CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES First Class and Business Class Seat reviews

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES BUSINESS CLASS SEAT REVIEW   :   AIRBUS A330-200

FRA-PVG, I had expected angled seating. However, this route seems to be served by their new Product which has a full-flat bed, more leg-room than you need and a pretty good food and IFE service. The only issue of the seat was that it does not offer the kind of shell privacy you might expect from BA or SQ.

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES BUSINESS CLASS SEAT REVIEW   :   AIRBUS A330-300

SYD-PVG-SYD angled flat bed to 169 degrees, dated look but comfortable for a night of sleep. 2x2x2 arrangement and 7 rows. AVOD is good and best headset in business class I haveseen. Amenity kit is great and from Italy. I slept well on both legs.

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES BUSINESS CLASS SEAT REVIEW   :   AIRBUS A340-600

PVG-JFK. Seat layout very outdated. Almost no privacy. IFE outdated. No flat bed. When person in front of you fully reclines you can't access seat pockets anymore and almost touch their heads. Almost impossible to leave window seat while person next to you is in reclined position.

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES FIRST CLASS SEAT REVIEW   :   AIRBUS A321

Short domestic flight, PVG-PEK-PVG. 2x2 arrangement in A321. PVG-PEK leg has amazing seat could turn into 169 degree bed, PEK-PVG leg has old style of seat and hardly can go back. Better than a lot of european business class seats. AVOD is pretty average and it is only 2 hours anyway. Food and drink are good.

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES BUSINESS CLASS SEAT REVIEW   :   AIRBUS A340-300

Singapore to JFK via Shanghai. The seats on Singapore - Shanghai were 1960s with no PTV even in Business class. Also the seats were bunched up very close together and you could not stretch your legs. After this initiation, Shanghai-JFK turned out to be a relief. The seats were the old Singapore Airlines Biz seats ( called Ultimo), do not go 180 degrees but assume a comfortable enough position where you can sleep. The small of your back is however rarely in a good position - a bed it is surely not. Food was above average and modest but adequate portions. The entertainment was a disappointment.

This aircraft looks like circa 1980. An old chair with short pitch and limited recline. No legrest - but a drop down foot rest under the seat in front. There are quite a few airlines offering a better seat than this in premium economy. The retro theme continues with faded purple fabric and a TV set into the front wall of the business cabin. The aircraft is rolled out for the 4 hour flight from Shanghai to Bangkok - but falls drastically short of the product offered by Thai International on the same sector. The poor cabin is well matched with poor catering and no access to the fastrack at Bangkok on arrival. Even 3 stars seems overly-generous for this product.

169 degree angled flat seat was comfortable in upright and sleep mode with infinite adjustment. Even for me at 2m tall I found it comfortable to sleep on, even though I did tend to slide down during the night.

Angled seats for long haul flight from London to Shanghai - comfort is okay but don't count on sleeping the whole flight. Staff service is fair to good but catering was very hit and miss. In all fairness China Eastern does what it says on the tin - its a 3-star airline and if you fly with these expectations you shouldn't be disappointed.

The seats do not lie flat but are comfortable and quite easy to sleep in. The headphone set in business is a lot worse than an economy headset for any 4 star airline.

Shanghai to Los Angeles. The seats were very old, reclining a joke and more like the rack then a business class seat. My legs kept falling asleep since the cushion was lower then the leg rest, cutting circulation to my legs. There is no privacy as your fellow biz class compatriots lean into each others space.

Shanghai Pudong PVG to Vancouver. Business class seats must be of the older style. It only reclines back to maybe 150 degrees. And when the person in front reclines while I am sitting up, the back of his seat almost touches my knees. The food quality is poor -- stay away from the "western" style breakfast.