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Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2008China Eastern Airlines
In view of the very useful answers I got to my visa query, here's another question. I have booked to fly to Shanghai from Heathrow with China Eastern Airlines and then on a few days later to Sydney. I have seen some disturbing reviews of this airline and wonder how worried I should be. I'm not changing the ticket now but I wonder if I should take any other action?  SignatureAndrew Nightingale of Cambridge (UK) > I have booked to fly to Shanghai from Heathrow with China Eastern Airlines > and then on a few days later to Sydney. > > I have seen some disturbing reviews of this airline and wonder how worried I > should be. I'm not changing the ticket now but I wonder if I should take any > other action? Can't advise, I'm afraid. I've travelled on DragonAir / China Southern, and that was a pleasant experience, on modern and apparently well-maintained aircraft. Jon SignatureSPAM BLOCK IN USE! To reply in email, replace 'deadspam' with 'green-lines'. > In view of the very useful answers I got to my visa query, here's another > question. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I should be. I'm not changing the ticket now but I wonder if I should take > any other action? Like? You've paid your money, so enjoy the 30" seat pitch. Gerry > > In view of the very useful answers I got to my visa query, here's another > > question. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You've paid your money, so enjoy the 30" seat pitch. Fine with me! :) Signature(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle >> In view of the very useful answers I got to my visa query, here's another >> question. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You've paid your money, so enjoy the 30" seat pitch. We flew Shanghai to Beijing return. Clean aircraft and in fact appeared quite new (couple of years ago). Pleasant crew, pitch was good an had nothing really to complain about. Nothing in English though. Everything was in Chinese inc. safety instructions. Had to use sign language when the refreshment trolly came round :) MC On Aug 28, 5:14 pm, "Andrew Nightingale" <andrew.ni...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I have booked to fly to Shanghai from Heathrow with China Eastern Airlines > and then on a few days later to Sydney. > > I have seen some disturbing reviews of this airline and wonder how worried I > should be. I'm not changing the ticket now but I wonder if I should take any > other action? My wife used them to fly between Shanghai and Heathrow, and had no complaints. Anyway, my suggestions: bring a couple of good books, in case the IFE does not work or is only in Chinese; eat something at the airport and/or bring a filling snack, in case the in-flight catering is not to your taste; use the toilets before boarding and/or early in the flight; find some exercises that you can do while seated and/or make an effort to walk up and down the aeroplane every couple of hours, so that relatively cramped seating has less effect on you than it would if you stayed still the whole time. You might like to explore what they would charge to upgrade you for part of your journey. > My wife used them to fly between Shanghai and Heathrow, and had no > complaints. Anyway, my suggestions: > [good ideas snipped] I'll add one of my own. Get an aisle seat. The Chinese have an astonishing ability to sleep on almost any form of transport. Go onto a train in China, at any time of day, and five minutes after you leave the terminus you'll find more than half the train's occupants away in the land of Nod. What this means, on a Chinese airline, is that unless you have an aisle seat, you may be stuck where you're sitting for the duration! On a London-China flight, that's a long time. It might be worth taking earplugs, too, if you want a nap. The Chinese love their card and dice games, particularly if there's money involved, and particularly at night! Most of the plane may be (trying) sleeping, but that won't stop ten inveterate gamblers cheering when someone actually gets the eight sixes they claimed! Jon SignatureSPAM BLOCK IN USE! To reply in email, replace 'deadspam' with 'green-lines'. |
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