Wow Hainan Airlines looks very impressive. It's like a cheap business class! Amenity kit, hot towels, a menu with a wide range of choices! It looks amazing! No wonder it is in the top 10 airlines in the world!
The one thing I do like about the A330 is the 2 - 4 - 2 seating in economy, makes it really nice if you can grab a two seat. Amenity Kit, Menu's , that's a great economy service. Thanks for posting.
Air Asia and Cebu Pacifc run their A330s in 9 seats 3-3-3. Some airlines run their 9-seat planes in a 2-5-2 though. Theoretically a 747, 777, A350, or A380 could be run in a 2-6-2 setup on the main deck.
Me and my wife Visit China every summer, Hainan is by far the best Chinese airline! We try our best to always book with them. Unfortunatly leaving from the Americas is difficult on Chinese airlines currently. Hopefully in the future we will have more flights!
I first took Hainan Airlines from Mel to Beijing for return trips, costing me only $450 AUD, around $400 USD during 2017-2018 Christmas. I was a bit shock to see the menu onboard. It was like a business class menu and the food tasted so damn good. !! They have creamy mushroom spaghatti with turkey slices! Mouss cakes as a refreshment!
Hainan Airlines has to be one of my most memorable flight experiences, because the first time I flew with them to China, I won a 1:100 scale model of a 737 in Hainan livery :D
I grew up in Haikou, the capital of Hainan Island in the south China Sea (lived in China for about 12 years). Our apartment was maybe a mile away from the big central road in the city which was also the old runway for the old Daiyangshan airport before they built Meilan International outside the city. The original (and still used) headquarters for Hainan Air is still on that road although the majority of the airline is now run out of Beijing. While I never flew "international" (a few trips to Hong Kong on Hong Kong Air. Part of the Hainan Air Group) and never long haul, they were my go to airline for domestic flights inside the country. Nice staff, at least one cabin crew member is required to be able to be conversational in English should a "Westerner" (like me or my father who also flew with them alot) happens to be on board, even on domestic routes. They usually have china daily newspapers printed in English. And just overall better service than the other Chinese airlines. I'll always love this airline, even though I'll probably never fly on them again sadly. Edit: the building on the magazine cover at 4:16 mark is the building I'm talking about!!! That's the Hainan Air headquarters in Haikou. Second edit, I lived over there from 2001-2013. During those years Hainan really was ahead of it's time and set the standard for what most Chinese airlines now offer as standard.
YOU WOULD have 2 be the most grateful easy going passenger I've come across!!.even at the start where the leg room looked awkward,you were like AMAZING hihi good video btw!
Great work Felix, not a lot of Hainan Airlines trip reports on here. Product looks pretty good for economy, similar to standards Iv`e had with Emirates, even the amenity kit. Good to see Hainan introducing a new service to Edinburgh from June 2018. If I head back to Korea soon, I think I will skip the Middle East and go via Beijing, a few days there then head to Seoul. New airline for me as well as a new country. I always find your work informative and interesting, thanks.
The crew were so nice! At the end, when y'all disembark, I believe, using my basic mandarin, that the FA was telling people it would rain later that day.
Ein wirklich toller report! Über Hainan Airlines habe ich bislang wenig gesehen und gehört, umso mehr hat mich das Video natürlich gefreut! Tolle Arbeit :)
To be ohnest its not interesting and i think its not their best service and product. Last time i was on a connecting flight from beijing to guangzhou and there were like 2 cabin crew standing at the door welcoming me.(economy class) I think Hainan 100% stands out from all chinese airlines. especially when you consider the price.
I'm very curious about your Xiamen Air video as I've flown them last year and was very pleasantly surprised Hainan definitely looks very teasing and I hope to give them a try soon
I’m flying Hainan on the SYD - PEK route (with a couple of stops along the way, but the price was just too good). Never flown with them before, looks decent.
Very cool Prague airport. Huge. I like the maroon interior of Hainan Airlines. Slow IFE but with a good selection. NIce first meal with veggies and rice. Hated that the inflight magazine was all in Mandarin. Pfffft. Nice sunrises 14:04 and 14:56. Pork for breakfast? Umm...okay. It's China. The rest of it was more breakfasty hehe. Smooth landing in Beijing. Nice report.
Do you know that from 15th September this flight will be expand to Belgrade via Prague? And from January it will be direct flight from Beijing to Belgrade.
took a Hainan charter flight from Chongqing to Manchester in September 2020. They didn't give amenity kits but the only flight I've ever taken that's more comfortable is the Etihad A380.
