Cathay to replace or upgrade poor quality A350 business seats

Cathay Pacific will replace all the business class seats on some of its Airbus A350s and undertake extensive modifications on others, due to "seat and surface finishing defects." The carrier says that the business class cabins in its early A350s are "most affected" by this problem, caused by early production line cosmetic quality issues. These seats are supplied by Zodiac Aerospace, and the aircraft have been flying with Cathay for less than a year. There have however been reports of poor fit and finish on the seats, with some latches on storage boxes broken. The modifications are primarily concerned with the build quality, but there will also be some detail changes to the materials, it adds. Cathay expects the seat replacement in each aircraft to take approximately 2 to 3 weeks. <br/>