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  4. Qatar Airways just unveiled an upgrade to the world's best business class. See inside the new QSuite.

Qatar Airways just unveiled an upgrade to the world's best business class. See inside the new QSuite.

Pete Syme   

Qatar Airways just unveiled an upgrade to the world's best business class. See inside the new QSuite.
A Qatar Airways flight attendant and a QSuite configured as a double bed.Pete Syme/Business Insider
  • Qatar Airways unveiled the QSuite Next Gen on Monday.
  • It has a new face-to-face window seating configuration.

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.

Qatar Airway
A crowd gathered to hear CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

At 58.6 inches tall, the sliding-door suites are 2 inches higher for increased privacy.

At 58.6 inches tall, the sliding-door suites are 2 inches higher for increased privacy.
The aisle of the model.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

There is a new face-to-face seating configuration for window seats.

There is a new face-to-face seating configuration for window seats.
The face-to-face configuration is new in the updated QSuite design.      Pete Syme / Business Insider

It means that you can sit opposite a friend or loved one while also enjoying a view of the skies.

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.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

... Or the articulating 22-inch, 4k OLED screen can be repositioned as a privacy divider.

... Or the articulating 22-inch, 4k OLED screen can be repositioned as a privacy divider.
The monitor repositions as the privacy divider.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

The suites have two touchscreen control panels that control the seat position and ambient mood lighting.

The suites have two touchscreen control panels that control the seat position and ambient mood lighting.
The QSuite Next Gen suites have two touchscreens.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

Plus a wireless charging dock, an electrical outlet, a USB-A port, and a USB-C port.

Plus a wireless charging dock, an electrical outlet, a USB-A port, and a USB-C port.
Amenities, pamphlets, and a wireless charging port.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

The QSuite Next Gen also features the quad for the center of the cabin.

The QSuite Next Gen also features the quad for the center of the cabin.
A quad option is also available on the upgrade QSuite      Pete Syme / Business Insider

The curved black tables looked sleeker than the current QSuite.

The curved black tables looked sleeker than the current QSuite.
The QSuite Next Gen quad configuration.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

With the upgrade, the double bed is more spacious, as each bed is four-and-a-half inches wider and one inch longer.

With the upgrade, the double bed is more spacious, as each bed is four-and-a-half inches wider and one inch longer.
A double bed set up.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

And each seat is two inches wider.

And each seat is two inches wider.
A QSuite Next Gen seat.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

The bi-fold dining table pops out from the center.

The bi-fold dining table pops out from the center.
The dining table pulls out from the center.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

The QSuite Next Gen is expected to be fitted on the upcoming Boeing 777X.

The QSuite Next Gen is expected to be fitted on the upcoming Boeing 777X.
Qatar Airways flight attendants at the QSuite Next Gen unveiling.      Pete Syme/Business Insider

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