Check out Emirates' new Mercedes-Benz first class luxury suites
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Nov 14, 2017, 00:28 IST
The first Emirates Boeing 777 equipped with this new interior goes into service on December 1 with flights to Geneva, Switzerland, and Brussels, Belgium.
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Each seat is also equipped with a 13.3-inch touchscreen.
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The 306 economy class seats get new cloth/leather upholstery, USB charging, up to 33 inches of pitch, and six inches of recline.
Each business class seat gets a 23-inch LCD monitor and a private mini-bar.
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Fortunately for the rest of us, Emirates also updated its business and economy class cabins. The new business class cabin features 42 flat-bed seats each with 72 inches of pitch. The diamond stitch leather upholstery also delivers a touch of Mercedes-Benz luxury.
Here's exterior fo the suite. Imagery featuring the Ghaf tree can be found throughout the cabin. The Ghaf tree is an evergreen plant indigenous to the United Arab Emirates.
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First class passengers can order food and drinks via video chat with the cabin crew. However, there is also a fully-stocked mini-bar inside each suite.
Fully reclined, the seat becomes a 78-inch-long, 30-inch-wide bed. Each suite is equipped with a 32-inch LCD display, private temperature controls, and a pair of Bowers & Wilkins noise-canceling headphones.
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Each suite is 84 inches long; six-feet, nine inches tall, and delivers 40 square feet of space. With three suites per row, one passenger will inevitably be without windows. So Emirates came up with a workaround called "virtual windows."
And here are the first class suites currently on board the airline's Airbus A380 right now — the key difference is that the new suites offer total privacy.
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.... Here's a look at the new fully-enclosed luxury suite on board Emirates' 777-300ER. There will be a total of six suites on board each aircraft.
Here's a look inside the current generation S Class sedan and...
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Emirates drew inspiration for its new first class suite from the Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans that will transport the passengers once they're on the ground.