Originally Posted by DL2SXM

A few comments about terminal 1 at PVG. I took Delta out of PVG terminal 1 the other week and in fact, we had to be bussed to the plane, a 747 nonetheless. However, boarding was very orderly and the MU staff made sure business class got on the bus first followed by everyone else, so it really didn't even matter.

For the lounge situation, Delta had notes handed out that apologized for the inadequate lounge facility in terminal 1. It also said that a brand new, state of the art lounge was being built and would be ready sometime later in 2016.

As for the pilots smoking, especially on a brand new 773, I actually find that hard to believe. I mean, where else are they going to smoke but in the flight deck. No way, in a brand new plane, are pilots going to smoke with all that sensitive equipment around.