A second generation of single-aisle fully flat beds offering direct aisle access is ready and willing to improve the passenger experience on board the increasingly capable narrowbody aircraft in the aviation pipeline. With these aircraft set to be among aviation’s strongest cards in the post-COVID-19 recovery, let’s take a look at how they stack up against earlier seats.
The first generation of fully flat seats on narrowbody aircraft lack direct aisle access, which is why they are now being superseded. They are, in essence, widebody seats of variable geometry that can fit inside the narrower bodies of an Airbus A320 family or the Boeing 737 or 757: