Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines both used the Farnborough Airshow, one of the aviation industry's biggest events, to announce changes to its business class cabins.Trade group GBTA projects spending on global business travel will rise 11.1% year-on-year to $1.48 trillion. That would be up from $1.43 trillion in 2019, before the pandemic shut down nearly all work trips.
The product updates the Middle Eastern carrier's existing"Qsuite" business class product, which was launched in 2017 with the unique seat configuration that allows a group to create an open-top"room" with sliding privacy doors in the middle of the cabin. Folding screens also allow a group to view the same monitor and create a shared table space.In its existing form, Qatar Airways reserves the four-person QSuite seats for group bookings.
Qatar Airways said the new seats would arrive next year on its Boeing B777-9 jets — the U.S. manufacturer's new wide-body, long-haul model that has experienced. Qatar Airways announced an order for 20 additional B777-9s at Farnborough, taking its total orders for B777X jets to nearly 100.Qatar Airways'"Qsuite Next Gen" business class seat, showcased at the Farnborough Air Show on July 22, 2024.
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