First look at one of the world’s best airlines’ new ‘suite’ launching on UK flights

CATHAY Pacific has launched their caller concern people pods - and we got a sneak preview. 

The caller Aria Suite is portion of an HK$100billion (£10.2billlion) concern successful the airline, often named 1 of the champion successful the world.

Along with the caller business people seats, a new Premium Economy and an updated Economy are portion of the plans, arsenic good arsenic caller airdrome lounges.

But the caller Aria Suite is an betterment connected their existent concern people option.

At archetypal glance, it’s surely swish, with pick and achromatic interiors.

The touchscreen buttons fto you run everything the lighting, including temper lights, overhead lights oregon night-time lights.

It besides lets you take betwixt a lie-flat bed, recline and upright seat, arsenic good arsenic a Do Not Disturb for erstwhile you bash spell to sleep.

The 24-inch, 4K inflight amusement has Bluetooth audio streaming, truthful you tin connect your ain headphones erstwhile watching films and TV shows.

You tin adjacent spot which toilet is escaped from the interaction surface inflight amusement system, truthful no much queueing outside.

Don't interest astir retention either - determination were 3 antithetic compartments, with 1 adjacent having your ain backstage mirror.

And arsenic with astir concern people seats this days, it comes with its ain privateness sliding door.

So however does it unrecorded up to different business people seats?

It surely blows UK airlines retired of the water, arsenic Asian airlines person agelong been the forefront of concern people cabins. 

It is up determination with the Qatar Qsuite, often named the champion successful the world. 

The lone downside I noticed was the size of the pod, with the sliding doorway being highly small.

Any larger passengers would conflict to get in, with the curved spot signifier meaning the backmost of the spot successful beforehand takes up immoderate country of the entryway.

This is compared to the Qsuite door, which has a overmuch larger introduction point, oregon Korean Air's concern people which has an full backstage 'corridor'.

Despite this, it is surely taking the Cathay Pacific fleet up a notch, with erstwhile concern people seats having precise small privateness successful comparison.

The suite has been successful cognition connected determination flights crossed Asia since past year.

The Aria Suite has present beryllium retrofitted connected flights from London Heathrow to Hong Kong with connections onto Asia and Australia afterwards.

Passengers volition beryllium capable to acquisition it connected the London Heathrow formation from 5:50pm to Hong Kong, oregon connected the instrumentality formation astatine 11:35pm.

Cathay Pacific Regional General Manager Brian Tsoi said they were "proud" to motorboat the caller seat.

He added: "With the upcoming motorboat of caller routes from Munich and the instrumentality of Brussels and Rome aboriginal this year, we’re besides further strengthening our committedness to connecting Europe with Hong Kong.

"Our customers volition person adjacent much options, with astir 100 instrumentality flights per week betwixt Europe and Hong Kong this summer, ensuring seamless question and enhanced connectivity for all."

And Cathay members tin instrumentality vantage of the Cathay Suite astatine the Theatre Royal Drury Lane arsenic portion of their theatre collaboration. 

This means backstage lounges, exclusive down the country tours and edifice dining. 

Here are immoderate different concern people formation reviews, including:

• Finn Air
• Emirates
• United Airlines
• British Airways