The product looks similar (almost identical in some areas) to the British Airways premium economy onboard the A380 but in different colours and better looking food, for economy it looks brilliant. Great review as always.
Great trip report!! Plus I love that you edited this while flying. I direct and edit TV commercials and I often time listen to either your videos or one of those 10 hour plane trip videos while I do graphics....I often wondered what it would be like to edit something while flying. Maybe the next time I get the opportunity to fly I can take one of my commercials along with to work on. Thanks for the video...I love your work!
The service is very simular to SIA, you get also a menu, amnety kit and other stuff like that. But the IFE on their A380 is a little bit older than at HNA
Very nice video sir! How tall are you exactly? I'm asking so that I can have an idea on how much leg room I will have when flying to China in a few weeks!
Wirklich sehr gut produziert, wie war denn die Verständigung an Bord? Hab mal gehört, daß die FA´s bei asiatischen manchmal nur sehr schlecht Englisch sprechen.
Any jet bridges in Beijing or is it just huge like Frankfurt? Wonder if they have traditional western style toilets in the airport or if you have to squat? Wonder what kind of visa you needed? So many questions ... lol
Tokio M. Hong Kong has 4 airlines headquartered here. 1. cathay pacific 2. cathay dragon - they change their name from dragonair to cathay dragon with an ugly red logo almost same to cathay pacific 3. hong kong airline 4. hong kong express - low cost carrier both 3 n 4 is under hainan airline...a business giant from china
And another amazing tripreport!! :D Hainan seems very good to me, I mean.. An Amenity kit in Economy Class!? :D Good job, I really enjoyed watching it :) Isn't it cool to edit tripreports while flying yourself? ;D Greetings PJsAviation
We have no flights booked with these airlines yet...maybe soon though! :D A list of airlines we are going to travel with and the upcoming destinations can be found here: www.simply-aviation.com/airlines/
4:48 You aren't allowed to use power banks? Is this an international law or is it just for China? If someone could give me an explanation I'd highly appreciate it as I have a connecting flight in Hong Kong and LHR nor my airline has any information regarding power banks.
Simply Aviation I know That Royal Jordanian isnt in your list, But, can you try them? Their Food are so Good! Especially in a 3+ Hour Flight, You will enjoy their food a lot (and also their Amazing experience)
Ich liebe den A330 wirklich schade, dass er und der A340 bald komplett vom A350 ersetzt werden sollen :( I love the A330 but it's very sad to see that he and the A340 will be replaced by the A350 soon.:(
I travel with China Eastern domestically and it is mostly late, around 80% of the time. It's so fustrating. I want to shift to high speed rail but it doesn't service the routes I travel. Travelling is a chaos for me in China.
Wow Hainan Airlines looks very impressive. It's like a cheap business class! Amenity kit, hot towels, a menu with a wide range of choices! It looks amazing! No wonder it is in the top 10 airlines in the world!
I've only gotten amenity kits and menus once while sitting in economy class. Was on a Qatar A300 between FRA and DOH in 2004.
TXnine7nine nice! I'm flying with Emirates very soon to Dubai but I'm not sure if they give out amenity kits
+Logan A L This depends if you are flying during the day or night. ;)
Logan A L I got from Dubai to Brisbane but not from Johannesburg to Dubai. Think it has to do with the distance of your flight too
Logan A L Emirates does hand out amenity kits but only on 9+ hour flights.
The one thing I do like about the A330 is the 2 - 4 - 2 seating in economy, makes it really nice if you can grab a two seat.
Amenity Kit, Menu's , that's a great economy service. Thanks for posting.
in the singapore airlines a330-300 they have amenities kit
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Air Asia and Cebu Pacifc run their A330s in 9 seats 3-3-3. Some airlines run their 9-seat planes in a 2-5-2 though. Theoretically a 747, 777, A350, or A380 could be run in a 2-6-2 setup on the main deck.
Absolutely the same reason for me!
I'm not trying to force you, but you should do a channel where you explore the cities you go to.
Aero air yeah
They don't stay in the cities for long periods of time. Usually just connection after connection
Aero air “not trying to force you”
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Me and my wife Visit China every summer, Hainan is by far the best Chinese airline! We try our best to always book with them. Unfortunatly leaving from the Americas is difficult on Chinese airlines currently. Hopefully in the future we will have more flights!
