Originally Posted by
toyotaboy95
Actually, I found the food in Y (I flew HKG-PEK-ARN v.v. in Aug '09) quite good (mainly Chinese food though).
CA is a good airline (on par with UA), if nothing out of the ordinary (delays, cancellations) happen. A330-200s with AVOD in Y are far better though and when the 77Ws arrive, quality will further improve. FAs speak ok English and there are a few FAs (rare) from non-Chinese backgrounds as well.
OP is flying long haul, not short haul. There are already a big difference between meals and aircraft type. From the trip reports for long haul I look in CA Y, it doesn't even come close to UA.
Btw, isn't CA so cheap has to lease NX airbus to fly on HKG-PEK ? I have always seen NX airbus 321 in HKG, then one day (last december he went HKG-PEK on CA, he took the photo he was boarding NX) From what I heard and saw, CA only serve cold cuts when it is not meal times for a 4 hours flight.
Originally Posted by
jux1982
If there isn't even one bit of positive news about CA, I may have to reconsider.
I do suggest you to reconsider, as I chinese myself, I wouldn't even want to fly on CA.