Air New Zealand's Bunk Beds Will Soon Be Bookable Aboard Select Dreamliners

It's a well-known fact that New Zealand is far, with a direct flight from New York to Auckland typically taking just under 18 hours. So it is welcome news that Air New Zealand, the country's principal airline, is launching revolutionary sleeping pods, known as Economy Skynest, on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flights—fitted with bunk beds, no less. That's right: economy passengers flying ultra-long-haul with the airline can book themselves one of six horizontal bunk beds from May 18, for select flights beginning in November. The beds come with a mattress, bedding, privacy curtain, reading light, charging ports and amenity kits with eye masks and earplugs, as well as a seat belt, of course, and will enable fliers to “stretch out, lie flat and get a few hours’ proper rest in the air,” so says Air New Zealand’s Chief Executive, Nikhil Ravishankar. “By giving more people the chance to properly rest on ultra-long-haul flights, it helps make travel to and from New Zealand more manageable,” he added. However, there is a slight catch. Far from being rolled out across all routes, the new sleeping pods will initially only be available on plane rides between John F. Kennedy Intern