Gadgets

Gadget-Loaded First Class Seats Make Me Wanna Be Swiss Cheese

Runway Girl Mary Kirby has tried the new Swiss International Airlines’ first class on a JFK-Zurich flight. It’s so cool and has so much high-tech—like the touchscreen seat-bed control—that it’s almost painful to watch.


March 29, 2009
Cars

New Aeroplane Interior Design Allows for Romantic Dinner for Two

While you and I try to eat our plastic-wrapped dinner in cattle class, first class passengers in Swiss International’s flights would be able to chat up passengers and invite them to their table for two.


July 30, 2008
Cars

Photos Emerge of Emirates A380 Showers: Tiny, But Luxurious

See that happy-looking lady in the pic? She’s standing in an Emirates A380 in-flight shower room, details of which have emerged after we first alerted you to this airborne luxury. The “shower spas” are pretty decently kitted-out, and the aircraft carries an extra 500kg of water to allow every one of the 14 first-class passengers to have a splash. As a result, the shower only runs for five minutes, and there’s a traffic-light system to let you know how the time’s going. And if you’re planning on trying to form a new “mile-high, in the shower” club, you’d better forget it: the showers are small, “designed for single usage.”