Originally Posted by
redtailshark
Flew TPE-HKG on a 773 yesterday in regional J. The service was good and the food and cocktails were very nice...but the 773 was rather threadbare. I can understand 772s looking like this but the 300s are more recent and it needs an update.
If I compare SQ regional J with CX regional J, with SQs blue-config older 772, SQ is still a better experience.
Unless you're into the nitty gritty of airplanes, from a comfort perspective there isn't really any difference between CX's 777 regional configurations (200 or 300s). Both configs suck in J as well as in Y. Worst of the lot are the regional configs with the "new" regional business class, which is anything but new and just has a less-comfortable seat material and design versus the older, and squishier/wider "old" version.
The difference is not between the 200/300 regional configs but between the regional configs and the 300ERs. The ERs are all long-haul configs and are lightyears ahead of the regional versions.
the 700-300s (non ERs) have always sucked, in my opinion.