Suite in the Sky
EMIRATES Airlines is wowing passengers flying first class on its aircraft, with a “game-changing” private suite with design features “inspired by the Mercedes-Benz S-Class”. Luxurious fully- enclosed cabins are coming to its new fleet of Boeing 777 jets. Each one offers up to 40 sq ft of personal space and, according to Emirates, the collaboration with Mercedes-Benz “inspired several design details in the private suite including the soft leather seating, high-tech control panels, and mood lighting”.
While the seat reclines into a fully flat bed using a wireless controller, it can also be placed in a ‘zero- gravity’ position that’s been “inspired by NASA technology, giving a feeling of relaxation and weightlessness”. One can request a video- call function, browse through 2,500 channels of on-demand entertainment on a 32-inch HD TV screen, or use the Bowers & Wilkins noise cancelling E1 headphones created exclusively for Emirates. Everyone is promised a window view; even if the suite is down the middle of the plane, a virtual window offers a realtime view of the passing world via external cameras.