26 Feb 2020

Air NZ's Skynest bed size put to the test

From Checkpoint, 5:21 pm on 26 February 2020

If you have ever flown long-haul in cattle class you will know only too well the pain and frustration of not being able to lie down.

Now Air NZ has moved to patent a new economy class sleep pod that has been three years in the making.

It is called Skynest, but will it fly?

So far it has only been trialled on the ground with hundreds of sleep testers sworn to secrecy and a decision on rolling it out wont be made until next year.

Lisa Owen talks to Kerry Reeves from Air NZ.