JAL to upgrade business class seats on international Boeing 777-200ER

Japan Airlines (JAL) has been introducing onto select international routes the JAL SKY SUITE 777 (Boeing 777-300ER, called SS7), the JAL SKY SUITE 767 (Boeing 767-300ER, called SS6), and the JAL SKY SUITE 787 (Boeing 787-8 and -9, called SS8 and SS9).

The airline next will introduce the Boeing 777-200ER with renewed cabin interior, called JAL SKY SUITE 777 (SS2), on the Tokyo (Haneda) - Bangkok route from July. Additionally, this revamped aircraft plans to be introduced on the Tokyo (Haneda) - Singapore route, and will expand onto JAL's Honolulu route from this winter in order to provide more customers with high quality products.

New fully flat seat, named JAL SKY SUITE III, which provides unobstructed aisle access for every seat in the Business Class. In addition to further expansion of fully flat seat service on JAL's medium-haul international routes, well-received JAL SKY PREMIUM seat will be introduced in the Premium Economy Class., and the seat in the Economy Class will be replaced by awarded JAL SKY WIDER, which offers increased seat pitch of max. 10cm more than the current seat, resulting from the improved pitch and slim-style seatback design. Together with the expansion of "New Spacious Economy" service, seating configuration will become 3-4-2, which offers the qualified combination of seat capacity and accessible aisle in response to customers' needs.

"Our aim is to deliver enhanced services and products to more customers. We have developed this new Business Class seat with highly in-flight habitability and provision of appropriate capacity as well," said Yoshiharu Ueki, President of Japan Airlines. "JAL will be continuing to embrace new challenges, and striving to become the most preferred airline in the world."

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