Boeing has delivered a Next-Generation 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior to Copa Airlines – the first Latin American carrier to take delivery of Boeing’s new cabin interior.
“We are proud to bring this state-of-the art technology and unmatched passenger experience to our valued customers,” saiys Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines. “This new interior represents yet another example of our progressive leadership in the Americas and will enhance the world-class service for which Copa Airlines has become known.”
This is how the new Boeing Sky Interior looks in the business-class section of a 737-800 of Copa Airlines, the first carrier in Latin America to take delivery of an aircraft featuring the new Boeing interior
The Boeing Sky Interior introduces new cove lighting and curving architecture that create a distinctive entryway. Passengers will notice a more open cabin and a soft blue sky-colored overhead simulated by light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. The new interior also brings new, sculpted sidewalls and window reveals to draw passengers’ eyes to the view outside the window as well as larger stowage bins, allowing passengers to store their luggage closer to their seats.
The 737 Boeing Sky Interior is the latest in a series of enhancements designed to improve the Next-Generation 737 for both airlines and passengers. According to Boeing, the next enhancement to come will be a package of performance improvements that will reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by 2 per cent – making the airplane a full 7 per cent more efficient than the first Next-Generation 737s delivered.
The performance improvements to the airframe and engine are in certification test, and Boeing says they will be phased into production between mid-2011 and early 2012.
Operating out of the “Hub of the Americas” at Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport, Copa Airlines provides service to 52 destinations in 25 countries. The March 3 delivery brings Copa’s in-service fleet of 737-800s to 18.
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