Delta's Economy Suites

[singaporeairlinesboi]

looks pretty cool and looks comfortable. Just wondering how will those seats recline?



http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...-to-delta.html

http://www.thompsonsolutions.co.uk/ts_cozysuite.html#

[milehighj]

They don't look like they recline at all...

But looks interested to say the least.

[milehighj]

Love this quote :

The high comfort seat is particularly suitable for single aisle aircraft. A conventional seat on a Boeing 737 is 17.5 wide; our seats are 19. For an A320 a conventional seat is 18.5; ours is 20. These are valuable increases given the continued growth in average passenger size (particularly US nationals) and the remaining lifespan of the current generation of aircraft.

http://www.thompsonsolutions.co.uk/t...e_comfort.html

[SQflyergirl]

They do recline - within the fixed seat back by sliding.

This is innovation - i like it.

[jhm]

They do recline - within the fixed seat back by sliding.

This is innovation - i like it.

Isn't this the same as the new CX Y seat ?

[milehighj]

The seat bottom + lower third of the seat back does appear to slide and adjust. But the upper two-thirds looks to have a fully fixed design.

[MegatopLover]

Looks like similar concept to CX's new seat, except that this will have the rows herringboned. Cool idea. Wonder if it will ever fly.

[jjpb3]

I hope it won't have the same issue as the CX seat: when your seat slides forward, your head remains vertical, so you end up having your neck angled at an uncomfortable angle.

I also hope that DL, unlike CX, doesn't skimp on storage space in the seat pocket in front of you.

Regardless, this would make DL more attractive to me.

[EWR]

I think it will be quite a pain to try to get out if you are a window passenger!

[flyboy777]

Isn't this the same as the new CX Y seat ?

Fixed back shell is similar to CX but otherwise it's a totally different concept.

I think it will be quite a pain to try to get out if you are a window passenger!

It's actually supposed to be easier to get out of a window seat.

Crucially, this seat allows an extra column of seats on widebodies. Delta's huge B767 fleet could therefore go 8 abreast giving much more favourable economics that could make it substantially more efficient in terms of seat miles costs & boost capacity - so why buy B787s/B777s? B777s could also go comfortably to 10 abreast... The economic advantages of such a suite are huge.

[Singapore_Air]

I believe Mr. Thompson said that the seat pan (equivalent to the seat cushion on Singapore Airlines' New Economy Class) can be flipped up for ease of access.