The Aria Suite is arguably the year’s most anticipated new business class product. Skift traveled to Hong Kong to meet the team behind the project.

Cathay Pacific's new "Aria Suite" business class is a major step forward for the airline, with closing privacy doors and up-to-the-minute technology like 24-inch high-definition entertainment screens and wireless charging,

Cathay’s angled business class layout has always offered a degree of privacy from crew and fellow passengers, but the Aria Suite goes all-in. Each seat is framed by 1.25m high wrap-around wall, so even with the very on-trend sliding door open this is very much your own space.

It's been a long time coming, but Cathay Pacific has finally lifted the lid on its much-teasted new Aria business class seat destined for the Boeing 777 fleet.

Cathay Pacific is today unveiling its new Aria business class suites in Hong Kong, with the first of its refitted Boeing 777-300ER aircraft ready to take to the skies later this week.

The Aria Suite is Cathay Pacific’s first Business Class cabin to feature fully enclosed seats, offering passengers unparalleled privacy. The suite’s design retains the airline’s signature reverse herringbone 1-2-1 layout,

Sliding suite-privacy doors, the carrier’s largest screens to date, preset movie and meal modes, and an art gallery in the skies.

On Emirates, passengers in business class have a bartender to mix a cocktail mid-flight. Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. offers the Loft Lounge, a sky-high saloon where travelers can relax on red leather banquettes.