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Hong Kong based Cathay Pacific Airways has taken delivery of a new Boeing 777-300ER registration B-KPY which is the first aircraft to feature its new Premium Economy Class product and new long-haul Economy Class seats.
The new Premium Economy class features a quieter and more spacious cabin with between 26 and 34 seats per aircraft. 
The seat pitch is 38 inches – six inches more than Economy Class – and the seat itself is wider and has a bigger recline. It has a large meal table, cocktail table, footrest, a 10.6-inch personal television, an in-seat power outlet, a multi-port connector for personal devices such as iPods, and extra personal stowage space.
For full details visit the Cathay Pacific website.
Premium Economy will be offered from 1 April onwards on selected flights on the Sydney (CX101/100), Toronto (CX826/825/828/829), Vancouver (CX888/889), and New York (CX830/831/ 840/841/888/889) routes. In May, Premium Economy will be featured on some of the selected flights on the London route (CX252/255).
As more aircraft fitted with these new cabins increases in the Cathay fleet, priority will be given to achieving daily availability on these routes.
Cathay plans to add the Adelaide, Los Angeles, Melbourne and San Francisco routes in August, Frankfurt in September, and Brisbane and Mumbai in later in October.
By end of this year, Cathay Pacific plans to have 48 aircraft installed with the new product which will increase to 87 by the end of next year.
The new long-haul Economy Class seat features a cradle mechanism to enhance the level of comfort in the recline position, the latest in high-resolution touch-screen personal televisions, a USB outlet and an iPod/iPhone outlet that allows passengers to connect their own mobile devices to view content through the personal television.
The new seats will be fitted on all Cathay Pacific long-haul Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The first aircraft will enter service in March flying to Sydney and Toronto initially. A total of 36 Boeing 777-300ERs and 26 Airbus 330-300s will be fitted with the seats by December 2013.
Full details of the new long-haul economy class can be found here.
