N.Z. firm offers a multi-role BBJ cabin
The multi-role business jet cabin has come of age as several companies step in to serve a growing market for such interiors.
The multi-role business jet cabin has come of age as several companies step in to serve a growing market for such interiors. Altitude VIP Completions of Auckland, New Zealand, announced its BBJ-C cabin last fall, and partner Rainsford Mann Design (RMD) is already creating cabin concepts with modules for as many as five distinctively different roles.
Altitude’s BBJ-C uses Boeing Business Jets’ BBJ Convertible as its platform. The Boeing 737-700 derivative comes with a 140- by 96.5-inch cargo door forward, adjacent to the forward passenger door. The aircraft offers a range of slightly more than 5,600 nm and a max cruise speed of Mach 0.82.Similar cabin multi-role configurations are found more often in smaller business jets and they rarely offer a modular change-out, but rather a way to change a cabin segment quickly from one use to another, such as from medical evacuation to executive transport and back. Or the final design calls for a fixed executive forward section and an aft section in a business class configuration.
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