Dragonaire-China Eastern
Nov 28, 1999 | 10:38 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: New York
Posts: 7,987
About Hong Kong to Shanghai roundtrip, DragonAir (KA) operates about three roundtrips per day. Two on A330s with first and economy class, and one on A321 with business and economy class. It is part of the oneworld, if you want any AA miles. For China Eastern, it operates more frequencies and it uses A340s (two class) and A300-600R(two class), and MD-11 (two class). The two class or three class systems are a bit mixed up here.
Personally, KA has very good service. For Y class, you can expect a hot meal at all times on SHA to HKG route. For F class, you get the trolley service, but the seat is not that comfortable. It is sort the old style CX C class seat with forty five inches of legroom, but the meal is more F class style. For C class on A320/321, it has the typical US domestic F class seat with forty inches of legroom. The meal service is more tray, rather than trolley. All three classes get a menu card for all those flights.
China Eastern... unknown. Some aircraft has sleeper seats... and some don't...
Carfield
Personally, KA has very good service. For Y class, you can expect a hot meal at all times on SHA to HKG route. For F class, you get the trolley service, but the seat is not that comfortable. It is sort the old style CX C class seat with forty five inches of legroom, but the meal is more F class style. For C class on A320/321, it has the typical US domestic F class seat with forty inches of legroom. The meal service is more tray, rather than trolley. All three classes get a menu card for all those flights.
China Eastern... unknown. Some aircraft has sleeper seats... and some don't...
Carfield
Nov 28, 1999 | 11:31 am
#3
Original Poster
In Memoriam
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: lake forest illinois usa
Posts: 541
Thanks for the help, Brother C. I plan on using KA, one way F, on a late January-February RTW with *A and your comments have just helped me complete the carriers. I will clear this post soon because I have what I was seeking. Thanks again. N
Nov 28, 1999 | 3:28 pm
#4
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: UA 1K MM, Accor Plat, Htz PC, Natl ExEm, other random status
Posts: 2,879
Nathan -
Can only support what carfield says about KA. Had my first trip with them from HKG to PEK a few weeks ago and was significantly impressed by their service.
It's just my personal thing, but I preferred the KA F class seat on the 330 to the new UA C class seats, although roughly comparable in pitch.
Greg
Can only support what carfield says about KA. Had my first trip with them from HKG to PEK a few weeks ago and was significantly impressed by their service.
It's just my personal thing, but I preferred the KA F class seat on the 330 to the new UA C class seats, although roughly comparable in pitch.
Greg
Nov 28, 1999 | 10:16 pm
#6
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Seat 1A, Juice pretty much everywhere, Mucci des Coins Exotiques
Posts: 34,337
I've taken Dragonair from HKG to PEK and the service and F seat were great. Nice pitch and headwings. Perhaps it would depend on the plane.
Nov 29, 1999 | 7:23 pm
#7
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Everywhere
Programs: UA MM; DL SPG HH Gold
Posts: 635
KA is a pretty decent airline. I think they are a spin off from Cathay Pacific, and fly A320 and A330's. I flew them HKG-PEK a couple of times in coach, and it was decent. The only unfortunate story I can tell about them is once I was stuck on the tarmac in the plane for something like 3 hours while they fiddled with a mechanical problem in HKG...