Photo / Supplied, LufthansaThis Hanseatic airline has taken another step towards turning its dreams of more comfortable economy class into a reality, as it begins trials of a life-flat beds through cabins. The old Boeing 747-8 planes are the test bed for a product that could be rolled-out across the long haul fleet. Air New Zealand launched the Economy Skycouch in 2011. The sister airline of Thomas Cook Airlines was trialling a remarkably similar lie-flat solution at the time of its going into Insolvency. 💤 pic.twitter.com/1Qmka3YNSq — Air New Zealand✈️ (@FlyAirNZ) February 25, 2020Earlier in the year Air New Zealand showed off designs for the next version of the lie-flat economy option called the "nest".

Source: New Zealand Herald November 26, 2020 22:18 UTC