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Old May 22, 2007 | 8:30 pm
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PMMMDL
 
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Originally Posted by dvs7310
CI quality can only be judged if you actually make it there... they weren't nicknamed the "Flying Coffin" in Hong Kong without reason.

In all seriousness though, I don't know what CI's plan is, but if a Taiwan based carrier entered I'd much rather see Eva than CI. Aside from CI's former safety concerns their 747s show more aging than UA's and that takes some doing.
CI's is a different airline than 10 years ago. Their pilot training is now (and has been for quite a while now) done by retired USA pilots (I sat next to a CI trainer on a NW KIX-TPE flight)

Their F class is also very nice from personal experience.
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