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a good choice for economical trip

Advantages: safety, price, food, punctuality
Disadvantages: service of milages, less free luggage

I've travelled several times with Air China, both international and internal. With the same service Air China is much cheaper than most air companies of other countries. I would prefer to take Air China, not only because of it's low price, but also because Air China has an exellent record of safety. Thanks God, the time is over, in which the flight steward fighted with the Hijackers. ;) The food is certainly not an unforgettable culinary enjoyment, ...

lilyll 20.05.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Air China - CCA

Worth A Try If Money Is The Issue

Advantages: Competitive Pricing
Disadvantages: Some Safety Concerns,

I recently traveled with China Airlines so thought I would share my thoughts on them. Despite its name, this is the airline of Taiwan not China. In some countries it is called Mandarin Airlines. I traveled with China Airlines from Glasgow to Bangkok via Amsterdam. Amsterdam is their main European hub, depending on where you are connecting from the first flight will probably be with KLM UK. The main drawback with Amsterdam is the number of delays. ...
...out of there. But China Airlines were on time leaving and arriving. The first leg - Glasgow to Amsterdam was on a Fokker regional jet, which is reasonably comfortable with legroom, seat size etc ( I am a six footer ) The main out leg was in an Boeing 747-400 with a standard passenger layout holding over 300 passengers. The plane was relatively old and showed it inside with average facilities - no personal LCD screen, only the older overhead TV screens, ...

ultras67 28.03.2003 · Read full review
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Review of China Airlines

China Southern airlines - a 21st century airline

Advantages: Very friendly staff
Disadvantages: None

I recently travelled to China on BA. Their plane was good, comfortable with a good range of movies, etc. After a 13 hour flight to Hong Kong I was alittle concerned about the subsequent flight to Guangzhou. As it happened Hong Kong airport was a really good stop-over point, and the China-Southern check in desk were very polite. Upon boarding the 737 we realised that the fleet was modern, and the crew polite. Although the flight was only 35 minutes ...
...all a very satisfactory experience. As the name suggests China Southern cover all of Southern China with an extensive flight schedule. The cost was around £120 each which I didn't think was too bad for a national airline. Perhaps Easyjet ought to muscle in on China though!! ...

Iandee 26.07.2002 · Read full review
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Review of China National Airlines

NO to TAP, never again

Advantages: good food, good on air service
Disadvantages: delays, very bad on ground services, bad and wrong informations

...over Lisbon Our experience with TAP was actually pretty bad. We booked direct flights from Stockholm to Lisbon. Before that we had to come to Stockholm first from another town of Sweden and in Lisbon we changed flight again with TAP to go to Funchal. Aproximatly 1 month before the trip (when prices where already very expensive for flights to funchal) we got the information that our flight back will be led over Oslo. this ment for us, we will reach ...
...the street infront of the TAP office. So the day we traveled home, we waited there already 20minutes before the bus started...and waited ... and waited.... and waited... But no bus came. So we had to take this very expensive taxi instead. summarized, I do NOT recommend to anybody this Company!!! Its a very very bad service - at least on the ground. The service in the plane and all can be as nice as it is, the things around are just crappy. We spent ...

Daniela456 02.01.2010 · Read full review
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Air Asia - Asia's reliable budget airline

Advantages: value for money, comfort
Disadvantages: No response to travel feed back.

...skeptical when I first used Air Asia, not because it was Air Asia but because it was the first time I used budget airline. I made online booking directly at the website and I found the website to be very user friendly. Prices are competitive and for small fees, you can pre-pick seat, pre-order meals and additional luggage weight etc. Air Asia allowed me time saving and hassle free travels and after numerous travels with them, I have so far no major ...
...of food and lack of response to customer feedback. Some hot dishes ordered were sometimes served cold particularly hot dogs which come with cold buns and sausages. Once I booked for my young daughter traveling alone a meal but because she didn't know that she should ask, the crew did not serve her the meal. My complaint to them went unanswered. All in all, after flying more than 5 times just in the past year for travels within the region, I'm quite ...

DSea 02.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Air Asia - AXM