Game-Changing B747SP
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Aircraft INTERNATIONALinteriors Read Inside this issue THE FUTURE INFLIGHT EXPERIENCE A vision of what the passenger experience could look like in 20, 40, 60 and 100 years NARROW-BODY 2020 DESIGN SHOWCASE OPPORTUNITIES Massive growth in the single- aisle market is creating exciting JETLINER CABINS Jennifer Coutts Clay’s article new potential for cabins JETLINER CABINS BOARDING INNOVATION Faster boarding methods that can enhance operational efficiency, passenger THE satisfaction and profits ESSENTIAL DESIGN INSIGHTS GUIDE Ideas, philosophies and case FOR CREATING THE starting on page 130 studies from the world’s top NEXT GENERATION design houses OF AIRCRAFT SUPPLIER INSIGHTS INTERIORS New designs, technologies and approaches that can improve JETLINER CABINS the passenger experience JETLINER CABINS 2020 DESIGN SHOWCASE intercontinental flights to destinations The B-zone LOPA also shows a WWW.AIRCRAFTINTERIORSINTERNATIONAL.COM such as Tokyo and Dharan, explains, “The longitudinal galley, which contained ABOUT THE AUTHOR ‘GAME-CHANGING’ B747SP B747SP was the only Pan Am ‘plane that refrigerated compartments and capacious intercontinental flights tohad destinations bunk rooms. When theThe SPB-zone was LOPA alsostorage shows aareas. As Blumensaadt recalls, Jennifer Coutts Clay has worked on the refurbishment In April 1976, Pan Am launched the Boeing 747SP, a variant of the B747-100. such as Tokyo and Dharan,launched explains, there “The were longitudinalstandard rest-seats galley, which “Thiscontained galley was shared ABOUTby first class and THE AUTHORand upgrade of several Boeing 747 fleets, across all B747SP was the only Panfor Am flight ‘plane attendants that atrefrigerated the back of compartments the Clipper and capacious class. It’s the only galley I ever classes of service: at British Airways as controller of ‘GAME-CHANGING’SP stands for ‘Special Performance’, but what was so special B747SP about the SP? corporate identity; at Pan Am as general manager of had bunk rooms. When theaircraft. SP was But after aboutstorage a year areas. of As Blumensaadtworked recalls, on that had windows:Jennifer about Coutts half- Clay has worked on the refurbishment product design and development; and as consultant launched there were standardoperations, rest-seats the company “This and galley the was flight- shared bya-dozen first class of them. and I lovedand that! upgrade Pan Am of severalhad Boeing 747 fleets, across all In April 1976, Pan Am launched the Boeing 747SP, a variant of the B747-100. to South African Airways. 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