Hi guys,

I just joined the forum - I'm looking to fly to Tokyo around the end of November or early December from Sydney. However, I couldn't find any flights with Aria. I thought CX161/162 would have Aria Suite on the SYD-HKG part of the trip.

I am trying to figure this out to, have a syd-hkg return in end July.
From manual Cathay page search, seems like cx138 and 139 are using 777-300ER, are these Aria?

From my search, they said cx161/162, but yeah, 777-300ER is the aircraft you're looking for. I'm not sure whether they are all been upgraded to Aria Suite.

CX is usually the last airline to update its schedule, so don't expect any confirmed Aria flights to anywhere (not just SYD) before September. though there is a high chance it would continue flying to SYD...

I realise 255 now is sometimes more expensive than 251, which is supposed to be the prime flight. I almost never see P/I class fares on 255 now. I wonder if it's purely because of Aria Suite, or there are other reasons?

Edit: I realise it is not all the case, just happened to be the small sample size I saw.

More like the other way around, because 255/250 is Aria so more people book on it, leading to a full flight with less cheaper fare buckets.

B-KPQ returned from Xiamen but it seems like it didn't have Aria Suites installed?

KPQ was not retrofitted, it was likely in XMN for maintenance and still has the 77A config. KPX is in XMN for the retrofit at the moment, so it will become the 7th aircraft with Aria Suites.

Is this October 2026? I mostly see A330s and A321neos.

Do people actually know and choose Aria suite intentionally? Like it doesn’t show on booking site saying clearly it’s Aria, unlike what Qatar does with qsuite (until Qatar-ed).

I was just thinking the group here is only a minority of what’s out there. Many would choose the flight for a better time (251 has a shorter immigration queue for earlier arrival) rather than the seats.

Aria was heavily promoted at Pacific Place just before the first plane's roll out with cabin mock up for people to sample.

Flew B-KQL and wasn't expecting it to have Aria Suite (YVR-HKG/CX888); too bad I was in Y this time. Maybe I didn't read up on this refresh too much but I'm a fan of the minor restroom and galley (?) refresh they did for the rest of the cabin.

The 888/865 rotation is the Aria777.

I'm booked in J on CX254 and CX253 in November / December, can I safely assume that since they're selling F on these that it will be the old business class - or any chance of some changes.

I think no chance if F available for sale. Sorry. Only 77A has F and 77A doesnt have Aria.

The current running assumption is that CX will only be reconfiguring 77As (F class equipped birds) if it is to completely eliminate F and change the plane type into 77J (Aria equipped 77Ws, which lack F class). Said another way, there is currently no plan we know of, to have a subfleet of Aria-equipped J / current F class planes (basically, a 77A but with Aria….nonexistent for now and same for expected future).

The plan has been for a new F to be equip on the perpetually delayed 777X. This underlines the reason why they are not doing J class only conversions on the 77A, but rather ripping out F and changing them into 77J.

maybe if the 77X gets another long delay, then they will change their minds. But for now no.

Hope the answer above makes some sense.