Sichuan Airlines Will Start Flying To Los Angeles... Next Week?!

Here's the English version of the Sichuan Airlines website: http://www.88888888.cn/Global/CA-EN
Disregard the 8's. It's just how China name their websites sometimes.

You cannot find the website cause it is in Chinese. http://www.scal.com.cn/Web
And their website actually shows no much economy seat left for the 10/17 flight CTU-LAX.

I wrote this morning that they actually do have a website, though not a dedicated US site and is only in Chinese.

Interestingly, they actually offer chauffeur service, which is available even to selected coach pax...pretty cool!

http://pointmetotheplane.boardingarea.com/2016/10/13/chengdu-los-angeles/

Here you go: this is the web site for the airline (Canadian version). Rather bizarre URL: http://www.88888888.cn/Global/CA-EN

Google is your friend in finding websites 🙂 ... http://www.scal.com.cn/Web.

www.88888888.cn or www.scal.com.cn

This website looks fishy but 88888888 is actually their customer service phone number.

If you google Sichuan Airlines, you will see one of the results that shows www.scal.com.cn. This also re-directs to their official website. SCAL - SiChuan Airline

Hey Lucky, this is the Sichuan Airlines web site.

http://www.scal.com.cn/Web

http://www.scal.com.cn/Web

Lucky,

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Hi Lucky!

I came across this video on YouTube and as far as I can tell it looks like Qatar has started updating the A330 with a new business class product! I could be wrong but this may be something you could look into and write about? It looks similar to their A340 product but a little more modern. This video is less than a month old so maybe this is actually happening?

Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE1wgWDn7b0

Lucky, I can see the fare basis on EF.

Their cheapest books in J - fare basis JTCL6M with a base price of US$1,299. Taxes and surcharge would be extra of course.

**Sorry, I meant to say cheapest business class.

Hi Benjamin Schlappig,
Well, they make stop at HGH initially due to range of A330-200, in 2018 Sichuan Airlines (3U) will fly nonstop to LAX with A350. (3U said A350 are intended to fly CTU-LAX nonstop)

@LSG Sky Chefs CTU

Hasn't Hainan already applied to fly LAX-CTU nonstop? How will Sichuan also fly LAX-CTU with China's one airline-one route rule?

Though Sichuan Air is based in Chengdu, Hangzhou is their focus city and the airline has quite a few flights from HGH to other Chinese cities.

@Justin
Hainan (HU) hasn't applied for that yet, instead they applied for PEK-LAS with Dreamliner service. Sichuan Airlines (3U) also thinking about fly CTU-YVR/LHR/SFO nonstop on A350. (LHR and SFO are served by BA and UA).

I recently flew Melbourne to Chengdu return business class in the A330 with Sichuan and found the angled seats were too uncomfortable for the neck even the chinese passenger next to me complained about it. That she should've just flown economy. The "relax" position was more comfortable. I don't know why on the position button it says flat bed because it's definitely not. It puts you in an angle that you feel like you are slipping. They served me stone cold pumpkin soup and when I sent it back they returned with it not even luke warm, I gave up, and the rest of the food was like an east west combo I couldn't eat. The service was good, fortunately I speak Mandarin they're English needed work. The only other thing was the return flight was 1:55am, an every 3 day flight option. Work payed for it all and it was a direct flight ten hrs compared to a fifteen hr connecting flight so am fine with it if sleeping.

Sichuan Airlines is the absolutely worst airline you can go to. Stay away. They do not speak english. Nasty airlines. No customer service and and bad food. Do not touch this cheap airline. #cheapairlines #sichuanairlines #sichuanair #sichuanreview

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