A Qatar Airways flight attendant and a QSuite configured as a double bed.
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Qatar Airways unveiled the QSuite Next Gen on Monday.
It has a new face-to-face window seating configuration.
Plus, the beds are wider and longer.
Qatar Airways unveiled an upgraded version of QSuite, its business-class product, at the Farnborough Airshow on Monday.
"We're happy and sad at the same time," said CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer. "Happy to know that something we developed years ago is still the benchmark in our industry, and sad because we were expecting someone else to come and raise the benchmark."
"However, our team decided to take matters in their own hands," he added. "They have decided to come and raise the benchmark once again."
The Doha-based carrier won Skytrax's best airline and best business class awards in June. QSuite Next Gen aims to build on that success with wider suites and a new face-to-face seating configuration.
Qatar Airway's unveiling of its new business class was a hotly anticipated event at the Farnborough Airshow.
A crowd gathered to hear CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer.
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At 58.6 inches tall, the sliding-door suites are 2 inches higher for increased privacy.
The aisle of the model.
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There is a new face-to-face seating configuration for window seats.
The face-to-face configuration is new in the updated QSuite design.
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It means that you can sit opposite a friend or loved one while also enjoying a view of the skies.
A first-person view of the new seating configuration.
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... Or the articulating 22-inch, 4k OLED screen can be repositioned as a privacy divider.
The monitor repositions as the privacy divider.
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The suites have two touchscreen control panels that control the seat position and ambient mood lighting.
The QSuite Next Gen suites have two touchscreens.
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Plus a wireless charging dock, an electrical outlet, a USB-A port, and a USB-C port.
Amenities, pamphlets, and a wireless charging port.
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The QSuite Next Gen also features the quad for the center of the cabin.
A quad option is also available on the upgrade QSuite
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The curved black tables looked sleeker than the current QSuite.
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