Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) has created a new
cabin design concept, called Harmony, which combines the comfort and space of a
widebody cabin with the practicality to suit the longest of flights.
Harmony seamlessly combines the benefits of
Airbus Corporate Jets’ VIP widebodies - such as comfort, space and quietness -
to produce a consistently harmonious customer experience. It builds on the
Airspace cabin brand from the Airbus airliner family.
Initially proposed for the new ACJ330neo
Family , which features new-generation engines and Sharklets, Harmony can also
suit other Airbus widebodies, such as the ACJ350 XWB.
“Long-haul flights provide time for productive
work and socialising, as well as rest, and ACJ’s Harmony cabin concept is
wonderfully well designed to enable all of these, while bringing the world
within a single flight,” says ACJ President
Benoit Defforge.
“Harmony is a timeless and elegant design
concept, because we dare to break the conventions that are traditionally imposed
on us as cabin designers. Our creativity needs to be unique to fit the needs of
our customers, as befits a host receiving their guests in their ‘world above the
world,” says ACJ Head of Creative Design
Sylvain Mariat.
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Harmony cabin concept entrance. |
A holographic globe, showing aircraft
position, greets entering passengers. Turning left leads to the master bedroom,
office and bathroom, while turning right brings travellers into a spacious
lounge with seating grouped at round-tables that encourage social interaction.
Concentric circles, like ripples on a pond,
are a feature of the cabin layout.
Just beyond the lounge is a conference table,
and beyond that there are four VIP guest-suites - each featuring an office that
converts to a bedroom, plus an ensuite bathroom with shower.
Seating for support staff and a galley make up
the rear of the cabin, which can be adapted to serve both private and government
customers.
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Harmony cabin concept lounge. |
Airbus aircraft have the distinction of being
the world’s most modern and comprehensive family. All of the corporate jet
versions have intercontinental capability, with some - such as the ACJ330neo and
ACJ350 XWB Families - going beyond to deliver “nonstop to the world range”.
Airbus corporate jet customers benefit from
airliner-reliability and a worldwide support network - sized to serve more than
10,000 aircraft and over 500 customers and operators - plus services tailored to
their specific needs.
These services include the “one call handles
all” corporate jet customer care centre (C4you), customised maintenance
programmes and the ACJ Service Centre Network.
All of today’s Airbus aircraft include the
protection and simplicity of fly-by-wire controls, the benefits of Category 3B
autoland, and time and cost-saving centralised maintenance.
More than 190 Airbus corporate jets are in
service on every continent, including Antarctica, highlighting their versatility
around the clock around the world.
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