Avis du vol entre Hong Kong et Taipei en classe Affaires avec Starlux Airlines

Introduction

Hello Everyone, that day was my birthday and so I tired something special that day, to take some planes and do some lounge hopping. Actually I would like to arrange some outdoor activities every year, but seems that weather every year at May is not that good. It is the same for this year, with some rainstorm affecting Hong Kong and Taipei. Although there was nothing special for my birthday on this flight (of course, as i am not any privilege members to any airline) , still it was an enjoyable flight, and finally i tried the three types of planes from starlux. 

At the Airport

Recently Starlux starts another crossover with Snoopy! So you would see some snoopy products at the airport, like the luggage tag. 

Check in is fast and I obtained the lounge invitation card and the boarding pass for today's flight! And of course you would see snoopy everywhere on the boarding pass! Sadly that the display board near the check in counter is not yet turned into snoopy style. maybe let me go there later to see if there is any updates.  The staff at the check in counter was very polite, and remind me of the items, the seat arrange etc. She also spotted that the expiry date of my passport is coming and remind me to get a new one. 

Maybe let's try for the lounge first?

At Hong Kong, Starlux does not have its own lounge. So for business class customers they will invite you to go to the lounge operated by Qantas. Somehow it is easy to miss out the entrance of the Qantas lounge at Hong Kong Airport. Maybe that's why although it is a one world lounge and people often pick those lounges from Cathay Pacific. 

The entrance of the Qantas lounge, with a stylish billboard on the wall. 

The decoration is really nice! Featuring some round shape mirrors along the corridor and adds some spacious feeling / high tech feeling of the lounge 

Some snapshots at the lounge. 

There is a big TV at a wall of the lounge 

There is a big poster showing skyline of Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong at the lounge. 

And with some nice selections of photographic books showing beautiful scenery of not just Australia but other parts of the world. 

The toilet also looks nice and stylish! 

It is still breakfast time, and mainly flights from Qantas will depart from Hong Kong at around 7pm, so some signature and interesting elements like barbecue pork rice, dim sum cart cannot be seen. But still it is a nice place to stay before the flight. 

Not so much choices compare with Cathay lounge during breakfast time, but of course, as major flights from Qantas will depart at the evening instead. But still you would get some delicious bread, eggs, sausages, dessert, fresh fruit, some dim sum, chinese noodles … etc at the buffer area.  

And the drink counter is available. I ordered a cocktail featuring berry. I forgot its name. But it is fresh and delicious! I remember that there is another type with cucumber flavour, maybe let me try it next time if i have chance. 

What a nice view of the airport, and the skybridge could be seen . 

It's time to get on the plane

Today the plane would be departed from Gate 71, which is at the far end of the terminal 1 of hong kong airport, and a long distance from the lounge. The agent also reminded of this during check-in. I used the automatic people mover at the airport and saved some energy and time to reach the gate. 

This is the plane today to carry us to Taipei from Hong Kong! 

Reg: B-58506
Model: Airbus A350-900
Delivered: Aug 2024
Entered into service: 4 Sep 2024
Age: 0.8 years. So it is quite a young plane. 

Here is the cabin of the business class of Starlux. Also it has 4 first class at the first row, but i forgot to take pictures of the seats, and also seems first class is not available for this route. For first class seats i remember that the seat door is taller, the monitors are even larger. Maybe there are some more features of the seat. 

Here is my seat today - seat 4K. As i remember, the screen is 24 inch high definition monitor. The response is very smooth and fast.  

There are some storage space at the seat. 

The headphone , the remote control could be found here. It also offers USB-A, USB-C, universal power plug and wireless mobile phone charger. 

There is a seat control. The lamp adds nice feeling at the cabin. The starlux uses electronic window blind at A350, but i forgot to have a try this time to test whether it is responsive or not. 

And here is a snapshot of the safety card. 

Taiwanese carrier would like to offer fresh fruit juice for the welcome drink. 

Time to depart!

it is time to depart! and you would see a nice view of Hong Kong airport terminal buildings, if you are sitting on the right of the cabin, and the plane is using the middle runway and flying towards Victoria Harbour for departing (i guess it should be code as 07C). you would also see skylines at kowloon and hong kong island if you are lucky. But today is too cloudy and so i could not see those buildings of hong kong from above. 

inflight entertainment system

The monitor is a 24 inch high definition one. Therefore the images are all very clear. And it is responsive and smooth ! and it is easy to navigate. Sadly that seems is due to the regulations from Taiwan that this plane is not equipped with the inflight camera. 

Let's try the food on the plane.

Starlux offers two separate booklets, one showing the wine and the other showing the choices of food. Apart from the printed materials, the information could also be seen from the inflight entertainment system . 

And the door could be closed during the meal time. It adds some privacy. 

And here is my pick today: Starlux edition
Bread Selection : Green Tea Pineapple Bun, Fig Walnut Sour Dough 
served with Isigny Sainte Mere butter

And the mains are Tapas & Pinchos
- classic hummus with pita
- beetroot, apple and barley mixed salad
- cajun chicken roll
- truffle arancini

finally comes with dessert
Earl Grey Panna Cotta

All are very delicious! Especially the bread are warm, soft, and not overcooked! It seems that the quality of the dish does not get downgraded compare with my previous travelling experience with Starlux. 

And of course i must pick the signature beverage of Starlux on the plane - the Sci-fi Cosmos. It is a cocktail, and i tried it for the first time and i underestimated its alcoholic power. Therefore i picked an non-alcoholic version of the cocktail . it consists of lactic acid drink, blue curacao syrup and tonic water. Hope that i could have chance to try a longer route from Starlux and so i could pick some more signature cocktail from them. 

Special feature of A350 seat

I am not sure if it is a unique feature offered by Starlux on A350 seat. it is called Zero G mode, which means Zero Gravity Seats . It is a mode of the seat which is made possible by NASA space technology and is designed to lower blood pressure, ease weariness from long flights, and relax the whole body. It is not a 100% lie flat mode of the seat, you would feel that your upper body is raised a little bit at an angle. And after trying this mode i think this mode is really nice and more comfortable compare with the lie flat mode. 

And the toilet

The toilet is really well decorated, with a big mirror and lights all around. 

Even the tissue paper is printed with some drawings of runways. 

The journey nearly comes to the end

As mentioned previously that recently Starlux is launching some schemes with snoopy and therefore you would see Snoopy from some of the products, like the boarding pass, the pad that place under the drink , the packaging of the tissue paper . Sadly that this time they do not offer the playing cards with Snoopy. I guess that it is because it causes a lot of trouble for the previous round, like adding workloads to the FA etc t distribute the cards to many many  passengers. This time you would still be able to get some sticker books. And there should be a redesign of the shopping bag, but seems this time i did not get one. Hopefully i could get one if i travel starlux again in the future. 

Final Touch

Candies were distributed at the end of the flight. Two are with fruit flavour, and the other two are with some herbs flavour. it adds a lot of refreshment. And finally our plane lands safely and smoothly at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport.