SAS has just revealed its pictures of its new A321LR cabin. The transatlantic slender physique joins the provider’s wide-body fleet in connecting the 2 continents, however attempting to maintain the identical passenger expertise touch-points throughout basically totally different airframes was a troublesome ask. Whereas the airline sadly hasn’t been in a position to present all aisle entry, through the use of the identical seat household, issues ought to no less than really feel a little bit acquainted.
On the entrance of the plane, there are seven rows in a ahead going through staggered 2 x 2, 1 x 1 configuration because of SAS’s alternative of the Thompson Vantage seat (the marginally narrower model of the Vantage XL that now graces its wide-body providing. Factorydesign as soon as once more has helped SAS convey their ambitions to life. “We designed their new Vantage BC cabin in collaboration with the SAS product staff including to our portfolio of labor for them on their A330 BC and A350 Enterprise Class, Welcome space, Enterprise Class bar and Financial system Snack Bar.”
That includes a cooler, extra subtle color palette, these seats actually imply enterprise, with the ‘Throne’ seats in even rows 2, 4 and 6 being the most popular tickets because of their privateness and elevated private floor space. In complete, 8 of the 22 seats are window seats that can contain having to climb over your companion to get to the aisle.
Apparently behind the Enterprise Class cabin sits a very separate mini Premium Financial system ‘SAS Plus’ Cabin, that includes the Collins Aerospace MiQ seat, with an identical trim and end. This 12 seater cabin in a 2 x 2 configuration is probably probably the most intimate Premium Financial system Transatlantic cabins, which – by sheer scale – will give a extra premium service to these sat in it. This may very well be one of many hottest cabins throughout the Atlantic so long as the airline will get the value level proper.
Behind these two cabins sits the financial system cabin, which has a really grown up slate and black inside, that includes seats in a normal 3 x 3 configuration. By having a barely smaller cabin signifies that the service, particularly on the redeye flights again to Europe, needs to be quite a bit faster.
This plane was meant to start out flying final yr on income flights throughout the Atlantic, however that had been delayed till simply now, with a visitor flight throughout the Atlantic to Dulles in a few days, however with an official launch from Copenhagen to each Washington Dulles and Boston as of late March 2022.
