Air France unveils luxury first-class seat

The seats in the picture cannot possibly be first class luxury seats. They look like economy class seats to me. Unless this is the French idea of luxury. Which I doubt

They do look ghastly for first-class.

They are defo normal cheap seats, no way are the 1st class. I surges that they go away and look at other airlines that have 1st class, then they will realise that they have made a c**k up

what's not mentioned in this article is that economy seats on most airlines are getting narrower! the rich get richer while the the poor get squeezed in like cattle.

That has to be the "wrong picture"... I have travelled First Class and even the "old" seats are nothing like this !

Luxury a First Class Seat - isn't that an oxymoron.

I sit on luxury first class seats all the time at home and around town.

How come it's so expensive whenever it's attached to an airplane!?

Air France has an extremely attentive and friendly staff but Singapore Airlines Super First Class private suites are less expensive and just as good. However JAL Sky Suite is the best value for your money. Basically Air France new first class cabin is unique and totally refined but way over priced. The JAL Sky Suite with the full-flat bed in business class is a Super First Class seat and in my opinion is sufficient. It has staggered configuration that allows you to have direct and unobstructed aisle assess yet it's very comfortable and extremely private. It resembles the British Airways Club World Business Class product, which allows you to enclose in your own personal space with a touch button private screen.

"First class occupies just a sliver of the air-travel market, with Air France’s 52,000 such customers a year representing an occupancy rate of 38%, 0.3% of total long-haul passengers and 1.8% of long-haul revenue"

I should be an airline manager! Heck, I'd be concentrating on the non-First class 98.2% of long-haul revenue.

Air travel in Asia is set to take off as growing middle classes take to the skies, prompting increasing competition for well-heeled passengers, and industry expert

The expert is not able to figure out that the Chinese students and families doing their first overseas trip on a budget . the people that are traveling in the economy class, they are the soon-to-be wealthy middle class... They will be able to choose to avoid Air France for themselves. And the most successful will also avoid it for business trips of the tens of thousands employees of the company they'll manage.

Flew on Air France once to Japan when i still lived in Britain. Bought a return and was so utter crap that i bought a Lufthansa ticket to return. That was in 97, maybe they are better now but that was a nightmare flight with rude staff.