I can't think of a single airline that has hyped a new plane more than Qantas and their 787. At this point the 787 has been around for over five years, though Qantas is taking delivery of their first one in October of this year. Last October Qantas revealed the details of the business class…
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I assume that the revolutionary bit comes when you are flying. I would love to try this sometime.
I think it is a solid pey seat.
As for mini first class... I would choose Zodiac Cirrus or BE superdiamond on any day. I cannot see how Qantas is competitive with SQ CX AA or even UA.
Legroom looks tight. I fly Elite Eva Air (premium economy) 2x a year and I believe they have more legroom. The design looks great though! I'm a big fan of elite in Eva Air so I think I would enjoy this one too
I agree, the pitch looks relatively tight (even though it's the same as what they already have which hasn't bothered me in the past). Having seen some other images there seems to be almost an overlap between the top of the seat in front, and the leading edge of the seat behind. Will make it pretty tight getting in and out of your seat or using the tray table at times. The IFE screen looks good, but again will drop down low when the seat in front is reclined. Still beats economy any day of the week, and my biased opinion is that QF offers a pretty good soft product too (in PE)
Seat pitch seems extremely tight for Y+ with the additional recline I wounder if aisle access will be any better.... VA's 41" will stay competitive on flights to LA
Of course I'm only basing these assumptions on pictures.
I wish the airlines would consider the emotional aspect of that person in front of you.... jerking their seat back as far as possible/ as quickly as possible after take-off. Its rude. THE BEST seats are the ones that are contained- when you lean back, your seat moves forward in the incline.
Definitely agree the pitch looks tight. Looks worse than NZ's premium economy on their 789, which I think is a fair comparison
the privacy wings do have a purpose, that is to provide privacy when your seat is fully reclined while your seatmate is not, and the passenger at the back diagonal to you won't see you, avoiding the usual awkard eye contact. seat pitch is tight, only 38'', and recline is advertised as 9.5''. by comparison, Cathay's A350 premium economy has 40'' pitch and 9'' recline. i'll choose Cathay over this one.
Pillows that don't slip and slide is revolutionary. I'm going to fucking worship the airline that brings it to Economy.
Looks spiffy, but the legroom looks pretty poor for Premium Y. At 6'4", I won't be begging for this seat on a 14-hour flight, thank you.
You'd think that they could at least have chosen photos that make the pitch seem bigger, but seriously they make it seem almost impossibly tight, even if it might not be like that in real life. #photosmatter
I'm most excited about the tilting seat pan. If you take an Economy seat and just increase pitch and recline, like some airlines do for E+, you sometimes feel like you're slipping off the seat. An angled seat pan seems like a great way to make things more comfortable, though I guess we won't know for sure until we try it.
Lucky, check out ausbt's analysis on the seat. David Flynn from Ausbt went out to check out the mock up of the seat and provided some really interesting feedback.
Pretty revolutionary to have 4 inches less pitch than direct competitors Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand.
And shared power sockets.