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6 of the Best...Aeroplane SeatsBy Louise FarquharEvery seasoned traveller wants the ‘perfect trip’ when they embark on their ideal adventure and getting organised is the key to making the most of your precious time abroad. As a travellady.com reader you know the cool destinations and our trusty reporters have all the local knowledge you need to blend in when you arrive. By now your suitcase (Louis Vuitton or copy) will be packed and all that stands between you and your dream vacation is a long tedious flight on a cramped aeroplane with stodgy food and the film you saw last week. Stop! Don’t let poor air travel cramp your style. To ensure you arrive film-star fresh and raring to go read on and let travellady.com check you into the best seats in the sky. Singapore Airlines business seat If your journey takes you from Los Angeles or New York to Singapore then hop on one of the new A345 Leadership planes for the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight. Enjoy your 14 to 18 hour trip on the splendid lie-flat Space Beds and immerse yourself in the fantastic in-flight entertainment programme played on your personal monitor. There are only 181 seats on this plane and with the food so good and the Raffles service as discreet and exemplary as usual you might not want to get off. www.singaporeair.com Virgin Atlantic upper class suite
Northwest Airlines business seat If your heading from Detroit to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Rome or Pairs then the new Airbus A330 planes with Northwest have fantastic Lie Flat Seats and a fully digital in-flight entertainment system to provide hours of rest or amusement –whichever you prefer! Some of their 747 planes are also being refitted so more routes with the new seats will be available soon. www.nwa.com Qantas International Business seat A flight from Sydney to Hong Kong will never be the same again since Qantas introduced the new Skybed. With an inbuilt back massager, several seat adjustments and a unique cocoon style the seat-bed is both intimate and supremely comfortable. Enhanced cabin lighting and clever storage options like a shoe tidy and glove compartment are nice touches and add to the general ‘hide away in cosy luxury’ environment you can immerse yourself in until the wheels hit the tarmac. www.qantas.com British Airways Club World. The flat seat beds in Club World are legendary and the huge number of routes which host them make these seats in the sky readily available to lots of us. The cabin environment is relaxed and the special layout gives weary travellers a chance to curl up in a ‘feels like’ cashmere blanket and rest while fired-up glamour chicks can sip champagne, people watch and tune in to the latest movies. www.ba.com American Airlines economy seat Economy transatlantic routes often mean elbow hockey with your neighbour and legs that feel like they’ve been tied in a knot for the entire journey. However there is a glimmer of hope with American Airlines who aim to offer a bit more luxury to those of us sitting up the back with their redesigned 767s and 777s. Seat pitches have been greatly increased so stretching your legs is now a definite possibility – although if it’s sleep you’re after then better take a tablet. www.aa.com |
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For travel between London and New
York or San Francisco think about booking into the new Virgin suites. Luxury
leather armchairs flip into separate beds at the touch of a button to give
you the sleep of your life and when you wake up rested and rejuvenated then
pop back in to the reclining mode for an aperitif or intimate dinner with
your partner. A private bar and massage room all add up to a holiday in
itself.