I love writing about the long -term economy. Mostly, because the ruling is due to a direct question: Does the product feel that it is an economy with a little additional, or is more like businessmen? The seats in the first category do enough to remove the pain from the Coach Class Space Crunch. Which, in order to be fair, is what the excellent economy was designed to do. But the seats in that second category are joyful, enough so that you can get out of your way to fly.
We put the long -term Cathai Pacific economy on this test over two trips on the Airbus A350 sub -. These aircraft are able to deal with some long -term roads. In our case, between a trip from New York to Hong Kong and then contact with Sydney, we spent more than 25 hours on board.
What we have seen after all this time put the seat and service for the test? Reading to find out that. In addition, we have a lot of video, including the treatment of the nose and the tail at the end.
Cathai’s excellent economy experience began to distinguish itself as soon as we arrive at the airport, thanks to the allocated check line.
In JFK Cathay operates outside the 8th station, which hosts US Airlines and its partners in Worldwld.
The station contains a selection of US airlines from the past to the present. Do you have a favorite?
We spent some time walking around taking the slope views. At the background of the image below, you can see Cathay Pacific A350-1000 that runs our journey.
Here is a close view.
Seat
Cathy Pacific Excited to start receiving A350-1000 delivery again in 2018And airlines are still enthusiastic about the plane. There are some specific design features that expand -1000 exceeding what A350-900 airlines can deal with.
Katai has about 777-9s on request as well, but they will not join the fleet for a year or two.
The excellent economy cabin has an area of 32 passengers, in the form of four rows of 2-4-2 oxides. On A350-900, passengers have to return to bathrooms in the economy. But on -1000, the cabin has a custom LAV.
There are fewer passengers in each row here compared to the normal economy, and an additional space is divided between the remaining eight seats. It is sufficient to allow the elbow room significantly, with a broader armrest between the seats.
The A350-1000 only started joining the fleet five years ago, so the cabin still looks new.
These seats feature a 12 -inch screen, larger inch of screens on the 777 fleet. The rear seat also has a tablet, a coat hook, and a large literature pocket.
The crew came with welcome drinks in real glass utensils – a touch of business category.
Upon retreat, we took a look at some of the American Airlines fleet.
Check out our video below to get the most prominent events of the taxi and take off, including the preferred runway in Concorde (31L/13R), a JFK view from the top, and Panorama from the Manhattan horizon, and a few minutes of cloud peaks on our way to height.
It’s time to eat
After taking off, the crew started a round of drinks before starting lunch. Everything was great, and real dishes were excessive, although the paper cups and the same food same felt near the ordinary economy.
The cabin lighting placed a comfortable mood for the middle of the trip.
Perhaps it was a coincidence, but the roof colors here match what is going on outside.
Pass time
In addition to these large, bright and high -precision screens that I mentioned earlier, every distinguished economic passenger got a pair of noise canceling headphones. The Inflight Entertainment Library had a lot of options to spend time with.
Next to the seat was a remote control (although the screen was also a touch screen) and some buttons to control the different parts of the seat.
This leads me to the best part of the Cathay Cattle for the long economy: tension. This seat is significantly due to most of the distinguished economic seats in most airlines, which has been announced nine inches compared to an average of 6-8 inches on most other airlines. To get some additional comfort, there is a leg Musnad and a swinging foot from the bottom.
People who can get a full night sleep were often seated. I am not one of them. But this was sufficiently backward for me to sleep comfortably and not stopping for half a 14 -hour trip. I woke up, I feel wonderful. The quiet cabin in the A350 helped and stabilize the wing box as well.
To be fair, like this is a double -edged sword. If the person in front of you glows along the way, he eats a lot in your personal space. Personally, I am pleased to accept the comparison, as you can always determine your own seat to restore the space I lost.
The comfort group came with a toothbrush, toothpaste, sleep mask and a pair of socks.
While I loved the seat in general, there were a few hiccups. Nobody succeeded in the USB ports and the tablet did not succeed at the bottom of the screen (a great idea) – from the amazing seats on a relatively new plane.
In the middle of the trip there was a second meal service.
There is also a Dine-ON-DeMand menu among the main meal services. The cup truly hit the pasta at the end of a long journey.
You are excited to try the Petsi Box, Cathy Cathy. He is designed to taste his best at an altitude of 35,000 feet, and he is called to honor the first plane-DC-3S-in its fleet.
The conclusion of the trip
On the way back to the Earth level, we got some beautiful views of the mountains from Hong Kong International Airport. A350S comes in Cathai with nose and tail cameras, and we both use them well during approach and landing:
Ruling
It is a long journey between New York and Hong Kong, but the time he was frankly flying in the excellent A350 economy in Cathy. The service got some Lite points in business degree, with real ceramic dishes and sparkling wine with real glass utensils while ascending. The food itself was slight Petsi. The entertainment system was excellent, as a solid library was delivered on a large, impressive screen. The sleeping experience was amazing, around good chair seats.
The guidance from New York to Sydney via Hong Kong included 25 hours trip. I had another shorter track option, but in the end, I felt an additional distance to fly the Cathai’s excellent economy deserved it completely.
And recently Cathy She unveiled her excellent economic seat of the next generation Soon to reach its 777-300er fleet, so there is more to look forward to it.
Have you traveled the long, Cathay Pacific economy before? If so, we would like to hear your thoughts in the comments section below.
