Review of China Airlines flight from Taipei to Vienna in Economy

CAL

CI - China Airlines

Flight taken on 25 June 2026
CI63
01:25 12h 35m 08:00
Class Economy
Seat 52H
MAN58
195 · 120 · 0 · 7


End of my very incredible trip in taiwan, time to go back to Europe. At this stage my plan was TPE > AMS > CDG with China Airline options A or options B with KLM.




Arrival from central Taipei main station to the airport terminal 1 for China Airline.




Check in area for China Airline.




Some other views of the check in area and the customer service. From here I can not finally board on the A350 to Amsterdam but the supervisor of China Airline was just wonderful and finally I can board to Europe via Vienna in Austria then after that it will be just a small step to CDG.




The way to the boarding process, security first then custom.




Border police, very efficient then a small duty free and finally proceed to the gate.




The boarding gate area, the departure was postpone many times due to very bad weather (a typhoon nearby Japan and Philippines in fact).



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Boarding and WiFi on board, not Starlink but it works very fine.



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The galley between Y Class and W class…just beautiful..like the one of Finnair I got just chance to see few months ago.




View of the premium cabin and the safran airgo fx seats. The partition got a very nice design and the trim and finish of the entire cabin of this A350 is just very beautiful.




View of the Economy Class cabin.




Economy Safran series Z300 seats at 32'' pitch and 5'' recline. Comfortable but the backrest a bit strong.




Some view of the seat, the amenities, security card, duty free magazine etc.




IFE Panasonic system.




View of the cabin with different mood lighting ambiance of colors.




Some more mood lighting colors.




Pictures of the bi-fold meal table of the Z300 series and then start proceed to the first meal of this flight.




First meal with everything included on the meal tray




The toilet in economy class cabin




Some pictures of the huge rear galley.




Breakfast and then landing in vienna airport.



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Some pictures of the W class and J class while get off the plane.




Disembarking by bus.



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Arrival in vienna airport then proceed to transit to catch my flight to Paris. The staff at this vienna airport was very kind and helpful from the security guys to the boarding teams, make me think to go back and visit this nice town and country.

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Product ratings

Airline

China Airlines 9.1

  • Cabin9.5 / 10
  • Cabin crew9.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi9.5 / 10
  • Meal/catering8.5 / 10
Departure airport

Taipei - TPE8.5

  • Efficiency9.5 / 10
  • Access5.0 / 10
  • Services9.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness10.0 / 10
Arrival Airport

Vienna - VIE9.0

  • Efficiency9.0 / 10
  • Access9.0 / 10
  • Services9.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness9.0 / 10

Conclusion

​Return flight from Taiwan to Vienna, Austria, instead of Amsterdam as originally planned. A huge thank you to the China Airlines staff in Taipei. I found the staff to be highly professional and helpful, reflecting the wonderful hospitality of the Taiwanese people. China Airlines' A350 is simply magnificent, the cabin, seat comfort, and onboard service were all top-notch. It’s a very great airline, perhaps a bit underrated and lesser known in my opinion.

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