After eclipsing American Airlines to become world’s largest airline by number of seats, Southwest Airlines now finds itself in second place again…with a new airline in the top position. Uneven Adjustment To Worldwide Airline Schedules Last year at this...
Boyfriend Proposes To FA Onboard, FA Is Fired
A flight attendant may have gained a fiancé, but she just lost her job because of him… Her boyfriend had a special surprise. His girlfriend was a flight attendant for China Eastern Airlines and traveling from Xi’an and Yinchuan. He...
Shanghai-Pittsburgh Successful – More To Come?
Pittsburgh landed a charter service from Shanghai and it was objectively a resounding success. Will this lead to more charters or even regular service? Should it? History of the Charter Allegheny Airport Authority CEO, Christina Cassotis has been relentless...
Review: China Eastern A330 Business Class Shanghai To Colombo
We certainly received VIP treatment on the ground, but how would our in-air experience be? Even better… We were escorted from the lounge directly onboard the plane, bypassing the queue, and found ourselves among the first onboard. A pair of...
Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: July 30, 2017
Greetings from Southern California. My family is now re-united in LA and I’m happy to remain on the ground this week as I prepare for my next big trip. My RTW trip report stalled this week — the photos...
Virgin Atlantic to Join Air France-KLM + Delta Joint Venture
Delta currently has a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic and a separate joint venture with Air France-KLM (and Alitalia). Today, the carriers announced the two JVs would merge into one. China Eastern and Delta also get a seat at...
VIP Treatment in China Eastern VIP Lounge Shanghai Airport
Sometimes an ordinary lounge visit becomes a little bit extraordinary thanks to unexpectedly excellent service…even if such service is part of concerted scheme to deceive. I already wrote about what happened here. It was simply an amazing experience in...
Review: China Eastern 777-300ER Business Class Los Angeles to Shanghai
Let me start by saying that now I know what it is like to have been on a smoking flight. That, a fairly comfortable seat, horrible food, and totally unprofessional service are my takeaways from my first China Eastern flight,...
Chinese Airline Kills Dog, Offers $7/Lb “Luggage” Compensation
From the airline that prides itself in looking the other direction at onboard smoking comes a tone-deaf response to a dead pet. China Eastern has offered to pay the owner of a dog killed in transport compensation based upon the dog’s...
