![]() ![]() On some early seats, the magazine pocket was under the seats, but on almost all aircraft it is now in the traditional place. AC power is on a UK style plug behind the seatback. Cathay Pacific have a 9 inch seatback TV on each seat, with the remote control underneath it. The headrest is not adjustable, which is a pain to sleep in. Instead, each seat has a hard shell which allows the seat forward, and the back to ever so slightly go back by about 20 degrees. Passengers either love them or hate them, because they have a unique feature that stops the passenger in front from reclining into your seat. ![]() There is a large meal table and cocktail table, plus a 10.6-inch seatback television and noise-cancelling headphones, a power socket for UK/Hong Kong plugs, and a USB charging socket.Īll aircraft now have the new Economy Class seats. Finally, there is the regional Business Class on some A330s and Boeing 777s, with 45 inch pitch and a 9 inch TV in the armrest.Ĭathay Pacific premium Economy Class Premium Economy on Cathay Pacific is rather good, and similar to Qantas Premium Economy, with a a 38 inch pitch, 19.3 inch seat width and an 8 inch recline. It is to be found on older A330s and Boeing 777s, as well as all A340s and 747s. However the seat does recline fully flat (to 78 inches). Some passengers like it due to the privacy, but it hasn't met with widespread favour, because the seats are very narrow (20 inches) with little shoulder room, which results in a very cramped flight that you may not enjoy much. The older version of the new Cathay Pacific Business Class seat came in with the Olympus redesign, and is called Coffin Class due to the high walls in a herring-bone configuration, which means you sit at a 45 degree angle to the direction of flight, and it's quite difficult to see out of the window. It is called the Cirrus seat, having been designed by Sicma Aero Cirrus The latest version of business class is a delight, and while conventional offers high wings, a flat 75 inch bed (26 inch wide) with plenty of lockers to store shoes and headphones. Interactive colour seating chart for A350 Cathay Pacific, with pictures and opinions of every seat in every cabin layout for the CX A350-900.Ĭathay Pacific Business Class Business class comes in three different types: and it pays to give attention to the aircraft you book on, as different aircraft on the same route have different seats. All the overhead lockers have been removed, however each seat even has a private wardrobe where you can hang your jacket: this is also where the duvet is stored. ![]() There is, an ottoman for guests to sit on, and a 17 inch widescreen TV. They can be converted into a fully lie-flat bed 81 inches long and 31 inches wide(91cm by 210 cm). Just recently Cathay completed the roll-out of the new versions of all the cabins, with a fixed shell back seat in economy and a narrow coffin like seat in Business: this met with extensive criticism, so Cathay Pacific immediately began another upgrade programme, particularly for Business Class, reintroducing a more traditional seat.Ĭathay Pacific Cabin Classes First Class seats now come in only one type, and have a large wavy back screen giving extensive privacy. There are also newer, newish, and old versions of all these seats, as Cathay begins phasing in new cabin interiors and in flight entertainment. All of the cabins were refitted in 2008, under the codename Olympus. The airline operates with First, Business, and Economy Class, and despite a lot of talk about a Premium Economy class, have yet to develop one, possibily because this class isn't as well recognised in Asia as it is in Europe. All of them carry what is called the brush wing livery on the body and on the vertical stabiliser and the Swire Group logo.Ĭathay Pacific are very traditional in their class of cabin. Economy Class Cathay Pacific A330 Emergency Exit seat 54KĬathay Pacific almost exclusively fly long-haul, which is why all the fleet of 99 is of wide-body aircraft. ![]()
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