First images of NZ's new product!
 

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This video popped up on Youtube today, Looks like the ad for Monday. The video is marked as private so you can view it. You are able to find it by searching "Air New Zealand" sorted by upload date.

Atleast the seats don't look like they are pink!

Gee! What a lucky find for you! considering you are probably from the NZ marketing department

Nope if I was from the NZ marketing department it would have included a Pink Uniform & Cougars!

Lie back for the long haul

4:00 AM Sunday Jan 24, 2010


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Forget about flying high, Air New Zealand passengers will be laid low by new seats that allow them to lie back, stretch out and sleep - a world first for economy-class travel.
While Air New Zealand is remaining tight-lipped about the new design, it indicates it has "created the ability for passengers to lie down comfortably".
It is preparing for the unveiling, on Tuesday, of a new lie-flat seat that has been a year in development. The airline has built a full-size replica of a Boeing 777-300 economy-class cabin in a shed on Auckland's Viaduct Harbour, near the Air New Zealand headquarters.
"A team of Air New Zealanders has been conceptualising, building, testing and refining a range of new products and interiors that will quite simply redefine long-haul travel and set a benchmark for competitors to follow," said chief executive Rob Fyfe.
An ergonomic furniture designer, who did not want to be named, said it would be intriguing to see what Air New Zealand unveiled.
"There would be an insurmountable problems getting the numbers in," he said. "It sounds like they could be going to stack people up on the sides, but this could also pose problems of safety." In a previous long-haul overhaul Air New Zealand concentrated on the lie-flat business class seats.By Rebecca Lewis

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:rolleyes:

Tinpis! := No porn links allowed!

Few things make me laugh these days, but that post from Tinpis just did it.

Not sure if I should post this image!

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Fcuk me! Those are banana lounge's!!!:eek:

Are they home made chairs?

Economy gets more laid back

4:00 AM Monday Jan 25, 2010
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Air New Zealand's long-haul boss Ed Simms says the airline is concentrating on comforts in the cabin.

Air New Zealand's long-haul boss Ed Simms says the airline is concentrating on comforts in the cabin.
While the spotlight has been on Air New Zealand's uniform replacement, the airline will this week unveil one of its most significant aircraft interior upgrades in years.
The changes are likely to mean more comfortable economy class seats with more fold-down or fold-out features.The airline is promising the final prototypes will represent "a significant step-change in long-haul travel".
Air New Zealand's long-haul airline boss Ed Simms has been working on aircraft interiors for the past 25 years and says the tough economic environment facing airlines makes the revamp more critical than ever.
Airlines are faced with demands from passengers to have access to more technology and connectivity to the ground - which can yield new income for airlines - and to balance that with cabin ambience.
He said many airlines in the Northern Hemisphere were looking to generate income through selling food or taking a cut from those booking further travel or shows while airborne.
Air New Zealand's long-haul passengers flew further than most and for that reason the airline was concentrating on comforts in the cabin, rather than leaping into connectivity with the ground.
"The last thing you want when you're in 23K is to hear someone saying they're two hours away from the airport. We're looking for a balance."
The airline was assessing means of enabling a form of text or email access and evaluating whether voice contact should be permitted. "My preference is that I would rather not enable incoming voice calls," Simms said.
In November the airline will receive the first of five Boeing 777-300s. The multimillion interior redesign comes after a secret testing programme including members of the public and staff.
A replica of a 777 cabin was set up near Air New Zealand's downtown Auckland headquarters and during the three-year programme the airline learned more from hotels and boatbuilders, rather than the aviation industry,
about how to get a good-quality rest throughout the aircraft. Business-class seats already fold down flat and these could be improved with greater foam thickness and shoulder width.
The bigger challenge has been to get improved rest in premium economy and economy. Economy seats are likely to have more fold-down or fold-out features, making it easier for families or groups of friends to travel together.
"Most of our closer competitors geographically are putting their innovations into first class - that's not an area where Air New Zealand is."
The furniture around the seat will be substantially overhauled. "What we're finding from customers is that they're wanting us to replicate conditions and the environment that they create for themselves at home."
Increasingly passengers want to work on a laptop while listening to an iPod and eat at the same time, Simms said."That's a huge ergonomic challenge. We've spent a lot of time trying to create three separate spaces."
The cabin will also feature different storage areas in and around seats,"People carry more gadgetry than before, people want to know where their stuff is and the security of it."
Enhancing personal space was also a priority. This not only related to the distance between seats or seat pitch but also how passengers felt trapped by meal carts which had resulted in a rethink of how and when service
could be delivered around the cabin.

Entertainment systems are in for an overhaul, with more frequently loaded content including that from YouTube."We're moving on from saying we will dictate what movies you will watch to saying can an airline list
the top 10 sites on YouTube and move to the short, sound-bite type entertainment rather than the three-hour blockbuster."
Simms said the airline also wanted to provide more of the type of food people ate at home and give more flexibility about when and where passengers ate.

Air New Zealand has been named airline of the year by Air Transport World and chief executive Rob Fyfe said the remodelling shown early to the judges was a factor in the award.

NZ always seem to be at the forefront of new thinking, unfortunately the same cant be said for QF

Supplied by "The Warehouse" at Samoanehunga?

Having not flown AirNZ for a decade, we thought we would give em a try after realising we had buckleys and none of getting on staff travel to our original destination. Flew on the 73, A320 and 74.

WOW - what a fresh, clean feel - and whether you like the 'bare essentials' or not, the catchy tune seems to put people in a good mood (even the crew who must have heard it for the umteenth time that week - had a giggle as passengers caught on).

It's been so long since i've stepped on airliners that don't smell like egg and arse - with tidy floors and a colour scheme that isn't harsh or bland.

So to step on the 'older two' (73 and 74) and not smell egg, arse or a bucket load of 'nilodor' was refreshing.

Yer right Tin, I am told they did consider a Bunnings offer to beat the Warehouse by 15% but decided it would not look good to support an ocker company.

Maybe NZ should buy QF and show them how long haul should be done. :ok:

What happened to QF long haul, it's now a disgrace.

It's not like they compete with a load of LCC's on their long haul routes.

JQ would beat QF in Economy on any long haul route.

I have flown both JQ & QF to HNL and JQ was miles ahead in Y.

Even paying for food and drink, I could have purchased the whole JQ trolley, and still had a load of $$$ left over, in comparison to the QF fare.

Trust me...Don't go there! :eek:

Now now - you only say that cause JQ broke down and QF rescued you - thereby hopping on QFs old, yet superior product - where its all about choice.....the choice to refuse all the stuff you would normally have to pay extra for! :}

I'm very excited to see the new product tomorrow...but guys, please don't knock QF's new longhaul, which in terms of hard product, is probably one of the best out there! Especially in economy with the self serve bars, USB, power and RJ45 ports, foot nets, sliding seat base, Panasonic IFE, hard shell design. It's streets ahead of most competitors.

Premium is a market leader, Business is tried, tested and popular so that was expanded upon and First is simply a wonderful product. With the A380s space and different areas in each cabin to relax i.e. lounge and self serve bars as well as it's WiFi, it makes for a very pleasant long haul product which is seemingly being expanded on to the B747s and integrated into shorthaul on the A332s and B738s.

Catering in the Premium cabins is consistently ranked among the best by frequent flyers, especially when it comes to quality, the same goes for the wines.

Do yer still get boiled lollies on descent?