Cathay Pacific’s New Aria Suite Arrives on U.S. Flights—What to Know

Flying at 30,000 toes simply obtained extra luxe.

Internationally-renowned provider Cathay Pacific will launch its Aria Suite enterprise class seat on flights to the US beginning Dec. 31, the airline informed Journey + Leisure. The brand new cabin might be obtainable on choose flights between San Francisco and Hong Kong aboard the airline’s retrofitted Boeing 777-300ER plane.

First introduced final 12 months, the Aria Suite boasts a sliding privateness door, customizable lighting, a 24-inch 4K extremely high-definition display screen, a built-in wi-fi charger, gentle suede partitions, wool seats, and leather-based headrests.

“Subsequent 12 months, as we mark 40 years of flying from San Francisco and have a good time Cathay Pacific’s eightieth anniversary, it’s solely becoming that this metropolis turns into the primary U.S. vacation spot to welcome our latest human‑centric cabin expertise,” Cindy Lam, Cathay Pacific’s senior vice chairman for the Americas, mentioned in an announcement shared with T+L. “This significant milestone represents our ongoing dedication to delivering elevated consolation, considerate design, and distinctive service to North American vacationers.”

Vacationers will be capable of e-book the snug suite six instances per week on flight CX873, which departs San Francisco Worldwide Airport (SFO) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. It would even be obtainable on the return flight CX872 from Hong Kong Worldwide Airport (HKG) to SFO.

For the inaugural flight, T+L noticed one-way tickets in enterprise class beginning at $3,486.

Along with the enterprise class seat, Cathay Pacific’s retrofitted plane boasts each a redesigned premium economic system cabin (suppose: custom-made seat cushions and leather-padded footrests) and a refreshed economic system expertise, in line with the airline. The plane encompasses a whole of 361 seats, together with 45 lie-flat enterprise class seats, 48 premium economic system seats, and 268 economic system seats.

This is not the primary time Cathay Pacific has introduced the Aria Suite to North America. The provider first debuted the posh seat in June on flights between Hong Kong and Vancouver, Canada. As well as, the suite is obtainable on flights between Hong Kong and London Heathrow Worldwide Airport (LHR), Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Sydney Worldwide Airport (SYD), and Melbourne Worldwide Airport (MEL).

Whereas the Aria Suite often is the peak of luxurious, vacationers in different cabins can nonetheless count on an elevated in-flight expertise. The airline’s economic system class was lately named the perfect on the planet by the Skytrax World Airline Awards due to high-tech seats and wonderful eating. 

Cathay Pacific operates flights to greater than 200 locations and direct routes to a number of U.S. cities, together with Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. The provider is a member of the Oneworld Alliance, which additionally consists of Alaska Airways, American Airways, British Airways, Qantas, Qatar Airways, and extra.