Air France is giving among the smallest jets in its fleet a giant makeover.
Final week, the French service unveiled all-new seats for the fleet of Embraer E190 regional jets operated by its regional subsidiary, Hop — and TPG was there for a sneak peek.
Most U.S. vacationers who fly with Air France are extra conversant in the Paris-based service’s fleet of long-haul jets, from the Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner to Airbus A330 and A350.
However like carriers within the U.S., Air France’s regional subsidiaries additionally fly smaller jets to places in Europe and North Africa — so you would definitely find yourself on considered one of these plane in case you’re connecting to a different vacation spot past Paris or plan on doing a little city-hopping throughout a European journey.
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The brand-new seats made by French producer Expliseat have been displayed final week on the Plane Interiors Expo 2024 in Hamburg, Germany.
With navy-blue coverings, the brand new seats sport Air France logos on the headrests — that are adjustable vertically and have adjustable wings.
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Round again, there is a full-sized tray desk that may match a laptop computer, and a separate twin cupholder that folds down. The cupholder tray doubles as a private gadget holder. It has a nonslip floor, so you’ll be able to simply match a telephone subsequent to a beverage cup, or prop up a pill through the use of the hole area behind the headrest to carry the gadget regular.
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The seatback has slots for USB-A and USB-C charging ports, a literature pocket — and a coat hook on every seat.
The 110 new seats on every Air France E190 can recline as much as 3 inches.
This seat substitute is an element of a bigger inside overhaul deliberate for regional jets, together with a contemporary coloration palette that extra intently matches Air France’s fleet of Airbus A220 plane. That is all a part of an effort to standardize the airline’s service throughout its short- and medium-haul community, the corporate stated in a press release.
Beginning in January 2025, Air France can even start blocking one seat in every of the primary few rows in what is going to function the designated business-class cabin — which implies these vacationers could have a row to themselves, because the jet can be organized in a 2-2 configuration (in Europe, airways continuously haven’t got premium seats up entrance, however will block the center seat of rows organized in a 3-3 configuration for higher-priced tickets).
The primary retrofitted Air France E190 is predicted to be in service by this fall.
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