Cathay Pacific Airways

I used to love flying on Cathay Pacific but their new "shell" economy seat is absolute torture. These seats don't recline at all but only slouch forward. Unless you are 5'8" or shorter you should plan on spending the whole trip bolt upright because the "slouch" position bangs your knees into the seat in front of you and provides no back or neck support. On one leg of the flight there were empty seats next to me but I could not use them to recline because the armrests only fold up partially. One can only hope that the airline quickly realizes what a big mistake they made with these seats and replaces them soon! I'm certainly not going to fly this airline again until they do so.

My seat was 30A this is the best seat in the new A330 on flights from Australia to Hong Kong. This seat is the first row of the economy cabin although this cost around AUD$100 (HK$700) extra but worth it on those 10hr long haul flights. The best thing is that you can get out of the seat without disturbing the person next to you. The con is that you cannot place any carry on in front of you.

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.

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.