Originally Posted by
florin
Ok I'll bite. Who were the first carriers to feature lie-flat seats?
Originally Posted by
kkjay77
I don't exactly recall if it were BA or VS who introduced lie flat seats first,
All covered
in the article linked in the first post in a brief history of lie-flat seats.
With apologies to George Orwell, some lie-flat seats are more equal than others. Indeed, is one airline’s reverse herringbone lie-flat seat more comfortable than another’s backwards-facing lie-flat?
The move to fully lie-flat seats began in 1995 and 1996 when Air France and British Airways introduced seats that converted to fully-flat beds in their respective first-class cabins. The beds were truly horizontal and parallel to the deck, in stark contrast to the recliners used in most planes....