CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEWS

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 1 February 2010 by  Dayne Weiss   (Australia)

MNL-HKG. Old seats again. Legroom alright for 2 hour flight however when seat in front reclined there was no room and no way to see the PTV. Width was mediocre at best. Okay for 2hours however if was flying back to Australia would suffer.

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 1 February 2010 by  Dayne Weiss   (Australia)

HKG-MNL. Old style seats. Had 30abc at the bulkhead and wow. 30c had more legroom than any other seat in the world as the bulkhead ends at 30b. Even 30a and b had the most legroom I have ever seen outside an exit seat. Seat width although was hampered by having a the tray table in the armrest and PTV being pull out. Overall a comfortable flight.

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 1 February 2010 by  Simon Frost   (Australia)

Having travelled on the new and the old economy class seats, the new seat offers a superior overall experience. While the recline may not be the same, the ability to control your own space is superior. Only concern would be the 'airbag' on the seatbelt - takes up room.

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 26 January 2010 by  Samantha Denovan   (Australia)

We have just returned from Europe and spent a sleepless night on the Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Sydney. I am of average height and am usually quite comfortable on a flight but in this case the the lack of seat recline put an intolerable stress on my lumbar spine which was left unsupported (literally in mid air) when I tried to stretch to a sleeping position. My advice to passengers who are already booked on Cathay Pacific economy is to take a good sized travel pillow for lumbar support.

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 20 January 2010 by  David Murphy   (Australia)

I flew MNE-HKG and return in A330s with the shell seats. They are not suitable for taller people. I am 186cm and my son is 194cm and we both found it impossible to get comfortable unless we sat bolt upright and then our heads would tend to sag forward because of the pitch of the seat. We flew in an A330 with the older type seat from Tokyo to Hong Kong and found the seats to be better.

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 14 January 2010 by  Stephen Crook   (Australia)

I found the "new" seats comfortable with quite adequate leg room. It was fantastic not to have the person in front recline their seat into your space. A pillow placed in the lower back area assisted with comfort, but wasn't essential to have.

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 11 January 2010 by  Tom Mulroney   (USA)

My recent experience with Cathay's non-reclining "shell" seats on a flight from SFO to HKG was awful. I have never experienced the kind of back pain I experienced after having to sit in these seats for 15 hours each way. Whoever at Cathay thought it would be a good trade-off to have to sit bolt upright for 15 hours (rather than attempt to "recline" by slouching your back and jamming your knees into the seat in front of you) just so that you wouldn't have to adjust your PTV screen when the person in front of you reclines, needs to have his/her head examined.

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 11 January 2010 by  Michelle Taylor   (UK)

Recently flew economy long-haul London-Hong Kong-Sydney return with Cathay Pacific and got to experience the "shell" seat. The idea of the "shell" seat might have been good in theory if for the loss of actual recline (your seat doesn't recline, it just slides forward jamming your knees against the seat in front) you were compensated with space to put your legs (other than the overhead locker as there is never any space up there). The only degree of recline I could feel was the sagging of my spinal cord between the base and the back of the seat. Plus there's barely any padding and what on earth is going on with the seat-belt "airbag"!? Nothing like having a padded brick strapped to your waist just to add to the discomfort of a hard, plastic seat. Never again!

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 14 December 2009 by  Tobias Nergarden   (Sweden)

I am tall 6/4 (193 cm) and when reclining these seats it made me slide down, which made it impossible to sleep. Both Frankfurt-HK and HK-London. Everything else was good but this was terrible.

CATHAY PACIFIC ECONOMY CLASS SEAT REVIEW  - 7 December 2009 by  S Lewis   (Australia)

This review is for the new shell seating. These Cathay seats were surprisingly good, however, the main complaint being that if you raise a middle arm rest, it does not fold all the way back into the middle of the gap in the seats so you may feel the base pressing against your hips and/or shoulder. A330 seatbelts also had a strange padded section which reduced hip room. No idea what it's for! I have seen complaints from others that the seats were thinly padded, but I didn't have a problem with them. If you are a thin person, you might find these uncomfortable for long-haul. There was plenty of leg room for myself (5'1") and my partner (5'6") and I really liked the fact that the person in front of you can't recline into your space! I found the slide-recline perfectly adequate and no better or worse than regular airline seats - but you will likely need to use your pillow for extra lumbar support. The entertainment screens had good resolution and visibility. Also note that if you are a larger person who brings their own seatbelt extender, it will NOT work in the Cathay A330s with the new seats, it won't catch properly. However the attendants were always polite and discreet when I asked for one. Your own extender will work in the new seats on the 747s.