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New lie-flat beds

1 Dec 2004 by business traveller

Malaysia Airlines beganrolling out its new lie-flat beds this month in first and business class on the Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo, Zurich and Sydney sectors, with the new seats soon to follow on London routes.
The airline has installed the seats as part of a £90 million upgrade to its fleet of Boeing 777-200 and 747-400 aircraft, which also includes cabin redesigns, fewer seats in first class and a new video-on-demand entertainment system. The refitted aircraft will be introduced at a rate of two per month from February 2005, with the first retrofitted 747s being brought onto the London route in mid-February.
Described by managing director Dato' Ahmad Fuaad Dahlan as ?third generation seats? (British Airways being the first and airlines such as Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines considered the second), the new seats will be in a dedicated two-class configuration for the Boeing 777-200 (business and economy) and three-class for the 747s in Malaysia's fleet, with the number of first class seats reduced to 12.
First class seats will have a 203cm pitch, fully flat recline, electrically operated head rest and a privacy ?pod?. The business seats will recline into an angled flat bed, with a seat pitch of 147cm. The airline has installed a Matsushita entertainment system across all classes which features 40 films and 200 CDs that can be stopped and started on demand.
Malaysia Airlines flies 22 times a week from the UK to Kuala Lumpur, including four times a week from Manchester, but the airline is seeking greater frequency from Heathrow and is also looking at increasing its Manchester frequency and starting flights from Gatwick.
 
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