Air China - CCA

Advantages: I'm still breathing.
Disadvantages: Terrible safety record, food horrific, poor piloting, absence of facecloths.

...flights I have been on, Air China have been the worst carriers I have ever flown with. Last week I took two long-haul flights (10.5 hours each) and two internal flights (2 hours each) during which I found the conditions aboard the plane to be very poor and, most alarmingly, the standard of flight well below average. On a short flight from Beijing to Nanjing we were due to land in perfect conditions, yet for no apparent reason the pilot threw us onto ...
...rarely gourmet cuisine, but aboard Air China it is especially bad. The bread is sweet (God only knows why) and the drinks warm. You don't even get those lovely, hot, lemon-scented facecloths! Air China have one of the worst safety records for commercial flights in the world. If that's not enough to put you off, everything else should be. ... Read review

Advantages: good seats, legroom, food and drink
Disadvantages: entertainment in chinese

I traveled on this excellent airline to beijing and back on the 3rd and 10th of july. There was lots of leg room, enough to strech out my legs fully and i wasnt at the front! the staff were very helpful and the meals i am surprised to say were very nice, the inflight entertainment was in chinese though! The drinks were very big, cans of coke weren't the usual mini cans they were chinese sized cans bigger than english ones. The seats were very comfortable ...
...in to business and first class and they were even better, huge seats, loads of legroom, and built in tvs and very nice surroundings. The cabin crew were very helpful and spoke good english. And my favourite part, you could just go and get drinks at anytime during the flight for free like coffee and coke, my only complaint is that there was only chinese tea and not english tea! Over all the flight was long but enjoyable and well catered. I would definatly ... Read review

Advantages: the price
Disadvantages: the service of flight attendants.

Air China is not China air line. They are completely different two companys. China air line is a taiwanese company. It used to be a state run company, and now has been privitisated. That's the begining of its disaster. Air China is a state-run international air line company. It has guite good reputition and very famous for the safety. It's not a bad idea to take Air China from China to go abroad, because it's cheaper and the food is all right. However, ... Read review

Advantages: Price, punctuality
Disadvantages: Food and drink

I flew Air China this year (2000) and I found them punctual and professional. Both flights were on time and the staff were just like those on any other airline. In fact, I would go so far as to say they were better. A steward or stewardess was constantly patrolling the aisles and attended to your every need. The only criticism I would have of this airline was that they weren't very forthcoming with refreshments. In between meals, there was only water ... Read review

Advantages: Leather seats
Disadvantages: Too many to list --- but Lack of safetly is most important !

I flew with my husband from Calif. to Beijing. We even decided to make the trip very special and flew First Class. What a mistake this was. The plane (both going and returning) was filthy! Th staff, especially the young women appeared unkempt and looked as though they had been up all night. The food was of poor quality especially for First Class. Here is an example; we were offered either "soup in a cup" you know the kind you add hot water to ...
...my husband asked for the "cup of soup" after tasting it decided he didn't like it and asked for ice cream . He was told "you can no have ice cream -- you had soup -no two things!This was First Class ! The screens at our seats did not work, either one on the way over and one of them worked on the way back. When it was take off and landing some Chinese passengers would NOT give up their GLASS drinks and the staff let them keep them! Nothing was ... Read review