Review of Sichuan Airlines flight Jinan → Los Angeles in Economy

Conclusion

This flight from Jinan to Los Angeles is probably my worst flight (out of 23) in 2018. The product on this very young aircraft was outdated for 2018 standards. One of the other two Chinese airlines that fly A330s into LAX, China Southern, which offers 32" pitch with Recaro CL3710, a 12 inch HD touchscreen IFE, wifi, and good catering on its LAX-SHE route. However, considering the relatively much lower price I paid for this round trip ($650), I got what I paid for. Sichuan Airlines got me and my bags from Harbin to Los Angeles in one piece. Sichuan Airlines will soon fly its brand new A350-900 on the TNA-LAX and HGH-LAX route, so I would expect a huge improvement over its current domestic A330-200.

4 Comments

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  STAR-ALLIANCE-FLYER 48 Comments 2019-02-19 20:23:03

  Man so sad you have such a sad flight experience, to me HAINAN, EMIRATE, CATHAY PACIFIC, SI CHUAN ARE ALL BRAGGING!!!!!
  Emirate/CX, well they are only good about lounge services, other than that, the onboard catering....is another disaster... 90% of emirate business class dishes are just curry/rice, which you can buy for 10 bucks on the ground.....
  
  HaiNan/SiChuan, all bragging, TBH, even worse then CA /MU.
  
  The only good chinese carrier is XIAMEN airline, my friend boarded it from YVR-XMN last month in economy, FREE WIFI all the way, and the food presdentation is gorgeous!!! 2019-02-19 20:23:03

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  marathon GOLD 10137 Comments 2019-02-19 23:39:51

  3U started operating its first long haul route back in mid 2012; I can't believe such amateurism after 6 years of experience. They fully deserve the grades you slapped them with. I hope for them that they read your report and act upon it.
  (I flew several times with MU long haul and enjoyed it; I had a disappointing experience in CX's infamous and short lived herringbone cabin layout)
  Thanks for sharing! 2019-02-19 23:39:51

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  STAR-ALLIANCE-FLYER 48 Comments 2019-02-19 23:48:14

  I think CX and EK have nothing other than its lounges.... They feed Business Pax as rabbits, especially CX.....I would definitely not fly with them, I mean there are tons of OneWorld carriers out of HKG.... For EK, many of its flight departs around mid night, at least all asian flights bound to DXB, so really, nothing much to be cared about, the only thing for red eye flight is, to sleep.... Catering on EK is always like Chicken curry stuff, which i can buy for less than 10 bucks on ground. 2019-02-19 23:48:14

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  KévinDC TEAM SILVER 6739 Comments 2019-02-24 20:38:43

  HI Harry_He, nice interesting report. There aren't many reports on Sichuan Airlines, especially on long-haul, so it's interesting to see. It's a shame that the service is below expectations and the cabin does indeed seem a bit old school for a newer aircraft (minus the USB ports).
  
  Nice planespotting in SAN! I See you went to the In-N-Out on Sepulveda at LAX, any spotting pics from that trip? Would love to see them :-)
  
  Thanks for sharing! 2019-02-24 20:38:43