Singapore Airlines brushes off ‘dental chair’ jibe at new business class seats
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 1 of them from Singapore.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) said on Wednesday that the cabin colour palette for its newly unveiled business class seats was “carefully selected” after the reveal drew criticism from some content creators and travel writers, including those who likened them to “dental chairs”. Much of the reaction has focused on the grey-and-yellow colour palette of the seats, which were developed by SIA in collaboration with seat manufacturer Recaro and creative design firm Designworks. An SIA spokesperson said the...
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1 outlet from Singapore, where the story is: CNA (Channel NewsAsia) · how we count
- Nov 11, 6:39 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisSingapore Airlines brushes off ‘dental chair’ jibe at new business class seatsscmp.com ↗
- Nov 12, 4:46 AM UTC+22 hCommentary: Why Singapore Airlines should welcome the backlash over new business class seatschannelnewsasia.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 4:46 AM UTC · +22 h
[Claude] Both reports concern the public backlash to Singapore Airlines' new business class seats, with Report 2 covering the airline's response to the same criticism that Report 1's commentary discusses.
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