suites in the front of its airplanes, offering the type of bridge between the executive class and the first class that has every time has been a favorite of the main international airlines in recent years.
It is the last step to launch operations for Riyadh, which hopes to start operating commercial flights at the end of this year, and the beginning of this month won its operational license of the Saudi regulators.
The airline has firm orders or options for 72 of the Boeing Dreamliners and has already forged associations with a handful of main international airlines, Delta Air Lines to Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic.
The new Riyadh Commercial Class Accommodation
For its long -distance long distance dreamliners, Riyad will offer 28 seats in their business class cabins: 24 suites with folds with privacy doors and four “Business Elite” suites planned to be at a notch above the base top -line experience.
Executive Class Suites
For his standard executive class suites, Riyad chose to go with the “unity” product of Safran French seats, the same model Selected by the Australian operator Qantas For its Airbus A350-1000 plane that will one day transport executive class passengers on future longer flights in the world.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I tried the “Be on the shelf” version of that suite in a convention focused on the interiors of airplanes in Hamburg, Germany.
Undoubtedly, it was a spacious product with all the latest technology that it would expect in a state -of -the -art suite, and the sliding door offers a privacy aura that has become a main feature in the best suites that fly today.
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The Riad version of the Suite will have its own aesthetic and personalized touches.
The Lieves bed will cover 78 inches long and 22 1/2 inches wide. The operator plans to organize them in a 1-2-1 configuration in their Dreamliners. The two intermediate suites will offer retractable privacy divisors, so passengers traveling together can be seen.
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Business elite
With respect to the four Elite Business Elite suites in the front of the plane: both in the center can be transformed into a larger suite with a double de facto bed for two passengers traveling together. The four Elite Business Elite suites will wear 32 -inch monitors (the other business class suites have 22 -inch screens); All entertainment systems on board throughout the plane will be the latest generation OLED 4K technology, with audio without headphones offered in the headrests of the premium cabin.
Premium economy and coach
The Riad Dreamliners will have 39 premium economy seats organized in a 2-3-2 configuration, with 15.6-inch backup screens, four USB-C load ports in each seat, winged headrest and breaks in the calf to offer a true reclining experience.
The 223 seats in the main cabin will be organized in the typical 3-3-3 configuration in a 787.
Technology on board
Riad’s jets will be equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi on board free of Viasat, the same supplier behind free Wi-Fi in the main aircraft of Jetblue and Delta Air Lines, not to mention the Internet service on board that is Soon it will be free aboard American Airlines.
Hoping to compete with premium operators
“Riad Air has always promised to offer a world -class experience for our guests and the inauguration of our cabin interiors makes this ambition a reality,” said CEO Tony Douglas (formerly Executive Director of Etihad Airways) in a statement.
Complementing its new seats and flight technology, the bearer has plans for personalized humor lighting and a color palette with dark indigo, moca, gold, lavender and “veiled” stone in various parts of the cabin.
Riad has made it clear that he hopes to become the last premium airline in the Persian Gulf region, helped by Rich Cash Reserve through the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.
In doing so, it will join a competitive landscape led by the tastes of Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad, each known for high -end premium accommodations that have long been the favorites between travelers and miles, from miles, from miles, from Qsuite de Qatar toward Etihad apartments and Emirates first class suitesthat allow travelers to take a shower at 35,000 feet.
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