There were three dedicated bathrooms for business class passengers. So I just played with my phone and took some more pictures instead. Just like my last flight, Air China did not make their IFE system available until we were in the air which was very annoying. I changed into the slippers and tried playing with the IFE (in-flight entertainment) system while the rest of the plane was boarding but was unable to. She then unwrapped the slippers from their plastic packaging and laid them down at my feet for me.

As I settled into my seat, the flight attendant came by to offer me newspapers, a warm towel, Korean arrival forms and a glass of water or orange juice. Waiting at my seat were a set of Air China branded headphones, slippers and a pillow. When I later reclined the seat fully, it met the ottoman and the back portion of the seat lowered itself a bit more.

I took a picture of it in that position thinking that was the maximum recline but I didn’t realized that it was just stuck on something. It should be noted that my picture with the seat reclined is not a true representation of the maximum recline. These seats were totally fine for this short trip and I can still see them being comfortable on a much longer trip. Due to their fixed shell design, you still maintained your personal space when the passenger in front of you reclined back and the center armrests can be raised to add additional privacy between the two seats. I much prefer these seats over the traditional angled lie-flat seats still found on Lufthansa or Thai Airways. Every seat was also equipped with a personal reading light, privacy divider and USB/universal electrical outlet.ĭespite being nearly lie-flat, the seat was actually very comfortable. I stored my carry-on bag in the overhead bin, my backpack in the storage space underneath the ottoman and my cellphone in the cup holder at my seat. There were plenty of storage spaces for your belongings.

The lower portion of the seat extended to the ottoman and offered a flat surface but the upper portion of the seat only reclined to 170 degrees. These seats offered 20 inches of width and 58 inches of pitch (compared to Turkish Airlines 22 inches of width and 72 inches of pitch). These fixed shell seats are very similar to Turkish Airlines business class seats in shape and design but were not as nice. However, they are not the same seats as the new “Capital Pavilion” business class seats found on their Boeing 777-300ERs. This Airbus A330-300 was configured with Air China’s new business class seats.

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