Qantas has unveiled the cabin design of its specially-designed Airbus A350s, which will fly direct from Sydney to New York and London from late 2025 as part of ‘Project Sunrise’.
The airline showcased its First and Business cabins in February and has now unveiled the rest of the aircraft interior, including a unique dedicated Wellbeing Zone, Premium Economy and Economy cabins.
Work on the cabin design began in 2019 and took tens of thousands of hours to create Qantas’ intuitive A350 cabin of the future, which will fly 238 passengers for up to 22 hours nonstop from Australia to almost any destination in the world.
Qantas will be the first airline in the world to offer a purpose-built Wellbeing Zone located between the Premium Economy and Economy cabins, featuring sculpted wall panels and integrated stretch handles, guided on-screen exercise programme, a hydration station and a range of refreshments.
“We have spent just as much time on the second half of the aircraft as we did the front, in fact we started studies on the Wellbeing Zone before any other area of the A350,” said Alan Joyce, Qantas Group Chief Executive Officer. “The new ‘Project Sunrise’ flights give us the opportunity to re-think long-haul travel in its entirety, from aircraft cabin design to what ingredients we include on the inflight menu. Reducing the number of seats onboard our A350 to 238 compared to the 300-plus seat layout of other carriers means we not only maximise aircraft performance across long distances, we give our passengers more space and comfort. Fewer seats translate to more space for each customer and a dedicated Wellbeing Zone for travellers to stretch, help themselves to a snack and spend time out of their seat. We are the only airline in the world that will have a bespoke designed onboard stretch and movement space.”
The 40-seat Premium Economy cabin and the 140-seat Economy cabin will have the most generous seat pitches of any Qantas aircraft, ergonomic leg and foot rest systems and personal storage options. Every seat across all four cabins will feature multiple fast USB-C charging ports and every premium seat will also have integrated wireless charging.
The Qantas A350 fleet will connect customers with fast and free WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity will feature across all cabins, so customers can connect their personal headset to the individual inflight entertainment screen.
The aircraft will have six large enclosed First Suites designed to feel like a mini boutique hotel room with two-metre flat bed, dining table for two, separate recliner chair and a 32-inch 4k ultra-high definition touch screen TV.
The 52 Business Suites will feature sliding doors for additional privacy, lay flat bed, large dining table, bespoke lighting and 18-inch 4k ultra-high definition touch screen TV.
