Qatar Airways' QSuite: More airlines are introducing cabin designs that allow for increased flexibility with seating arrangements.
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Solo traveler: Adjustable privacy panels enable QSuite travelers to open the space and create the feeling of a private cabin for parties of two or four -- or close off the pod completely to travel alone.
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Bedtime: QSuite's customizable seats can be converted into a single bed or -- with all panels removed -- a double bed.
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Airbus's Transpose: Airbus' Transpose airliner concept employs a modular design which would allow airlines to customize their planes cabin by cabin.
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Swap in, swap out: Modular cabins would swap in and out, according to the route and customers.
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Flexibility: For example, an overnight Hong Kong to New York flight would likely be full of sleeping cabins and perhaps a dim sum restaurant. But on its next leg, the same plane might switch to a new arrangement -- spas, co-working spaces and coffee shops -- for daytime travel.
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Streamlining: Airbus hopes that Transpose will streamline the current limitations on redesigning plane cabins. "Airlines are responding to that desire for customization, but right now there are significant limitations to bringing a similar level of choice to commercial air travel," says Jason Chua, project executive at A³ by Airbus Group.
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Emirates' latest revamp: Not quite as revolutionary, but Emirates' new iteration of its signature A380 Onboard Lounge aims to enhance the inflight social experience.
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An inflight executive club: Capturing the look and feel of an executive club, the spacious Business Class cocktail bar and lounge incorporates champagne hues, bronze accents, LED mood lighting, surround sound and lots of shiny wood.