I was looking forward to the opportunity to do a side-by-side comparison of Vietnam Airlines' 787 and A350. I boarded through the forward door of the plane, and turned right into the business class cabin. Vietnam Airlines has two A350 configurations -- one version features reverse herringbone seats (the same as on the 787), which…
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Mahan Air Airbus A340-600. Still one of the rare sitings of A340-600s outside SAA, Lufthansa, Virgin and Iberia.
Mahan must have a very irregular schedule because a Mahan plane is almost always sitting there in the middle of the field at PVG.
@UGC That was what I thought until I see a flag close to the cockpit window. EVA air does not place any flag there.
looks like the same seat as TG's A350 (except for the color). Flew that recently and was disappointed by the total lack of storage around the seat
W5 (aka Mahan) A340-600. Loved the tripreport, VN seems such a great airline to fly with!
@chub and @william zhu
Indeed indeed, you're absolutely right!
Can only be Mahan
The "bulgogi" entree seemed a bit odd to me. Bulgogi is not braised, and the beef should be sliced thinly, not cubed. There is a large Korean ex-pat community in Vietnam, so I suppose that is why there is pseudo-Korean meal option (on a route to PVG?).
"While this crew was a bit lax with safety, I thought they were generally friendlier than on the previous flight." Would Lucky make such a statement so nonchalantly if he were reviewing TAAG Angola? Also, does he keep halal?
"Another big influence on demand is the change in German demographics and eating habits after the arrival of about 1 million refugees. Most of the people who sought asylum came from Muslim countries where they don’t eat pork for religious reasons, including Syria and Afghanistan. That boosted sales of lamb, mutton and goat to an eight-year high in 2016, according to Euromonitor. More public canteens and schools have also been removing pork from menus."
Savor the taste of the caliphate.
Lucky at least you ate the Asian option, unlike Matthew of Live and Let’s Fly who only does steaks and omelettes.
I believe most the modern airbus aircraft are featured with tail cameras, it's a matter of whether the airline choose to put it in the entertainment system
The option you had, white rice with beef, is a common “Western option” on many intra-Asia flights when there is no “real Western option”. It’s called “Asianized Western food”, similar to Americanized Asian food like fortune cookies and sweet and sour fried chicken.
If you order a steak or burger patty at any normal family restaurant in Japan, white rice and miso soup will usually be served together as well, although it’s considered by many Japanese to be “home-style Western dishes”.
@cargocult: That's why is described as "Braised beef in bulgogi sauce". Not just "Bulgogi"