Cathay Pacific subsidiary Dragonair is to adopt its parent company’s new regional business class and long-haul economy seats, with the first A330 featuring the new seating from this March.
As flagged up on our forum and confirmed on Dragonair’s website today, the carrier is to refit its aircraft with the same regional business class product recently unveiled by Cathay Pacific.
Dragonair’s widebody aircraft will benefit from an increased seat pitch (from 45 inches to 47 inches), while its narrow body aircraft will see the pitch increase from 42 to 45 inches. Seat width will also increase from 21 to 22 inches on all aircraft types.
Features include electronic controls for recline and legrest, a 21.1-inch TV screen universal power supply, USB port and iPhone connection.
For specific information on the new seat, published at Cathay’s launch in September last year, click here.
The new economy seat will be the same as Cathay’s long-haul economy offering unveiled in late 2011, and featuring an increased width, “more personal storage space”, nine-inch touchscreen TVs, and USB / iPhone ports.
For more information on this seat, published at Cathay’s launch event in December 2011, click here.
Both seats will also feature the new Studio on-demand in-flight entertainment system, with over 100 films, 500 TV programmes, nearly 900 music albums and over 20 radio channels.
In addition Dragonair said it will revamp its in-flight meal service ware in both economy and business class from March.
The carrier said that adopting Cathay’s seating products “on the majority of Dragonair’s aircraft” would “create a more consistent and harmonious inflight experience for passengers connecting between the two airlines through the Hong Kong hub”.
For more information visit dragonair.com, cathaypacific.com.
Report by Mark Caswell
Note that both of the images above are taken from Cathay Pacific's website, and may not reflect the branding and colours that will be used on Dragonair aircraft.
The new economy seat will be the same as Cathay’s long-haul economy offering unveiled in late 2011, and featuring an increased width, “more personal storage space”, nine-inch touchscreen TVs, and USB / iPhone ports.
For more information on this seat, published at Cathay’s launch event in December 2011, click here.
Both seats will also feature the new Studio on-demand in-flight entertainment system, with over 100 films, 500 TV programmes, nearly 900 music albums and over 20 radio channels.
In addition Dragonair said it will revamp its in-flight meal service ware in both economy and business class from March.
The carrier said that adopting Cathay’s seating products “on the majority of Dragonair’s aircraft” would “create a more consistent and harmonious inflight experience for passengers connecting between the two airlines through the Hong Kong hub”.
For more information visit dragonair.com, cathaypacific.com.
Report by Mark Caswell
Note that both of the images above are taken from Cathay Pacific's website, and may not reflect the branding and colours that will be used on Dragonair aircraft. 
