Japan Airlines will welcome a new cabin configuration for its Boeing 787-9 on the Tokyo (Narita)-Kuala Lumpur route, starting at the end of July 2017, enhancing passengers’ inflight experience with more comfort.
JAL has introduced the JAL Sky Suite-configured Boeing 777-300ER/-200ER, Boeing 767-300ER, and Boeing 787-8/-9 onto select international routes under the theme of “raising the notches one class above in all cabin services.” The new JAL Sky Suite 787-9 will be progressively expanded onto the other international routes.
Business Class will be retrofitted with the latest fully-flat seat JAL Sky Suite III, which was installed on the JAL Sky Suite 777 aircraft (Boeing 777-200ER) last June. In addition to further expanding fully-flat Business Class seat service to meet robust corporate demand on medium- and long-haul international routes, more seats will be available in Business Class than the current Boeing 787-9.
Premium Economy Class will be equipped with Japan Airlines‘ Sky Premium seat, while Economy Class will be fitted with JAL Sky Wider seat with five-centimetre increased seat pitch, offering New Spacious Economy seats on international routes.
While the industry norm is a nine-abreast economy layout for the Boeing 787s, JAL is the only airline in the world that continues to adopt an eight-abreast layout with increased seat width.
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