First and Business Class flat-bed seat and angled lie-flat seat sleep rating


	First & Business Class flat-bed and angled lie-flat seats "sleep" rating
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	FLATSEATS.com apply a "sleep rating" to all lie-flat seating products evaluated. Featured below are current sleep ratings - the rating being based on a range of comfort factors. Eg: sleeping on one's back, sleeping on your side, seat length, surface/cushion comfort, shoulder width, seat recline angle etc

"a great sleep"	FIRST CLASS (Flat-bed)	BUSINESS CLASS (Flat-bed)
	Air France ANA Asiana Airlines British Airways Cathay Pacific China Airlines China Eastern Emirates Etihad Airways Gulf Air Japan Airlines Jet Airways Korean Air Malaysia Airlines Qantas Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines Swiss TAM Brazilian Thai Airways Turkish Airlines	Air Canada Air New Zealand British Airways Delta Air Lines Emirates (A380 only) Etihad Airways Jet Airways Kingfisher Airlines Qantas (A380 only) Qatar Airways (B777 only) Singapore Airlines (A380 + B777-300 only) South African Airways United Airlines (NEW seats only) Virgin Atlantic

"a good sleep"	FIRST CLASS	BUSINESS CLASS (Angled lie-flat)
	Air India Air Tahiti Nui American Airlines LAN Airlines Lufthansa United Airlines	Aeroflot Air France ANA American Airlines Asiana Airlines bmi British Midland Cathay Pacific China Airlines China Southern Emirates (excl A380) EVA Air Gulf Air Hainan Airlines Iberia Japan Airlines Kenya Airways Korean Air Lufthansa Malaysia Airlines Pakistan Int'l Qantas (excl A380) Qatar Airways (excl B777) Royal Brunei Airlines Royal Jordanian Singapore Airlines (excl A380 + B777-300) Thai Airways TAM Airlines

"okay comfort"	FIRST CLASS	BUSINESS CLASS
	Air Jamaica Dragonair	Alitalia Austrian Continental Airlines K L M Northwest Airlines SAS Scandinavian SN Brussels Airlines SriLankan Airlines Swiss Intl Air Lines TAP Air Portugal

"disturbed sleep"	FIRST CLASS	BUSINESS CLASS
	Kuwait Airways Egyptair Saudi Arabian Airlines	Kuwait Airways LAN Airlines LOT Polish Airlines Oman Air Saudi Arabian Airlines

"uncomfortable"	FIRST CLASS	BUSINESS CLASS
	----------------	Biman Bangladesh Czech Airlines Egyptair Malev Hungarian

These ratings apply to the "best" product type offered by each airline in the cabin Class shown, but the product may NOT be available across all of an airline's fleet - or offered on all medium / long haul routes. (Sleep comfort analysis based upon an "average" weight male passenger, approx 6 ft tall).