In September 2021, we learned how Air China was planning on introducing new business class seats. While this happened a bit behind schedule (unsurprisingly, given the lack of demand for long haul travel in China the past few years), the first plane with these seats is now flying.
Continue reading: Air China’s New Business Class Suites (Recaro CL6720 Seat)
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
I've flown with TAP in their CL6710 seat and it is small and lack place to put a laptop or a tablet. It lacks so much storage space.
United seat is way way better.
This new and improved version of the CL6710 does seems like it also lacks storage space.
I prefer Air China's current seats, which seem more spacious. I'd rather have room than a door.
i think it's funny most people obsess with the little sliding door feature and "suites" name, people can just stand up and see inside your "suites" seat 🙂
Not sure how I feel about supporting a carrier that is owned by the Chinese state and I don’t think they’ve ever dealt with the whole pilots smoking on the flight deck issue, have they? Air China would be bottom of my list for a flight to PRC.
Agreed 100%. Also flew TAP and it felt super cramped even without a door. And the cushion felt overly firm. And yes, about zero storage available. I don't think the UA seat is an improvement, though; I think they're both awful but for slightly different reasons. I have no immediate plans/desire to fly Air China, but this "improvement" certainly doesn't help change my mind. They should've kept reverse herringbone as I think it's a far superior seat.
Strange that even with a great hard-product; most of the Chinese airlines still have a huge problem with maintaining or providing a coherent soft-product. With unsophisticated inflight/ground-service and food.
Just airlines reacting to the trend of people becoming more and more socially inept and having anxiety. The usage of psycho pills exponentially increasing has been a great indicator for this.
I have flown on both Iberia a350 old business class and this new seat. I this q horrible seat and I would actively avoid booking flight with this configuration for long haul. Iberia fixed something that's wasn't broken