[新聞] 國泰航空將改艙，經濟艙更擠

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[媒體名稱] 南華早報
[新聞日期] 2017/3/31
[網址] https://www.google.com.tw/amp/m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article
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Hong Kong Cathay Pacific passengers to feel the squeeze in push for profits
Flagship carrier plans to add additional seat to each economy class row in a b
id to reverse its losses
Danny LeeDanny Lee
UPDATED : Friday, 31 Mar 2017, 11:15AM

Cathay Pacific Airways plans to cram 10 per cent more passengers into economy 
class, adding one more seat to the existing nine per row, as Hong Kong’s flag
ship carrier tries to reverse its loss-making operation.

The airline, which lost HK$575 million last year, will embark on a three-year 
overhaul of economy class, adding extra seats on Boeing 777-300 planes from th
e middle of next year.

Leg room will remain at 32 inches, but passengers with bigger frames will want
 to note that the width of each seat will shrink by 1.3 inches to 17.2 inches.


Rupert Hogg, Cathay Pacific’s chief operating officer, tried to put a positiv
e spin on the impending overhaul, promising to deliver a “great in-flight exp
erience”.

New seats will have a bigger 12 inch in-flight entertainment (IFE) screen – w
ith the IFE box hidden inside chairs and not taking up legroom, plus more pers
onal storage and Wi-Fi is also set to be added to planes.

On the comfort side, the newly designed seats would be smaller but have more c
omfort and better padding, plus have supporting headrests to benefit sleeping 
passengers.

“We will be able to make a great product because seat technology has changed 
so much,” Hogg said in an interview with the Post. “We spend a lot of time s
weating the details in every cabin and we will design a product that is really
 good value for money.”

Some 48 long-haul Boeing aircraft will be fitted with either 19 or 28 extra ec
onomy class seats each to accommodate 296 or 368 travellers. Each of Cathay Pa
cific’s 17 short-haul jets will get 40 extra seats to fit 438 travellers.

Job cuts expected as Cathay Pacific targets 30 per cent savings in head office
 management costs

While Hong Kong International Airport is expected to be unable to add new flig
hts by the end of the decade, Cathay Pacific’s denser economy class cabins wi
ll fly an extra 1.4 million passengers per year.

“It gives us a big productivity boost because we have more take-offs and land
ings with extra seats but the same number of aircraft, and the seat cost per m
ile will go down,” Hogg said.

In addition to taking delivery of new aircraft after 2020, Cathay Pacific will
 increase seat capacity by up to 5 per cent annually until the third runway op
ens in 2024.

A majority of airlines in the Middle East, North American and European have ad
opted a high density economy seating arrangement including Emirates, Qatar Air
ways, Air France and American Airlines.

Will Horton, from CAPA Centre for Aviation, said Cathay Pacific would gain an 
edge in returning to profitability. For consumers “10 seats per row will be a
 hard sell”, but the loudest voices tend to dominate, he said.

Achim Czerny, an associate professor in aviation management at Polytechnic Uni
versity, concluded: “There is so much more demand. The question is do you wan
t to serve these customers because there is so little room to expand flights r
elative to demand. Passengers would be happy to get a seat at all. They don’t
 care, at least they can fly.”

分隔線

1. 777系列經濟艙要從3-3-3改為3-4-3
2. 前後椅距仍保持32吋、寬度由18.5改為17.2吋
3. 椅子設計改小、更多個人儲物空間、新12吋電視
4. 明年中開始改
5. 幾年前講過2017全部有Wifi但後來裝肖維，現在要加裝了




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推 Homeshadow: 東網表示
→ visa9527: 777這樣改跟舊酷航的777要一樣了
推 b07130602: 前陣子國泰財報出來就有人算過國泰載客率得13x%才能打
→ b07130602: 平
推 aitt: 兩岸三通與廉航最大受害者之一
推 shiii: 期待東網版的翻譯了！！   同時應該開始研究JAL的會員了！
推 aitt: 1990年代是國泰最風光也是擴張最快的時期.
→ xylophone135: 現在越來越多777要改3-4-3了，唉
→ aitt: 只是獲利高度集中於台港航線難免經營風險跟著大
→ aitt: 改3-4-3 載客量就跟747相差無幾.偏偏又省油..
→ ndr: 無良航空摔幾台下來也不值得同情
→ ndr: 過幾個月恐怕就改成4-4-4了
→ ndr: 肥宅末日......
→ ndr: 坐位變多的話個人娛樂設施的總重繪不會增加?
→ ndr: 下一步就是拿leg room開刀吧?
→ countryair: BR CX 的777都要改 3 4 3了
推 peterchenyw: 向廉航看齊...
推 tinystudio: 商務艙越來越寬，經濟艙越來越窄：)
推 Homeshadow: 什麼時後要改區域商務
推 ilovebingoo: 長榮777也改成3-4-3啦，根本奴隸船
→ countryair: CI 應該不會也.......
推 aitt: CI的777經濟艙一開始就是3-4-3
→ tinystudio: 一堆航空公司77W經濟艙3-4-3，麻煩一一抓出來
→ tinystudio: 跟787經濟艙3-3-3一樣，根本不把經濟艙旅客當人對待
→ fastech: 787 Y艙非3-3-3全世界只剩JL而已啊
→ abyssa1: M型社會啊 資產越拉越開
推 aitt: 沒辦法.不漲機票反映成本只剩這種做法了
推 toast520520: 未來變4-4-4或5-5-5也不意外了
推 kenny53: CX還會再改區域商務嗎？看看精美的33P
→ imsasage: 明明還有賣站票的方式(誤
推 gitans: 因航之日常
→ gitans: 因航好的不學專學這些壞的
推 zzzz8931: 因航
推 lions402: 想看東網如何評論XD
推 Japanesque: 東網翻譯修飾中
→ ArchVSX: 因航起手式要來了嗎
推 mukuro: 777聽說超省油...？再弄成343...嗯嗯
噓 darkangel119: 以後可以改用膠囊座位了
推 suzukihiro: 慢性自殺的cx
推 MDRZ7: 商務艙會改嗎？
推 pol87063: 商務艙應該不會 再改小 就沒人要搭了
推 emily6724: 區域商務好像今年會改
→ emily6724: 感覺今年將為有一個發表會發表一些新的概念和改艙
→ free4u28: 商務艙還改?那乾脆全Y好了......
推 JilSander: 國籍航空加油 把 CX這中國大陸航空公司打趴
推 wert213: 想看東網報道
推 ttnakafzcm: CX的里程已經砸了 結果還要搞成奴隸船?
推 Alliancemem: 777默默載很多貨幫忙賺錢啊
推 faaQ: 還以為是東網咧（失望～
推 nthukos: 愚人節新聞嗎？ XD
→ Laverda: CX這樣做就對了! 請繼續保持下去!
→ countryair: 但周遭國家的777 像CX以前配 3 3 3的好像不多了
→ Laverda: 近期搭EVA air飛LAX還是3-3-3
推 l42857: 正常啦 短程經濟艙大家就要票價 品質都是其次
推 et134226: 賣站票