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Spacious lie-flat seating in business class but denser accommodation in economy class are on the cards for passengers booking medium and long-haul Air AsiaX flights in the coming months.
The Malaysian budget carrier has begun retrofitting its eight-strong fleet of Airbus A330s and A340s with the new seating at a cost of US$10 million. The programme will be finished by June and will cover routes linking the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur with destinations in Australia, India, Taiwan, mainland China and the UK (London Stansted).
Business class passengers will be in for a treat. Air AsiaX claims it is the first budget airline to offer premium passengers the space and comfort of a lie-flat seat. However the seats are not fully lie-flat as you would find with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic. When questioned by Business Traveller, Tim Claydon, commercial advisor for Air AsiaX admitted that “the seat is slightly angled, it’s not 180 degree flat.†There will be 12 business seats on the A330s with 18 on the A340s.
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