A few days ago I shared my experience flying Adria Airways business class from Munich to Ljubljana. Generally I think there's not much variance in terms of the quality of intra-Europe business class, though this flight was an exception in just about every way. I was curious if my experience was indicative of the typical…
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if you deep clean that floor, you would see the cargo hold! that plane needs new interior, not a clean lol
curious what other allianced carriers do not have lounges in their home hub, only experienced it once before for LATAM Peru in Lima, came as quite a shock
I am appalled..haven't seen such pictures in any airline! What,s Star Alliance doing about this?
If you don't proactively give feedback to the crew about the catering mishaps,how are they supposed to correct it for future service improvement?
@beyounged: It was several years ago and my memory's fuzzy so I may be wrong, but when I flew Croatia Airlines out of Zagreb, I don't think they had their own lounge. The thing about Croatia and Adria is they're both really small airlines with small hub airports... airports which probably can't justify having more than one premium lounge.
Is this the only Star Alliance member airline without its own lounge? I don't even understand how such a small airline with no long-haul flights and an appalling level of in-flight service is even still in Star Alliance. It doesn't say much for Star Alliance. Maybe Qatar should have bought Adria instead of Air Italy.
@ FNT Delta Diamond -- Hah, funny you mention that, because my next segment was on Croatia Airlines, also a Star Alliance member, and they don't have a lounge either. I'm not sure if there are any others. Maybe Shenzhen?
@ JoeMart -- You're referring to the steak? Personally I expect steak on planes to be nearly inedible, and I'd never voluntarily order it. So my main piece of feedback would be to have more options. I don't think anything was wrong with the dish as such...
@Justin
yeah it is understandable when an airline is just not in an alliance, but when it gets into one the home airport gets put onto the map sort of and get more exposure as well as traffic sometimes. Also one of the benefits is that elites get to access alliance lounges. Imagine my disgruntled voice when I was flying through LIM in Y as OW Emerald and had to line up 30 min for horrible coffee costing $4, completely caught off guard that there was nothing offered by LP.
@Lucky @FNT Delta Diamond Shenzhen Airlines has its own lounges though not many and only in Mainland China. It is called King Lounge. Shenzhen Airlines and Air China first or business class passengers can use it. Also, gold or platinum members of their Phoenix Miles program can also access it. Furthermore, Star Alliance Gold members can also use the Lounge. They have lounges in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing, Shenyang, etc. Also, the lounge in Guangzhou can be accessed via Priority Pass and it is opened from 6:30 am to 9:30 pm every day. I hope that the King Lounge at Shenzhen airport will also be available for priority pass members in the near future.
I seriously thought they are a subsidiary of Finnair due to their livery font, oops.
Adria and Croatia were "Star Alliance Regional Member" airlines since 2014, but then when *A killed that program they were "grandfathered" to full membership status. They're also a close partner to LH and even use Miles & More as their loyalty program, so they're not getting thrown out of the alliance any time soon.
i never order steak/beef on airplanes, ever, cuz its always gonna be tough as a rock and mostly inedible. if I wanna eat a well done steak I will eat it at Fogo de Chao.
To focus on just ONE glaring item: that dirty carpeting is just shocking. I've been on plenty of planes with a few stains here and there, but this is so bad. Surely aircraft interior condition would be on *A audit team's check-off list?
Well, the newer and much better maintained aircraft (CRJ's and A319's) fly wet-lease for Luxair, Swiss and Austrian. Slovenians (and the rest of the Balkan where Adria flies to) gets cattle class.