Air France to upgrade A330s with Zodiac lie-flat business seats

Air France will invest E140m extending a cabin refurbishment to its Airbus Group SE A330 fleet that will include lie-flat business-class seats from Zodiac Aerospace, the embattled supplier that has struggled to fulfill orders. The upgrade will begin late next year and finish in 2018, the airline said. Each of the twin-aisle planes will be equipped with 30 business-class seats costing E50,000 apiece that extend into full beds, part of a broader effort to offer the setup in all the carrier’s long-haul airliners. The project also includes installing 21 premium economy and 175 economy seats. Zodiac has been renovating cabins of Air France’s Boeing 777 airliners, and has finished 31 of 44 planes.<br/>