I first took Hainan Airlines from Mel to Beijing for return trips, costing me only $450 AUD, around $400 USD during 2017-2018 Christmas. I was a bit shock to see the menu onboard. It was like a business class menu and the food tasted so damn good. !! They have creamy mushroom spaghatti with turkey slices! Mouss cakes as a refreshment!
Hainan Airlines has to be one of my most memorable flight experiences, because the first time I flew with them to China, I won a 1:100 scale model of a 737 in Hainan livery :D
The music in the plane gives me memories because I flew on that airline on June
Those mazes of duty free are just insane!
Whenever you say "Let's head to the check in" I read it as chicken
"Let's head to the chicken"
Haha read carefully. ;)
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I grew up in Haikou, the capital of Hainan Island in the south China Sea (lived in China for about 12 years). Our apartment was maybe a mile away from the big central road in the city which was also the old runway for the old Daiyangshan airport before they built Meilan International outside the city. The original (and still used) headquarters for Hainan Air is still on that road although the majority of the airline is now run out of Beijing. While I never flew "international" (a few trips to Hong Kong on Hong Kong Air. Part of the Hainan Air Group) and never long haul, they were my go to airline for domestic flights inside the country. Nice staff, at least one cabin crew member is required to be able to be conversational in English should a "Westerner" (like me or my father who also flew with them alot) happens to be on board, even on domestic routes. They usually have china daily newspapers printed in English. And just overall better service than the other Chinese airlines. I'll always love this airline, even though I'll probably never fly on them again sadly.
Edit: the building on the magazine cover at 4:16 mark is the building I'm talking about!!! That's the Hainan Air headquarters in Haikou.
Second edit, I lived over there from 2001-2013. During those years Hainan really was ahead of it's time and set the standard for what most Chinese airlines now offer as standard.
You're videos are by far the best in RUclips ... Thanks alot for uploading and taking your time in editing ... Keep up the great job ...
YOU WOULD have 2 be the most grateful easy going passenger I've come across!!.even at the start where the leg room looked awkward,you were like AMAZING hihi good video btw!
+JC ISKING Haha thanks, I don't think we're easy customers 😅
Durch diese Videos habe ich einfach so viel weniger Angst vor dem Fliegen. Bin sehr dankbar dafür. 😄🙏🏼
+Katrin Ev Das freut uns sehr zu hören! ✈️✈️✈️
Great work Felix, not a lot of Hainan Airlines trip reports on here. Product looks pretty good for economy, similar to standards Iv`e had with Emirates, even the amenity kit. Good to see Hainan introducing a new service to Edinburgh from June 2018. If I head back to Korea soon, I think I will skip the Middle East and go via Beijing, a few days there then head to Seoul. New airline for me as well as a new country. I always find your work informative and interesting, thanks.
looks like they wont never give up giving you a real 5-STAR AIRLINE!👍👍👍👍
The crew were so nice! At the end, when y'all disembark, I believe, using my basic mandarin, that the FA was telling people it would rain later that day.
What's your returning route? still the same? I used Hainan on SJC-PEK-BKK, a very refreshing and great value experience
Simply Aviation is the best trip reporter there is . His intro makes you want to continue watching the vid
but will you go to Qatar or Morroco
Well if you read the title you'll see
Carloples 10 ,
Carloples 10
He is the best because I've watched mostly all of his videos
Bbbbeeeesssstttt tripreporter in the world
Ein wirklich toller report! Über Hainan Airlines habe ich bislang wenig gesehen und gehört, umso mehr hat mich das Video natürlich gefreut! Tolle Arbeit :)
+Laid-Back Flights Dankeschön, freut uns sehr zu hören das wir dir ein bisschen mehr über Hainan Airlines Zeigen konnten. ;)
It is interesting to see typical Czech products on board of Chinese airlines aircraft.
To be ohnest its not interesting and i think its not their best service and product. Last time i was on a connecting flight from beijing to guangzhou and there were like 2 cabin crew standing at the door welcoming me.(economy class) I think Hainan 100% stands out from all chinese airlines. especially when you consider the price.
I think they personalise each route. Even the menu had "Prague - Beijing" written on the front.
czech yogurt is great! can't have enough of them
I'm very curious about your Xiamen Air video as I've flown them last year and was very pleasantly surprised
Hainan definitely looks very teasing and I hope to give them a try soon
I'm in love with this video😍😍😍.And I think the wing view is incredibly perfect for whole flight😍😍😍
I’m flying Hainan on the SYD - PEK route (with a couple of stops along the way, but the price was just too good). Never flown with them before, looks decent.
