Our bus ride to the plane was so long that I started to wonder whether we were actually parked in Hong Kong. Once everyone was standing near the stairs the "security officer" motioned for everyone to wait, and about two minutes later boarding began. Based on the versions of China Southern's A320 that I saw…
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I don't understand why the blanket is wrapped in plastic but the pillow isn't.
I flew with China Southern from CAN to KUL last August and had the same exact menu. I had the laksa style chicken which was edible but not much more. The crew was pretty nice and they even let me keep the menu card, which was pretty sensational! My flight was operated by Boeing 737 which felt more comfortable than the Airbus 319 which operated the return leg from KUL to CAN.
Traditionally in China we usually will have lunch items for breakfast, e.g. a bowl of noodles. We also have things like a morning tea, which that is pretty having tea and having 'brunch' items. I had an early morning flight with CZ last in Y where we did have lunch as meal service
"not quite as good as some of the other Chinese airlines out there, in my opinion"
Sounds like you need to rank all the different Chinese airlines you have tried so far. Maybe one list for long haul, and another for short haul.
I wonder what the 777 was doing in SIN. One of them is currently in SIN for D1Suite mods (N863DA), but this one seemed to be a -200LR.
Ben, I am surprised to see a Delta 777 at SIN. I didn't know they operated to Singapore!
I am also curious what your ranking is for mainland carriers. There are also quite a few airlines that is not covered well on this blog like 9C or HO, which are very big airlines in their markets. I would rank it something like HU>MF>MU>CZ>(FM if it counts)>CA, but HU's J's hard product is not the very best, and MU and HU now is starting to allow cellphones in the sky. So even I am not sure about the rankings myself.
Delta flies from Singapore to Narita on daily basis, which is convenient option for getting to Seattle, Portland and Atlanta. It used to be a Northwest flight back in the old days.
Delta now uses a 767 for NRT-SIN I thought? Unless this is a random 777 that made it down.
And Lucky, you totally have met a FA named Shirmee in the past ... on China Southern as well? Was this the same one?
@Naman Berry - Delta inherited the route when they acquired Northwest which flew the route for ages.
Now downgraded to a 767 but, I actually find the onboard product to be better in the 767 (at least in economy!).
There's actually a private minivan for the business class travellers (so that you can board first and without having to stand 15 minutes on the economy buss). The reason why the other two business class travellers boarded last was probably the business class minibus was waiting for you (not knowing you have already boarded the economy class bus).