Aircraft passenger accommodation unit

A door arrangement for an aircraft passenger accommodation unit, the door arrangement being for providing variable access through an opening of the aircraft passenger accommodation unit, wherein the door arrangement comprises:

• —a panel, —a door slidable with respect to the panel between a retracted position, in which the door is at least partially overlapping with the panel, and an extended position, in which the door is at least partially non-overlapping with the panel, —a slide track attached to the panel, —a slide runner for sliding along the slide track, and —a connection mechanism for selectively connecting the door to the slide runner, the connection mechanism comprising a latch mechanism comprising a first latch member and a second latch member, the two latch members being selectively connectable to and releasable from each other, wherein the first and the second latch members separate from each other in a direction parallel to the slide track, wherein the first latch member is provided on the door and the second latch member is provided on the slide runner, wherein the door has two sliding modes:
• i) a first sliding mode in which the connection mechanism connects the door to the slide runner and wherein the slide runner slides along the slide track, and ii) a second sliding mode in which the connection mechanism does not connect the door to the slide runner and wherein the door slides in relation to the slide track.

A method of using a door of an aircraft passenger accommodation unit, the method comprising the steps of:

• i) sliding the door with respect to a shell of the aircraft passenger accommodation unit from:
• a retracted position, in which the door is at least partially overlapping with the shell to provide access to an opening of the shell to:
• an extended position, in which the door is at least partially non-overlapping with the shell to at least partially close off access to the opening, and, when sliding the door, having the door connected to a slide runner such that the slide runner and door slide along a slide track attached to the shell, and ii) sliding the door with respect to the shell from:
• the extended position to a second retracted position, in which the door is at least partially overlapping with the shell to provide access to an opening of the aircraft passenger accommodation unit, and, when sliding the door, having the door disconnected from the slide runner and sliding the door in relation to the slide track and slide runner, wherein a connection mechanism selectively connects the door to the slide runner, the connection mechanism comprising a latch mechanism comprising a first latch member and a second latch member, the two latch members being selectively connectable to and releasable from each other, wherein the first latch member is provided on the door and the second latch member is provided on the slide runner, wherein the first and the second latch members separate from each other in a direction parallel to the slide track.