German carrier Air Berlin has taken delivery of the first Boeing 737-700 with the new Boeing Sky Interior, becoming the first airline to operate both the 737-700 and the 737-800 with the new cabin design.
Future oneworld member Air Berlin received its first 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior in mid-February.
Berlin-based German carrier Air Berlin took delivery of the first Boeing 737-700 with the new Boeing Sky Interior on March 8, 2011. Air Berlin received its first 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior in mid-February, making the airline the first to operate both aircraft types with the new cabin design. In this photograph, the Air Berlin 737-700 departs Boeing Field on March 8
“The introduction of the new Sky Interior is part of many comfort initiatives we are introducing throughout the airberlin fleet,” says Joachim Hunold, chief executive officer of Air Berlin. “This shows that we are placing even greater focus on the needs of business travelers and are making airberlin flights even more attractive. The Boeing Sky Interior is also a taste of things to come for airberlin passengers as the design is based on the interior of the Boeing Dreamliner.”
The sculpted sidewalls of the interior provide passengers with a feeling of spaciousness. New window reveals make the windows seem larger. Brighter and longer-lasting LED lighting can be programmed to provide a soft-blue sky overhead or to create different effects during the flight. Larger stowage bins pivot down and out. Intuitive placement of switches and call buttons and improved sound quality are further features designed to enhance the passenger experience.
Air Berlin was the first airline to take delivery of both a Boeing 737-800 and a 737-700 featuring the new Boeing Sky Interior. The carrier received its first 737-800 with the new interior in February 2011 – the 737-800's cabin is shown here – and its first 737-700 with the Boeing Sky Interior on March 8, 2011
The delivery of the 737-700 with the new Boeing Sky Interior marks another milestone in a partnership between Boeing and Air Berlin which goes back to the carrier’s first flight, from Berlin Tegel to Palma de Mallorca with a Boeing 707 in 1979. Today the second-largest German airline has more than 130 Next-Generation 737s in service or on order and also has ordered 15 Boeing 787-8s as a future addition to its long-haul fleet.
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