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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Converted to Private Jet

In addition to the Marc Newson plane, I found another opposite-of-coach flying experience, and this one’s a doozy: A company called Kestrel Aviation Management was hired to transform a freaking Boeing 787 Dreamliner into a private jet. “This 2,400 sq.ft., 40-seat corporate aircraft,” the company writes, “has a nearly 9,800 nautical mile range and the ability to fly over 17 hours, non-stop between almost all major cities on earth.”

The floorplan is interesting: As you can see below, the master bedroom is located in the front of the plane, just behind the cockpit. Since I’m a plebe who’s thinking in bus terms, I wrongly assumed it’d be in the back. But getting it forward of the jets probably makes it a much quieter space.

The design is broken up into three parts. The central portion is taken up by this lounge area:

The tables can switch from coffee table to dining table height, and have wings that telescope out of the ends.

In the back of the plane, you’ve got a sort of business-class-style seating section, two bathrooms and a galley in the tail.

Up front is the aforementioned master bedroom, with an en-suite master bath. The pilots access the cockpit via a hallway that does not intrude on the master bedroom space, so you needn’t learn the pilots’ names.

These before-and-after shots of the main cabin are pretty striking.

Via Australian Business Traveler, via Reddit