Originally Posted by VE105

Today finally got to fly on Aria. Overall a very fun experience. The tech is impressive, lights are interesting to play with, toilet is classy and partition between aisle seats is much appreciated.

A few criticisms or feedback (I'm around 1.8m tall):
1a. As expected the footroom when lie flat is pitifully small. My feet have to overlap on one side in a fix position, while on A350 they can basically move freely.
1b. The ottoman is so small it can't even fit the pillow. I wonder where they're gonna put the bag of bedding on long haul flights.
2. Also as expected, smaller storage space.
3. "Entrance" to the seat too narrow
4. No physical seat control button which is still the most straightforward way to control your seats. When the sliding cabinet and tray table are both deployed, it's very difficult to reach the side seat control panel.
5. The texture/material of the seat itself vs lower cabinet's cover and the ottoman is different, which feel strange when sleeping and not logical if those surfaces were intended to be an extension of the bed.
6. The door is too short and has too big a gap to have any meaningful use.
7. The sliding cabinet is hard to open. You need to press really hard on the button.
8. The table side armrest "opens" towards the pax while on A350 it bends towards table, so on Aria when lied down you bump your arm to it more easily.
9. Also heavily criticized before, the TV and tray table components would have your knees hit easily when lied down.
10. I don't like the new location of charging ports. Too far away from me in seat position.
11. Both my seat and the adjacent seat when lied flat the part where originally was legrest isn't horizontal. It swells and creates a wave like effect.
12. The mechanic of aisle side armrest is unnecessarily complicated. It's hard enough to get it up, not to mention extend it to the lowest final position. I guess many pax who aren't avgeek don't even realise it is adjustable.

In conclusion, Aria is fun on short haul, but together with the loud noise of 77W, I would still prefer the A350 on long haul routes.