Air China is a full service airline, and presents you with an opportunity to stop in Beijing.
Airline: Air China
Dates: Oct-Dec, Mar-June
Stopover: Beijing
Example: https://www.skyscanner.com.au/transport/flights/mela/rome/19…
Air China is a full service airline, and presents you with an opportunity to stop in Beijing.
Airline: Air China
Dates: Oct-Dec, Mar-June
Stopover: Beijing
Example: https://www.skyscanner.com.au/transport/flights/mela/rome/19…
Anyone know how the Chinese carriers stack up?
On European Routes I was under the impression China Southern > Air China > China Eastern - never flown with either but am intending to fly to Europe over Summer and think that it'd be interesting to try one of them.
I've flown Air China from YVR to NRT (Tokyo) and back, they were a fine full service.
China Air often flies to NZ during summer, and I've flown them to CHC and AKL. AMAZING. Like, Emirates level. It's a wide body A330 continuing on / coming from Taiwan and is very, very nice.
Intrigued by all the other ones - Hainan, China Southern, etc, but haven't flown them yet.
Yeah, I have heard really positive reviews for Hainan Airlines. Unfortunately, the reviews for Air China were mixed (some good, some bad), overall average.
Hainan Airlines is among "The World’s Top 10 Airlines of 2018" according to Skytrax
Singapore Airlines voted the World's Best Airline of 2018
http://www.airlinequality.com/news/singapore-airlines-worlds…
Experienced Air China from Osaka to Shanghai PVG a few years ago, service was fine too.
Also just got back recently from Haikou with Hainan Airlines, service level in Economy I think they deserve to be near Singapore Airlines.
* Seats are wide in A330 (2-4-2 config). They provided a food menu and amenities (just like SQ).
* Service was prompt and polite, although English fluency might differ, basic English should be fine.
* Food quality maybe half a level down from SQ.
* Entertainment system was top notch with wide variety of new and classic movies, variety shows, documentaries, music etc…
* Landings with Hainan Airlines and subsidiary Hong Kong airlines were smooth even in windy and rainy conditions (Maybe I preferred the tail seats more this time, so less impact on landing)
Hope this helps
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I usually uncheck Air China and other chinese airlines when checking ticket prices to Europe.