• Qantas ramps up A321XLR flights

    Aug 13, 2025, 08:54 PM

    I lived in EU for 4 years and "business class" on the A321s is three economy seats with the middle seat blocked, no seat back videos and mediocre meals .. on KL, LH, OS, LX even AF. SAS didn't even have biz until recently. So, IMO Qantas product in biz pretty good.  I believe most airlines w...

  • Qantas ramps up A321XLR flights

    Aug 13, 2025, 08:43 PM

    Having lived in EU for 4 years where "business class" on an A321 is 3 economy seats with the middle seat blocked , no video and mediocre meals on the likes of legacy carriers KL OS LH LX even AF ... the Qantas biz product is still better IMO. And they use those A321s for long flights to the Canar...

  • Look forward to the A321s ... wider cabin and better comfort. Recently flew on a brand new KLM one.  Not sure why people moan a lot .about nothing really. Yeah, take a book 

  • Recently I upgraded to London , they didn’t have the western option to dine and the experience wasn’t that much better seat wise than in business, I didn’t bother upgrading back ! And the Cathay Dragon first class seat photographed here is actually a long haul biz seat - sti...

  • As an Australian living and working in HKG and travelling frequently on CX/KA regionally mostly in J (I prefer QF to/fm AUS ) I noticed a lot of attention recently on CX in ABT, some directly sponsored by the airline. I am delighted that CX are introducing the A350s - the PE looks good and the pl...

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  • I wouldn't use them these days because of the coronavirus !! I never thought they deserve 5 stars compared to the likes of SQ, ANA and a few others not on that (in)famous Skytrax list. Seats OK/comfy, the food has always been terrible in my 10 years of flying them , a lot on regional flights ex H...

  • CX is suffering and now with the coronavirus I wouldn't transit it HKG! Agree the First Pier is lovely and probably the best thing about Cathay these days ! I switched to SQ and Star Alliance and saw the light !!!

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