Summary:
- Alaska Airlines launches new International Business Class on 787-9 Dreamliners, enhancing long-haul travel to Europe and Asia.
- Features lie-flat suites, modern entertainment, premium dining, luxury bedding, and curated amenity kits for elevated passenger comfort.
- Access to Alaska and oneworld partner lounges, with Starlink connectivity coming soon, delivers a fully connected and premium travel experience.
Alaska Airlines – a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub – has announced the debut of its all-new International Business Class, a premium long-haul experience launching this spring as the airline expands to Europe and Asia. The unveiling marks a significant milestone in Alaska’s transformation. Designed for long-haul travellers while delivering Alaska’s signature West Coast warmth and hospitality, the airline’s new International Business Class on brand-new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners offers:
- Fully lie-flat suites with privacy doors, direct aisle access and spacious lounge-style seating that converts into a true flat bed.
- Modern cabin design featuring 18-inch HD entertainment screens, over 1,500 movies and TV shows, noise-reducing headsets, personal power outlets and wireless charging.
- Elevated restaurant-quality dining delivers a multi-course culinary journey before guests even reach their destination. Each menu celebrates the flavours of the West Coast and the global destinations Alaska serves.
- Premium bedding and travel amenity kits will include luxury bedding designed in collaboration with Pacific Northwest icon Filson. International Business Class amenities include a plush mattress pad, soft sleeping pillow, lumbar/lounging pillow and oversized duvet – plus a collectible travel amenity bag in two West Coast-inspired Filson colours, created exclusively for Alaska Airlines. Each kit includes premium Salt & Stone skincare products and other travel essentials. Travellers will also receive a custom reusable water bottle developed in partnership with PATH Water.
- Premium Lounge access across Alaska’s network of lounges, featuring welcoming spaces designed for comfort, seasonal dishes made with fresh, high-quality ingredients, a premium bar programme and a full barista bar. International Business Class customers also enjoy access to oneworld partner lounges worldwide. Plus, oneworld Emerald members receive entry to First Class lounges – regardless of class of travel – a level of benefits only the oneworld alliance extends to its top-tier members.
- Coming soon: Starlink is scheduled to be installed on Alaska’s 787-9 Dreamliners this fall. Starlink is already available on select aircraft across Alaska’s fleet, delivering gate-to-gate connectivity.
“We set out to design a Business Class experience that is both sophisticated and authentically Alaska: premium, comfortable and thoughtfully created for our guests,” said Andrew Harrison, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Alaska Airlines. “When we debut our new product this spring, it will raise the bar and redefine long-haul travel, while continuing to deliver the remarkable care that sets Alaska apart on the global stage.”
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