New Cathay Pacific Aria Suite 777 Business Class Makes London Debut

In 2024, Cathay Pacific formally launched its new business class product, which is an exciting development for the carrier. As is the case with so many airline products nowadays, the debut was delayed significantly, and the rollout also isn’t going quite as fast as initially hoped.

Still, there’s positive momentum, and this product has just made its long haul debut. In this post, I’d like to cover all the details of the product, including on which flights you’ll find it.

New Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 business class details

Hong Kong-based oneworld member Cathay Pacific is introducing a new business class throughout its Boeing 777-300ER fleet, and the product is known as Aria Suite. Below you can see a promotional video about the product, plus a virtual tour.

What can you expect from Cathay Pacific’s new Aria Suite business class?

• These are reverse herringbone seats in a 1-2-1 configuration
• The seats have privacy doors, which is increasingly becoming the standard in business class
• The seats have great tech, including 24″ 4K entertainment screens that are in a fixed position, bluetooth audio, wireless charging, and some unique features, like a monitor showing which lavatories are occupied
• The seats have enclosed storage compartments
• The seats are a heavily customized version of the Collins Aerospace Elements seat, which is the latest and greatest reverse herringbone product; this debuted on Starlux’s Airbus A350-900s, though it’s also being installed on newly delivered Etihad Boeing 787-9s
• In terms of designing the seat details, this was done in partnership with JPA Design, which has been a partner of the airline for a long time; so the general style of the seat should look familiar, given how consistent Cathay Pacific is

Cathay Pacific is primarily first reconfiguring its three class Boeing 777-300ERs, and below you can see the updated seat map for the jets featuring the Aria Suite product. The airline is greatly boosting premium capacity as these planes are being reconfigured:

• Before being reconfigured, the three cabin 777-300ERs have 368 seats, including 40 business class seats, 32 premium economy seats, and 296 economy seats
• After being reconfigured, the three cabin 777-300ERs have 361 seats, including 45 business class seats, 48 premium economy seats, and 268 economy seats

Losing 28 economy seats in order to gain five business class seats and 16 premium economy seats is quite a deal!