April 03, 2019. JohnWalton, Runway Girl Network
Hawaiian Airlines is to install an Adient Aerospace's Ascent outward-facing herringbone seat in the premium cabin of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with the Collins Aerospace Aspire fully-featured economy class seat further back in the aircraft. Hawaiian is the first announced customer of the Adient-Boeing joint venture, and is working with Adient and design house Teague on the integration of the seat, which will be what the airline calls "a modular premium lie-flat seat featuring double suites and designed specifically for the wide- body cabin of the 787-9".
Renee Awana, Hawaiian Airlines' managing director of product development, confirms to Runway Girl Network that "as configured this will be a 1-2-1 outward facing herringbone… the Adient platform creates a great mix of privacy and shared seating options. The center doubles, in particular, are going to offer a really fantastic 'suite' experience that we think will be well received by couples. Adient is also committed to working with us to bring in design details and CMF that richly evoke Hawaii in a sophisticated, contemporary way. We're working closely with Adient and Teague to bring the details of the seat to life."
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