Cathay Pacific Airways

Worst seats ever on a long distance flight! My flight Zurich to Hong Kong was perfectly ok as the seats were reclinable. But on the return flight the seats were non reclinable (shell seat) and a 12 hours night flight in one of these is pure torture. Never had I ever travelled in such seats and never will I ever reiterate this experience. Ergonomics is absolutely not considered and despite of my small size which make most of my long distance flight seems pretty confortable in comparison to taller people these seats kept me from sleeping and my back still hasn't recover two days later. Only positive aspects of my flights were the helpful staff nice food and good entertainment.

Kaoshuing to Hong Kong. The seats were really great. Studio CX was fantastic it provides plenty of movies and music. Games like Inflight Golf Tournaments are also available. The seat was comfortable with good legroom for you to move your legs. The seats will be a bit too small for those who are fat access of seats are also the same; but for me it was wonderful.

Boeing 777-300 with hard shell seats. Hard shells wasn't that bad after all on a short haul 4 hour flight. Although seats don't recline and the person at the front won't lean back and occupy your limited space hard shells are not comfortable when compared to other ordinary seats and I don't feel relaxed at all. These seats should not appear on an aircraft of a 5-star airline. If Cathay wants seats that do not recline so much and occupy one's place at the back maybe they could choose ordinary seats that could recline but with a max angle fixed so as to reduce effects on the person at the back.. On the other hand seat legroom was just acceptable not satisfactory enough and seat width was good just like other Cathay aircraft. Conclusion: Fixed shell seats not preferred.

The worst seating I have encountered in a long time. The non reclining bottom-seat-moving forward combination was thought up by someone who never flies certainly never flies Economy in Cathay. Bad back sore neck sore tail bone - never ever will I fly CX again.

Flew HK to LHR after flying from ADL to HK with only one hour to stretch our legs between flights. I concede this may have made the second leg more difficult than it might otherwise have been but I will never again go all the way from Australia to Europe (or back) without at least one night in a hotel. The seat has very little recline with the seat in front fully reclined and the person next to me asleep I was wedged into my seat without even enough room to stretch my poor legs. It was awful. Check-in food and service were great but they do not make up for such discomfort.

Flew from SGN to HKG. The service was very awesome. The seat was very very comfortable. I got bread with chicken for my breakfast and it was so delicious. The flight attendants were very friendly too. The inflight entertainment is very interesting with many movies games musics I enjoyed it very well.

Adelaide to Hong Kong return. The seats did not recline and I had to sit upright for the whole flight. I have a bad back and the result was agony and crippling. The return flight was so painful I thought I was going to pass out and that was after 2 hours! There was no room to stretch and the seat provided so little wriggle room. I tried exercises and everything to make myself comfortable. The cabin staff were wonderful and the food was great. Entertainment was very good but those seats were terrible.

Whoever decided to do away with a reclining seat and replace it with a shell seat where the back and squab slump you forward needs to be brought to task. Never have I experienced such a dismal failure in design - almost everything about this abomination is an insult to what would be considered good customer care. Honestly a park bench would have been more comfortable. I will never fly with Cathay on any aeroplane that has this type of seat fitted again.

The hard shell seats are terrible it doesn't recline it slides down instead though you'll get more privacy with it but it's not worth it. Meal is great though! Crew members work hard appreciate to it.

Flew Hong Kong to Paris. The shell seating in Economy is inhuman. They do not recline. It is impossible to sleep and we ended up with neck pain for days after. Legroom is very limited resulting in swollen ankles. I'm surprised Cathay keep these seats as everyone on our flight one after another called the cabin crew to ask how to recline to be told they don't. I flew Cathay because of the 2-4-2 seat configuration but I never will fly with this airline again.