Japan Airlines has unveiled the new seating products which will feature on the carrier’s 13 A350-1000s, the first of which is due for delivery later this year.
The four-class aircraft will offer a total of six first class suites designed by Safran Seats (down from eight on JAL’s Boeing 777-300ERs).
These will offer three different seating / sleeping choices – a wide sofa, a seat and single bed, or the option to convert the whole suite into a double bed – although note that one corner of the double bed option houses a storage / table unit so the bed doesn’t stretch to double size all the way down.
When in sofa mode the seat will be 123cm wide, and the bed length is 203cm. The suites feature a sliding privacy door, with a wall reaching up to 157cm, as well as a wardrobe and storage space, a 43-inch TV screen, and what the carrier says is “the world’s first headphone-free stereo with built-in headrest speakers, allowing customers to enjoy the inflight entertainment system without using headphones”.
Business class will be configured with 54 suites (slightly up from the 49 on JAL’s 777-300ERs) in a staggered 1-2-1 layout, with features including a sliding privacy door, a seat offering 56cm of width and converting into a 198cm bed, a 24-inch screen, a wardrobe and storage space, the same headphone-free stereo system as in first class, and electric slide down partitions in between middle seats for customers travelling together.
In both business and first class the seats offer a headset reclining function “allowing comfortable viewing of the inflight entertainment while lying down”.