OREANDA-NEWS. July 01, 2014. Air France inaugurated its first Boeing 777 equipped with its new cabins. Flight AF008 took off yesterday from Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 19:10 for New York.

For the first time, customers were able to enjoy the new Economy cabin, offering optimum travel comfort, and Premium Economy, with 40% additional space. They also discovered the new Business class, a real cocoon in the sky.

These cabins are being progressively installed on 44 Boeing 777, the heart of Air France’s long-haul fleet:

- Close to 10,000 Economy seats

- More than 1,100 Premium Economy seats

- 2,102 new Business class seats

The new cabins will be available by the end of 2014 to Singapore, Jakarta, Tokyo-Haneda, Houston and Shanghai. Douala, Dubai and Sao Paulo will follow early 2015.