Preview The New Seats of CX

[Edwin P K 0]

The seatbelt- I think it's rather restrictive isn't it? Hmmm...also we won't be able to be in 'brace yourself' position for impact

 

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Oopps...it's actually readjustable, so tht's really cool!

The new three-point seat-belt design offers increased stability at take-off and landing and can be modified to a regular seat-belt configuration for additional comfort during the flight.

[Sandeep G 1]

Now this is innovation!

 

Well Done CX!

[Sanjay Thaker 0]

Sneeze, do you have any idea which company is the supplier of the new seats for CX especially those new EY seats?

[Isaac 0]

Sneeze, do you have any idea which company is the supplier of the new seats for CX especially those new EY seats?

Well, i heard it's B/E Aerospace.

[Sneeze Lam 0]

Sneeze, do you have any idea which company is the supplier of the new seats for CX especially those new EY seats?

 

No such information at this moment, will let you know soon right after I have the info.

[Andrew Ong 1]

That is a very impressive presentation!!!! Think of it: First Class, 36"x81" SkyBed, guest seat, and a personal closet; now that's heaven! Cathay Pacific should be proud of themselves. Congrats CX!!

[Pieter C. 5]

Heard the new seats on board SQ (A380/773) will be produced by Weber

 

Talking about seats and seating: this is what the Chinese will do

It will certainly hit their bottom line:

 

October 6, 2006

Chinese airlines are being forced to rearrange their seating to accommodate a burgeoning number of overweight passengers but risk squeezing their profits into the bargain, Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

 

A source with China Eastern Airlines was quoted as saying the company had imported all its aircraft from the West, where people were generally bigger, but the company planned to reduce by about 20 the number of seats on the new Airbus A321 to enlarge the bottom-line seating space, the agency said.

 

"China's civil airlines always have empty seats, especially in the low season. So, it is reasonable for companies to think about reducing the number of seats, even though it might not be a small investment," Xia Hongshan, vice dean of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was quoted as saying.

 

Early this year, a China Southern Airlines aircraft delayed takeoff for two hours because two passengers began quarreling over seating space, Xinhua said.

 

"Without larger seats, more quarrels will certainly happen," Wen Weiliang, director of the China Health Care Association, was quoted as saying.

 

Obesity has become a major health problem in China, a problem blamed at least in part on a new fondness for fatty, Western fast food.

 

Wen cited statistics showing that nearly 20 million adults in China were overweight. In large cities, the ratio was 30 percent.

 

"Airlines are also concerned about the profits lost that seating re-arrangement might incur because aircraft are usually full during the peak seasons which add up to roughly one month per year," Xinhua said.

 

"So some companies have adopted a compromise scheme by placing passengers in alternate seats in low seasons."

 

(Reuters)