Air China vs. China Airlines
Aug 31, 2006, 10:55 am
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Originally Posted by carolyncjackson
What is the difference?
Anyone have any experience bad or good flying on Air China?
I found a really cheap ticket but I am not familiar with the airline
Anyone have any experience bad or good flying on Air China?
I found a really cheap ticket but I am not familiar with the airline
Aug 31, 2006, 8:42 pm
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Originally Posted by jedison
I don't think there's a lot of overlap between their routes. .
edited because.... after posting the above, it occurred to me that they do compete in a handful of markets. europe--australia comes to mind. that said, i've never encountered anyone who was trying to decide between the two.
Last edited by moondog; Aug 31, 2006 at 9:18 pm
Sep 1, 2006, 6:47 pm
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Originally Posted by jedison
Air China is mainland, China Airlines is Taiwanese. In my experience Air China is pretty miserable, but I haven't flown them in a couple of years. China Airlines is OK. Their business class product is about equivalent to UA's. I was on a 747 to TPE that had internet access (but no power port). Given that Air China is now *A, though, I would probably take them with that choice. The thing is, though, that I don't think there's a lot of overlap between their routes. China Airlines does not fly to the mainland, for obvious reasons (except Hong Kong and Macau) and Air China doesn't fly much except between China and points overseas.
Sep 2, 2006, 12:42 am
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Originally Posted by HKtraveller
whereas Air China has not lost a single plane yet on international sectors (as to my knowledge).
Sep 2, 2006, 1:40 am
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Air China
Well, then lets compare apples to apples and take the period after 1990 when China started to approach international standards (I remember scary domestic flights before that time on russian hired tupolews the pilotes sometimes seemed not able to operate properly, sometimes even with russian crew who might or not have understood the chinese air control).
Since then I saw 2 CI planes in the water behind the runway in HK alone.
They were immediately trying to scratch off the logos that one couldn't recognize the airline.
Since then I saw 2 CI planes in the water behind the runway in HK alone.
They were immediately trying to scratch off the logos that one couldn't recognize the airline.
Sep 6, 2006, 3:57 pm
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Originally Posted by vash
I'd be dead before I fly China Airlines, or after, whichever comes first.
I found some airline rating: (There was a plane that CA lost, I didn't know. It was in April 2002 in South Korea when the pilot chose a too difficult landing approach not allowed in the stormy weather.)
Number of lost planes in the last 20 years/persons killed
Air China: 1/129
China Airlines: 8/764
There are only 5 major Airlines rated worse than China Airlines: Air India, Egypt Air, CSA Czech Airlines, TAM Linhas Aereas, Turkish Airlines.