For obvious reasons I've always been intrigued by Lucky Air, even though I've never had the chance to fly them. Lucky Air is based in Kunming, China, and as of now just operates flights regionally. They're essentially the low cost subsidiary of Hainan Airlines, and have the same parent company as them, as well as…
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We flew Lucky Air on a domestic route in 2013, and there was a lot of turbulence, so we felt "lucky" to land safely. Flight was typical Chinese airline flight.
Hurray.
One more low quality carrier joining the already-too-crowded dumpster fire that is LAX.
I got off Cathay Pacific yesterday (First) at one the fixed remote stands they've built to the west of the International Terminal. The single jetway leads you to a small uninsulated building with switch-back ramps down to ground level. Crammed (literally) into a bus for the ride to the cluster of immigration.
Nightmare.
I've never flown Lucky Air, but I lived in
Kunming for a month back in 2007. It's a great city - warm year-round, doesn't have the crowds or pollution of some of the other parts of China and the city center is much less sprawling than that of other major Chinese cities. It's the capital of Yunnnan Province, which is full of beautiful mountains and other natural sites. Highly recommend a trip there.
BG that's bad luck. I was at LAX last week and the Bradley terminal was an absolute pleasure
Arrival using the self service machines was very fast My bag was already on the carousel and I was landside almost 30 mins after disembarking the aircraft
Departure was equally quick. No lines at the TSA and the staff were pleasant and efficient
I must say the TBIT is pretty outstanding with a great selection of places to shop and eat
They are catering for the masses as I noted a KFC is due to open shortly .. They realise not everyone can eat at Petrossian
The concourses are spacious clean and welcoming
Hopefully work on the midfield satellite will start soon now the demolished the hangar and that will eventually put an end the need for the remote stands
.. Now if only Delta can work with Fentress to rebuild T2 and 3 to TBIT standards ....
There's tons of Chinese tour groups ANYWHERE you go. Anywhere I went in Korea (Seoul/Jeju) last month, there were the Chinese. Tons of 'em.
Mmm, maybe not "ANYWHERE you go". Didn't see any Chinese tour groups in Patagonia or Namibia. Lots of Europeans though.
@ James
They must be more discriminate with their tourist dollars.. I saw many Chinese tour groups in Sweden two weeks ago . . . lots of ME twentysomething males too.
Don't take it too seriously. Both US and China airlines like to submit lots of applications and wait to see which route is approved.
Also, no visa required for Chinese citizens if they travel in a tour group to Russia.
HAINAN airline is different from china southern, china eastern and air china. Whike the later 3 airlines are sucessors of CAAC airline, Hainan airline is formed by Hainan government and CAAC, after when CAAC no longer run civil aviation services