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Cathay Pacific Regional Business Class : CX739 Hong Kong to Singapore B777-300

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A little under 3 years ago Cathay Pacific debuted their new 'Regional Business Class' product. It's a recliner seat in fixed shells and now features throughout the Cathay fleet on regional configured Boeing 777's and A330's. Cathay Regional Business Class

Cathay Pacific "The Pier" First Class Lounge Hong Kong

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In June this year, after a period of renovations, Cathay reopened "The Pier" first class lounge at Hong Kong airport. I made a point of checking it out on my recent trip prior to a Cathay Pacific flight to Singapore. I was flying in business class but courtesy of oneworld Emerald status I was invited into the first class lounge. It just so happened my flight was leaving from a gate almost right opposite the lounge too, which made it very convenient. The lounge is split into various zones. I first visited the restaurant area:

Cathay Pacific Business Class : CX134 Melbourne to Hong Kong

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Last month I finally got to try out the latest Cathay long haul business class seat. It was a long time coming I suppose since the seat has been in operation for well over a year and now features on all flights between Australia and Hong Kong. All CX flights to Australia are operated by the Airbus A330-300 in a 3 class configuration with economy, premium economy and business class. Today I will take a look at flight CX134 which departs Melbourne at 7.40am during the winter months, and 8.40am during the summer months. I warn you, there is a lot of photos... 51 in total! A fairly quiet check-in zone at MEL

Cathay Regional Business Class on the A330-300 : Hong Kong to Bangkok CX703

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On my recent 'flyventures' I had an opportunity to sample the new regional business class offering of Cathay Pacific. Whilst I say new, it is in fact already a bit over a year old, but it is the latest product offering from Cathay for regional flights. This product is used on short to medium haul flights, I think services to India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka may be about the longest flights that feature this product. My flight today was CX703, a 17.05 departure to Bangkok from Hong Kong, which continues on to Karachi. The aircraft was an Airbus A330-300 B-HLO, a 13 year old aircraft delivered new to Cathay in 2001.

Cathay Pacific First Class on the Boeing 747-400 : CX543 Tokyo Haneda to Hong Kong

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 After my arrival from the USA into Tokyo Narita I checked in at the airport Hilton for an overnight stay. My onward flight would be departing from Haneda, quite a distance away so it meant a very early start the next morning. I specifically chose Haneda as Cathay offers First Class on that route but they don't from Narita. Firstly, the hotel. Hilton Narita is a short free shuttle bus ride from the airport and they have excellent rates. I payed the equivalent of approximately $100 AUD for the night. It would be even cheaper at today's exchange rates. The hotel is quite isolated but does have free shuttles to the nearby town. I was just here to relax so stayed in my room and ordered room service which was pretty ordinary.

Cathay Pacific 510 ( CX510 ) - Hong Kong to Taipei Business Class Airbus A330-300

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AIRLINE:  Cathay Pacific AIRCRAFT:  Airbus A330-343X Reg: B-LAA (5 years old) CLASS:  Business Class ROUTE:  HKG-TPE (aircraft continues to Fukuoka) SEAT:  18K SCHEDULED DEPARTURE:  14.55 ACTUAL DEPARTURE:  14.54 SCHEDULED ARRIVAL:  16.45 ACTUAL ARRIVAL:  16.37 After a very quick transit, in which I was assisted by Cathay ground staff through security, I boarded CX510 to Taipei, and onwards to Fukuoka. I would be disembarking in Taipei. Today's flight was operated by B-LAA, an Airbus A330-300 delivered new to Cathay in 2005. It has regional business class seats, but they are a more modern version than found on the A330 I flew from TPE to HKG last time on Cathay (see my previous blog entry ).  CX510 now boarding B-LAA preparing to go to Taipei I took the first left on the jetway and headed for the business class cabin, I was warmly welcomed on board at Door 1L and greeted by name and directed to the right side of the aircraft and...

Cathay Pacific 708 ( CX708 ) - Bangkok to Hong Kong Business Class Airbus A340-300

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AIRLINE: Cathay Pacific AIRCRAFT: Airbus A340-300 (34B) Reg: B-HXA (13 years old) CLASS: Business Class ROUTE: BKK-HKG SEAT: 17K SCHEDULED DEPARTURE: 10.20 ACTUAL DEPARTURE: 10.24 SCHEDULED ARRIVAL: 14.05 ACTUAL ARRIVAL: 14.13 Check-In Today I would be travelling to Taipei via Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. It was a particularly exciting occasion for me as I had never traveled on an Airbus A340 before! This flight originates in Delhi and flies to Hong Kong via Bangkok. It's a pretty painful 3am departure from Delhi, getting into Bangkok about 9am for a 1 hour transit. I had pre-selected seat 17K on this long haul configured aircraft, and checked in online the night before. I went to the business class check-in desk where there was no queue. The friendly check-in girl quickly printed out my boarding pass and lounge invitations and then wrote out my Fast Track immigration card. The fast track card is great, you proceed through a dedicated security area and the...