EVA Air has been a traveler favorite when it comes to trans-Pacific travel. Like many of its contemporaries in the region, it will be welcoming new aircraft orders with new offerings. According to a press release from the airline, it will get the first of 24 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners at the start of October. Among the highlight features of the new jets will be a new, bigger business class seat.

The new Dreamliners will have 304 seats in a two-class cabin layout made up of 26 Royal Laurel Class and 278 Economy seats.



“The introduction of Boeing 787 Dreamliners is essential to our continuous pursuit of service excellence,” said EVA President Clay Sun. “We have adopted a more modern, globalized design concept and combined it with Boeing’s latest aviation technologies to create a luxurious cabin environment and provide all our passengers with an even more comfortable flying experience.”

For the new Royal Laurel Class seats, it will be in a 1-2-1 cabin layout designed by BMW’s Designworks Company. Each of the custom designed Thompson Vantage XL seat will offer customers a width of 23 inches (58.4 cm). The length when reclined as a fully-flat bed is 76 inches (193cm).











Other features on the new business class seats will have a large, 18 inch HD touchscreen monitor for inflight entertainment along with adjustable panels for privacy, larger fold-out tables for work of dining, and built-in storage cabinets.

Designworks is no stranger to designing airplane interiors. While most of its portfolio is made up of seats for luxury and executive BMW vehicles, the company has also designed Singapore Airlines’ First Class suites on their Boeing 777-300ERs.

“We wanted EVA’s business class experience to be fresh and memorable for passengers and to make service, design and brand all work together,” said Design Director Johannes Lampela from Designworks’ LA Studio. “Our goal was to take a proven seat platform and make it unique to EVA. From privacy, service, interaction, stowage and amenities, we explored the holistic passenger experience.”

Economy passengers will experience a new interior from Boeing’s interior design partner Teague for an “exquisitely elegant” cabin. Each RECARO seat will have headrests that adjust up to 6 inches and a 12 inch HD touchscreen monitor for inflight entertainment.











EVA Air’s first 787 is scheduled to begin flying between Taipei and Hong Kong late in October. When the second aircraft arrives, it will be used on flights to Japan.







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