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A Champagne Supernova Revisited

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Now that Oasis Hong Kong Airlines is up and running, only the question of quality remains. Is it just a long-haul easyJet with a cabin experience that would be unbearable after more than a few hours? Do you get something besides a death rattle for your hard-earned dough? The introductory prices seem too good to be true, especially if they remain the same for Oasis' eventual U.S. routes.

It's going to take some more time and passengers before any sort of solid opinion on Oasis develops, but at least one review has trickled in on Flyertalk. A poster flying business class reported on how Oasis handled the delay snafu ("brilliantly") and left this detailed description about the cabin setup itself:

As I boarded the Boeing 747-400 door 1 Left, I was amazed at how much room there was in the Nose (A Zone) of this Business Class Cabin, config with 12 seats from rows 18-20 and 21-29 in three other cabins on the main deck, the Upper deck was config 11-17.

The seats in the front row of 18A/C H/J have six rows of windows beside them and Ooddles of space on the floor in front.

Row 21 is config in a 2-3-2 just behind door 1 left/right (still part of the nose section) but the centre seats D E G have poor recline, so avoid these if you want better sleeping.

oasis have used Singapore airlines Old Ultimo seats, seats are noce and comfy with 60 inch pitch (Airlines old First class pitch).

He also calls it a "fantastic value." We wonder if economy passengers will feel the same way. Stay tuned.

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