{"id":615848,"date":"2026-04-18T21:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615848\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T21:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:49:23","slug":"new-zealand-unveils-worlds-first-economy-sleep-pods-for-long-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615848\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand unveils world&#8217;s first economy sleep pods for long flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For long-haul travel, Air New Zealand has officially announced the launch of Skynest, the world\u2019s first lie-flat sleep pods for Economy and Premium Economy passengers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Designed to alleviate the strain of some of the world\u2019s longest commercial flights, the Skynest configuration features six individual <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/ai-robotics\/ai-da-humanoid-robot-presents-first-building-design\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bunk-style pods<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This innovative addition aims to bridge the comfort gap, allowing budget-conscious <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/ai-robotics\/us-airport-humanoid-robot-assist-passengers\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">travelers<\/a> the rare opportunity to stretch out and achieve quality rest while in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great way to break up your journey and have the ability to lie flat in your own calm space for four hours,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnewzealand.com\/economy-skynest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">said<\/a> Air New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-font-roboto t-font-normal t-text-[14px] md:t-text-[16px] t-leading-[18px] t-text-[#121216] dark:t-text-[#F5F6F7]\">An active and versatile journalist and news editor. He has covered regular and breaking news for several leading publications and news media, including The Hindu, Economic Times, Tomorrow Makers, and many more. Aman holds expertise in politics, travel, and tech news, especially in AI, advanced algorithms, and blockchain, with a strong curiosity about all things that fall under science and tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For long-haul travel, Air New Zealand has officially announced the launch of Skynest, the world\u2019s first lie-flat sleep&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-615848","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}