12 MAY 2026 news
Boeing 777X Delivery Slip: The 2026 Status
Seven years past the original 2020 service-entry target, no Boeing 777-9 has flown a revenue rotation as of mid-2026. Lufthansa now guides to Q1 2027.
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Cathay Pacific
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09 MAY 2026 airlines
Cathay Pacific Aria Suite: Long-Form Review of the New 777-300ER Business Class
Cathay's Aria Suite replaces the carrier's decade-old reverse-herringbone Cirrus with a closing-door, 21-inch armrest, 78-inch bed product that finally puts the OneWorld carrier into direct hard-product parity with Qsuite. A note on the URL: this article's slug references the A350; the cabin actually entered service on the 777-300ER in October 2024, and that is the aircraft reviewed below.
09 MAY 2026 routes
JFK to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific Aria Suite: The Long-Haul Route Review
Cathay Pacific's JFK-HKG sector is the longest non-stop into Hong Kong from the Americas and one of three city pairs the carrier has prioritised for its new Aria Suite hard product. We flew CX 845 westbound on the Aria-fitted A350-1000 to test whether the new cabin actually changes the way a 16-hour overnight reads — and how it compares to Singapore Airlines' EWR-SIN ULR, the one-stop via London, and the Cathay First Class option that still operates on the 777-300ER rotation.
06 MAY 2026 airlines
Boeing 777-9 Business Class: The Launch Cabins We're Tracking (as of Mid-2026)
The Boeing 777-9 has not yet been delivered to any commercial operator as of mid-2026. Lufthansa remains the official launch customer with first delivery now expected Q1 2027 and revenue service targeted for summer 2027. This piece tracks the announced launch business-class cabins for the type — Lufthansa Allegris, Cathay's planned Aria-on-777-9, and Emirates' announced 777-9 J product — without pretending any of them are flying yet.
02 MAY 2026 lounges
Cathay First Lounge Haneda T3 — 2026 Review
Cathay's small but disproportionately good First Lounge above the Terminal 3 satellite at HND is the strongest non-home-base first-class lounge in the OneWorld network, and on a Krug-poured Champagne flight in 2026 it now meaningfully outpaces several home-base products. We spent three visits inside it across April and May to file the proper review.
08 APR 2026 lounges
Cathay Pacific The Pier Business Lounge Hong Kong — A 2026 Review
The Pier Business at HKG: 31,000-plus square feet, Studioilse residential design, the Noodle Bar, the Foodhall, the Coffee Loft, the Bureau. Five visits in March and April 2026. The longer-form review of CX's flagship business lounge.
16 MAR 2026 lounges
Cathay Pacific The Pier First Class Lounge at Hong Kong: The Definitive 2026 Review
Eight years after Studio Ilse handed the keys back to Cathay, The Pier First remains the single most considered first-class lounge in commercial aviation — a quiet, residential, almost stubbornly low-key counterpoint to the marble theatre of Emirates, Lufthansa, and Air France First. After six visits between February and April 2026 — three pre-flight, two transit, one extended layover with a 12-month-old in tow — here is the long-form editorial treatment the lounge has long deserved.