2026-04-17 06:54:53 北美东部夏令时 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻 / 美联社
新西兰惠灵顿电 — 对于众多旅客而言，在长途航班的经济舱里睡一觉一直是种奢望。新西兰航空即将推出一项解决方案，旅客只需穿上专用袜子，就能爬上三层卧铺休息。
该航空公司将开放天空睡眠舱（Skynest）的4小时时段预订，并表示这将是面向经济型航空旅客的首款平躺式床铺。不过旅客需要与其他乘客近距离共处，因此航空公司明令禁止携带零食、使用浓烈香水以及共享床位。
这款带帘卧铺将于11月起在新西兰航空全新的波音787-9梦想客机上，面向经济舱和超级经济舱旅客开放使用。这些飞机将执飞奥克兰至纽约航线，这是全球最长的商业航班之一，目前经济舱旅客需要全程挺直腰背，经历16至18小时的漫长飞行。
旅客现在可以提前预订4小时的带帘舱位，费用在经济舱票价基础上，起价为495新西兰元（约合291美元）。该舱位共有6个卧铺，采用三层铺位布局设置在客舱之间，旅客将与他人近距离共处，因此航空公司特意发布了舱内礼仪须知。
这张由新西兰航空提供的照片展示了奥克兰某客机客舱模拟舱内的睡眠舱。新西兰航空 via 美联社
近距离舱位引发的舱内规则
旅客不得在舱内进食，儿童及额外访客均不得使用该睡眠舱。
新西兰航空官网表示：“这意味着仅限单人独自休息，请勿搭建‘音乐小窝’或两人轮流使用。” 对于担心清洁问题的旅客，航空公司保证，每个4小时时段结束后，所提供的枕头、毯子和床单“都会彻底更换”。
旅客还必须更换航空公司提供的专用袜子才能进入舱内，需在毯子上方系好安全带，且不得喷洒带有刺鼻气味的“香水或药剂”。旅客将在4小时时段结束时，通过灯光缓缓变化的方式唤醒；若未能及时醒来，乘务人员可能会以稍显强硬的方式叫醒他们。
每个卧铺的长度与普通床铺相当——80英寸，但舱内没有可供坐直的头部空间，进入舱位“需要弯腰、下跪、爬行或爬进空间”，该航空公司官网介绍道。卧铺在肩部高度处宽25英寸，向床脚处收窄至16英寸。
可转换为床铺的座椅或沙发并非商务舱和头等舱旅客的全新体验，但新西兰航空认为，其面向经济舱旅客的平躺式卧铺当属全球首创。
这家新西兰国家航空公司推出的这项服务，是各航空公司争相向经济舱旅客销售座位升级及其他附加服务的最新举措。新西兰航空早在2020年就首次宣布了经济舱卧铺的研发计划。
受中东战争期间航空燃油价格上涨影响，该航空公司已上调票价并削减了部分国内航班计划。今年3月，该公司因燃油价格波动暂停发布盈利展望，并警告称其航线可能会有更多调整。
不过在其最长的航线之一上，旅客或许终于能睡个安稳觉了——不过航空公司提示，旅客可能会遇到打鼾情况，机上已配备耳塞。
新西兰航空官网写道：“从统计学角度来看，总会有人打鼾。可能就是你。”
Airline adding triple-decker bunk beds for economy-class travelers on long-haul flights
2026-04-17 06:54:53 EDT / CBS News / AP
Wellington, New Zealand — 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 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.
The curtained berths will be available to economy and premium economy fliers on the airline’s new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft from November. The planes will service the Auckland to New York route, one of the world’s longest commercial flights that currently leaves economy passengers sitting upright for a marathon 16 to 18 hours.
Instead, travelers will have the option of a pre-booked four-hour spot in a curtained pod, with costs starting from 495 New Zealand dollars ($291) on top of the price of their economy tickets. But use of the six pods, arranged in a triple-bunk style layout between cabins, will put fliers in close proximity to others, prompting the airline to publish etiquette notes.
This photo provided by Air New Zealand shows sleeping pods in a mock-up of a plane cabin in Auckland, New Zealand. Air New Zealand via AP
Rules prompted by pods’ close-quarters
Passengers must refrain from snacking in the pods, which can’t be used by children or any additional visitors.
“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 – 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 wide at shoulder height, tapering to 16 inches 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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