In June 2022, Air New Zealand formally revealed the details of its new business class product, after teasing it for a couple of years. Air New Zealand is actually refreshing all of its cabins on the Boeing 787 (including introducing the innovative Skynest), but in this post I’ll be focusing specifically on business class.
With the product due to be introduced later this year, I wanted to take an updated look at what we can expect, especially since this will be introduced differently than initially expected, due to delays with newly delivered Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
Air New Zealand’s new Business Premier seats
In late 2024, Air New Zealand will be introducing new Business Premier seats. Boeing 787s will feature either 42 or 22 of these seats, depending on the configuration (there are different configurations depending on demand in various markets).
Air New Zealand’s premium 787…