Hi flagler1, chicagodesi,

I've flown SQ's 777-300ER with the latest 2013 Y product (i.e. 77WN) several times and I flew in the SQ A350 for the first time last month. On my A350 flight, I was seated in the PEY cabin, but did head back to Y to check out the economy seats.

My initial impression is that both seats are fairly similar in design, styling and IFE, and both are comfortable to sit in, and have very good recline for a Y seat. Both the 77WN and A350 have a 9-abreast 3-3-3 layout.

I did not spend a lot of time in the A350 Y seat, but overall it seems similar in terms of overall comfort to the 77WN Y seat. The armrests look marginally narrower, and maybe the seat was fractionally less wide, but the difference was quite subtle -- it was hard to be sure. I'll need to revisit this topic when I try the A350 on a longhaul flight.

The overall impression I had from this flight, considering both the economy seat and cabin ambience, was that the ambience of the 77WN was just slightly more open and spacious than the A350.

All that said, I was quite happy with the SQ A350 Y seat. It is better than any 10-abreast 777 that EK and many other airlines use, and also superior to a 9-abreast 787. I see the SQ 77WN Y cabin as being just slightly superior in terms of spaciousness and ambience to the A350, but both are really very good Y products, among the best out there.

If you compare the SQ A350 with the SQ A380 or 77W (i.e. 777-300ER with 2006 Y product), the A380 main deck (10-abreast main deck) feels very open and spacious, and of course so does the 77W cabin, but these use a slightly older Y seat design (Which is still a strong and competitive Y offering), and I personally prefer the newest A350 Y seat to 2006 Y on the A380/77W.

Some pictures of the A350 economy seat here, and also the SQ 77WN economy seat here. For comparison, pics of the SQ A380 main deck Y cabin can be found here. (Note that the links take you to an external site, SQTalk.)