Comments on: A Guide To Long-Haul Business Class Seats /long-haul-business-class-compilation/ Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Julian /long-haul-business-class-compilation/#comment-35 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:45:42 +0000 /#comment-35 In reply to Derek Choi.

Thanks for the two edits – I’ll make sure to update the article! I also feel that the Apex (now Serenity) suites are much better than some (if not most) staggered seats and that they are definitely underrated.

]]> By: Derek Choi /long-haul-business-class-compilation/#comment-32 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 05:33:48 +0000 /#comment-32 Great read and really helpful! I couldn’t think of anything missing. Just a few corrections though:
– Rockwell Collins is now Collins Aerospace, and the Apex Suites are now named the Serenity Suites.
– Delta’s A330neo has Thompson Vantage seats, not Vantage XL seats, because the A330 fuselage is not wide enough to have the XL seat with doors. They just used the original Vantage seat in a 8 column arrangement (like on a 767) instead of a 9 column arrangement, using the extra width remaining for the doors.

I really like the Serenity Suites on Korean’s 777s and 747s. While the finishes are not the best, they are arranged in 6 columns, rather than 7 on Japan Airlines. The Apex/Serenity are really just slightly narrower first class seats and are arranged in 6-7 columns opposed to 8 like on other staggered seats like the Vantage XL. It’s too bad most travelers see them as high density narrow seats when they hear the 2-2-2 arrangement, even though other more traditional staggered seats that market themselves as 1-2-1 are really 2-4-2 if you look closer. They only feel like 1-2-1 because the seats are more staggered than the Serenity ones, and as a result feel farther apart. Airbus actually gave the option for airlines to install a 2-2-2 first class on the A380 lower deck with the Solstys Class 180 seat, although no airlines actually went through with that.

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