3.5 stars because food and seat presentation could be improved? For a flight that's basically the same length as SYD-MEL/BNE, it's on par with Qantas' and Virgin's 737 Business...

They have just announced that they're changing to their newer 333 with flat bed starting from 1 Dec

There's still a daily flight between BNE-AKL, and a seasonal MEL-CHC, with a broadening of the current codeshare with QF to include Trans Tasman in the works

This type of space is quite common in a lot of Chinese speaking countries for entertaining guests and it is commonly referred to as a 'lounge' in Chinese but it's much closer to a 'function/meeting room' but lack of a better term

Flew PE TPE-SYD in row 31 which is the bulkhead. Seat was comfortable with solid recline against the fixed hard shell however the bulkhead is too close to the seat which means I couldn't have both the seat fully reclined and leg rest fully extended as my feet end up hitting the wall (I'm 175 / 5'...