好久沒貼新聞了，一樣簡單翻譯一下。
1.國泰計畫於明年使用359飛航香港-奧克蘭。
2.新飛機提供了更大的商務艙空間。
3.希望明年二月可以準時接收第一架359，2016預計接收12架。
4.國泰買了48架A350XWB，其中22架是359。
5.配置是C38/PY28/Y214，比343分別多了12/0/3個座位。
6.新的商務艙是目前333/77W的小改款，絕對比343強上好幾個檔次。
7.新的座位有雙螢幕，大螢幕可以看電影，小螢幕可以看AIRSHOW。
8.同時也會有全新的PY艙座位和更棒的Y艙。
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11418777
Cathay Pacific eyeing premium market
5:00 AM Wednesday Mar 18, 2015
The new Cathay Pacific widebody aircraft will have more business class seats.
The new Cathay Pacific widebody aircraft will have more business class seats.
Cathay Pacific plans to fly the latest widebody plane from Hong Kong to
Auckland later next year.
The airline has finalised the interior configuration for the Airbus A350XWB
and an executive said the new planes were on course to fly to this country
with a much bigger business-class cabin than aircraft now used on the route.
Cathay's general manager product Toby Smith said the airline was expecting
the first of the new planes next February. Typically they would spend a few
months flying shorter routes in the region to familiarise crew with it then
on to longer-haul deployment.
"That is subject to change for any number of reasons but I think it's fair to
say with the A340 currently on the [New Zealand] route being gradually phased
out it's very likely that it will be deployed pretty quickly on the Auckland
route," he said.
Toby Smith. Toby Smith.
The airline is ordering 48 of the newest widebody aircraft, 22 of them the
A350-900.
Smith said Cathay next year was expecting delivery of 12 of the new planes
which have a list price of US$304 million.
The new aircraft would have 38 business-class seats compared to 26 in the
A340, 28 premium-economy seats (no change) and 214 in economy (three more).
"The big increase is in the business-class cabin. We have a lot of confidence
in the premium market."
Smith said the business class seat would be an enhancement on what is on
Cathay's newer Airbus A330s and Boeing 777s and a "significant improvement"
on the A340 seat.
Passengers would have a dual screen experience whereby the traditional
handset will be a small touch screen.
"You'll be able to watch a movie on the main screen and able to check the
progress of the flight on the other."
There would be an all new premium-economy seat and while the economy seat
would be improved, those in the back of the plane would benefit from the
latest inflight entertainment system.
The aircraft is wifi capable and Smith said the airline would run trials to
ensure systems are robust.
"We want to make sure it is similar to what they get at the office or at home.
"We'll be conducting trials before rolling it out."
The A350 is a rival to Boeing's 777s and 787 Dreamliner.
Qatar Airways this year became the first airline to operate the A350.