Air Canada

1 · POSITION

Air Canada’s Airbus A321XLR carries fourteen lie-flat seats at the front of the cabin, developed with Collins Aerospace and the design partner Acumen. Collins calls the product Aurora. What defines the suite is an omission: the trade account of its unveiling records that not adding suite doors was among the most notable design decisions taken. Privacy is left to the geometry of the seat rather than to a panel that closes. [1, 2]

2 · PRIVACY IS SETTLED BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS

Between two adjacent suites a sliding privacy section can be moved, so that passengers can see each other’s faces if they want to. The arrangement leaves privacy to the two people sharing a pair of seats rather than fixing it in the cabin. A specially shaped outer wall near the ottoman creates additional foot room and a longer sleeping surface. The bed is lengthened by the shape of the wall beside it. [1]

3 · THE GALLEY TURNS WITH THE SEATS

The suites sit at forty-nine degrees, which leaves relatively large triangular spaces at the front and the back of the cabin. Rather than lose them, Air Canada and Collins developed a galley that installs the carts at that same forty-nine-degree angle. The galley is cut to the seat plan so that full Signature Class service can be worked in a single-aisle cabin. Here the service equipment follows the room. [1]

4 · THE BED, THE TABLE AND THE GUEST SEAT

On the Boeing 787-10, Air Canada Signature Plus is reported as a new and exclusive suite at the front of the aircraft. All four suites include a larger bed, a quartzite-topped table and a dedicated guest seat, which gives the room a place for a second person. In July 2026 the airline introduced upgraded Signature Class duvets and pillows, with blankets in Premium Economy and Economy Class behind them. [2, 3]

5 · ⚑ CANDOUR

⚑ No page published by Air Canada could be reached for this entry; all three sources are trade publications, so the airline’s words arrive at second hand. The Aurora suite belongs to the A321XLR and Signature Plus to the Boeing 787-10; neither describes a long-haul Signature Class cabin in general. The cabin debut is given as this summer and the first aircraft’s entry into service as this spring, relative phrases the sources do not convert into dates. The register’s 1937 founding year is not established by these pages. [1–3]