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Airline adding bunk beds for economy travelers but bans snacks, smells and cuddling 83%
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY0%
4/17/2026, 2:18:52 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Optimism Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 77% saturation with 329 hits. Analysis detected 1,044 faulty-reasoning hits from 427 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 74.5% and a BS Rank of 83% (3,718 of 21,176 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.40% of the article peer group.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sleep on a long-haul flight in economy class has always been a fantasy for many travelers.
Air New Zealand will soon offer a solution that involves climbing into a triple-tier bunk bed wearing special socks.
The airline will soon open bookings for four-hour stints in the Skynest sleep pods and says they will be the first lie-flat beds for budget air travelers.
Fliers will get cozy with their fellow passengers, however, so crumbs, strong perfumes and bedsharing are forbidden.
“That means solo snoozes only please, no musical nests or tag-teaming,” Air New Zealand’s website says.
For those worried about cleanliness, the airline assures travelers that the pillows, blankets and sheets supplied “are all refreshed” between four-hour naps.
Fliers are also required to change into specially provided socks to enter the pod, fasten their seatbelts over their blankets and forgo dousing themselves in any smelly “perfumes or potions.”
Passengers will be woken by a gentle change in lighting at the end of their four-hour stint in the bunk – or by a flight attendant, possibly less gently, if they don’t rouse in time.
Each berth is about the length of a regular bed — 80 inches or 203 cm — but the pods don’t leave headroom for sitting up and access “requires bending, kneeling, crawling, or climbing into the space,” the aircraft’s website says.
The bunks are 25 inches (64 cm) wide at shoulder height, tapering to 16 inches (41 cm) at the foot of the beds.
Seats or couches that convert into beds in the sky aren’t a new offering for business and first class travelers, but Air New Zealand believes its lie-flat bunks for economy travelers will be a world first.
The offering from New Zealand’s national carrier is the latest from airlines seeking to sell seat upgrades and other add-ons to economy travelers.
Air New Zealand first announced the economy beds were in development in 2020.
The airline has increased fares and cut some domestic flights from its schedule in response to increased jet fuel costs during the war in the Middle East.
In March, it suspended its earnings outlook due to fuel price volatility and warned that more changes to its routes were possible.
But on one of its longest flights, travelers might finally get some shut-eye — although they should expect snoring, for which earplugs are provided, the airline said.
“Statistically, someone’s going to do it,” Air New Zealand’s website reads.
“It might be you.”
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