Air France observes 50th anniversary of first sleeper-seat flight

Air France commemorated Wednesday the 50th anniversary of the first sleeper-seat flight from New York LaGuardia to Paris. The original flight, using a Lockheed Constellation, took more than 12 hours.

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.