Qantas Reveals new A321XLR and 787 Business Class Seats (new 787 frames only)

[MEL_Traveller]

Can I ask is there 9 or 10 rows for A321XLR?
I am concerned not having enough J seats which means they will be full.

It is extremely rare for qantas flights to go out with spare seats in the premium cabins these days. Doesn’t make any difference if it’s a smaller or larger plane (number of rows won’t make any difference to that),

 

[Princess Fiona]

Aren't these the same A321 seats that AA uses and that have been almost universally panned?

Yup, flew this last week LAX-JFK and it was atrocious.
Can’t use your IFE screen during meal service, can’t see out the window properly. Woeful seat storage and they are pretty narrow. Wouldn’t want to be a POS in these seats.

 

[levelnine]

The new coffin class.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Can’t use your IFE screen during meal service…

I’m hoping that’s just an AA crew thing? Other airlines with herringbone don’t seem to have the same issue, or if they do, you can continue to use the IFE just move it as a when service occurs.

 

[mviy]

It is extremely rare for qantas flights to go out with spare seats in the premium cabins these days. Doesn’t make any difference if it’s a smaller or larger plane (number of rows won’t make any difference to that),

Was on a QantasLink E190 operated by Alliance Airlines recently with spare seats in Business though at least one of those may have been broken in some way.

 

[AuSammy]

Missed opportunity to change the staggered layout to alternating honeymoon/divorce for the middle seats?

Only interested in airlines that offer the seats you describe as “divorce”.

Have no interest in talking to partner, let alone a stranger while in the air.

 

[RooFlyer]

Regardless which way it’s facing it’s a win in my book considering I’d never thought we would ever arrive at this point being narrow body suites.

Downside being these narrowbodies are going to do medium haul routes. For me, not just about the lie-flat seat (although that's important) - its the overall space available to pax. Aisles will be blocked (esp in economy) and no where just to stand and hang out on those long-ish flights; not enough storage for a medium haul so you'll probably be up and down getting stuff out of lockers.

BTW, anyone seen the Economy seats?