Very cool Prague airport. Huge. I like the maroon interior of Hainan Airlines. Slow IFE but with a good selection. NIce first meal with veggies and rice. Hated that the inflight magazine was all in Mandarin. Pfffft. Nice sunrises 14:04 and 14:56. Pork for breakfast? Umm...okay. It's China. The rest of it was more breakfasty hehe. Smooth landing in Beijing. Nice report.
Do you know that from 15th September this flight will be expand to Belgrade via Prague?
And from January it will be direct flight from Beijing to Belgrade.
Unbelievable, it sounds the 2 countries get reunited somehow after so many tyears.
great video and very entertaining took up 20mins of homework time
Wow must been Awesome!
Great job!
took a Hainan charter flight from Chongqing to Manchester in September 2020. They didn't give amenity kits but the only flight I've ever taken that's more comfortable is the Etihad A380.
The product looks similar (almost identical in some areas) to the British Airways premium economy onboard the A380 but in different colours and better looking food, for economy it looks brilliant. Great review as always.
Whoever disliked is not a fan of airplanes. I am a fan of airplanes and your videos.
Great trip report!! Plus I love that you edited this while flying. I direct and edit TV commercials and I often time listen to either your videos or one of those 10 hour plane trip videos while I do graphics....I often wondered what it would be like to edit something while flying. Maybe the next time I get the opportunity to fly I can take one of my commercials along with to work on.
Thanks for the video...I love your work!
Prague has a similar layout to Vienna airport at the duty free zone and boarding check. I like those automated boarding checks!
That landing looked sooo smooth
Although I’m more of a Cathy pacific fan you made a nice job reporting this :D
3:55 Singapore airlines also offers the same thing
Awesome video! It's nice to watch a review of an airline that it's hard to find on YT :D
The service is very simular to SIA, you get also a menu, amnety kit and other stuff like that. But the IFE on their A380 is a little bit older than at HNA
the long awaited trip report finaly here
Like how they keep the cabin red it feels warm and cozy well it’s scientifically proven that red angers people so...
Creeperface idk, this red feels good
This video is film in December, so I believe that in china, January or February is the lunar new year
@@matt32videos30 Yup. You are correct. The Lunar New Year is in late January or early February.
i saw that beautiful emirates a380:)
Very nice video sir! How tall are you exactly? I'm asking so that I can have an idea on how much leg room I will have when flying to China in a few weeks!
Try XiamenAir, just flew them SEA-SZX, comfy seats, power ports, OK IFE, excellent food and the crew were amazing!
+Philip Hu The next tripreport is with Xiamen 787 ;)
When r u going on bc or fa again?
Very nice video and I will be in Beijing in 3 days
TF Felix Are you in Beijing now??
wonderfull flight....amazing food in a economy class...with compliments of the *chef* !!!!
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i agree the red cabin is great
Hey simply aviation you can try garuda indonesia airlines its 5 star airplane. You can try it
Simply Aviation
How do you go on a airplane everyday?
there's still aren't any video about Chongqing Airline yet,are they?
I love your trip reports!
1:35 its the exact same livery as Hong Kong Airlines
+Hkgspotter All HANA Group Airlines have the same basic colors ;)
Great video! I'll be on a A330 tomorrow to Cancun!
Wirklich sehr gut produziert, wie war denn die Verständigung
an Bord?
Hab mal gehört, daß die FA´s bei asiatischen manchmal nur sehr schlecht
Englisch sprechen.
Make another one of these on Hainan Airlines its one of my favorites
Have you ever departed from Leeds Bradford airport before? It feels like a small domestic when it’s actually not
Airbus Industrie A330-300 is my favourite aircraft,next summer i will travelling it
That is like yesterday's Business Class!
been looking forward to this for a while, great job felix
+Sean Willis Thanks
Any jet bridges in Beijing or is it just huge like Frankfurt? Wonder if they have traditional western style toilets in the airport or if you have to squat? Wonder what kind of visa you needed? So many questions ... lol
Hainan, Hong Kong, and Lucky airlines are the same airline, take a look at their tail. And their fleet. It's quite the same.
Wirklich richtig schönes Video! Vielleicht sollte ich auch mal mit der Airline fliegen!? Wie lange bist du geflogen?
+Liongamer 123 Waren über 8h. ;)
That looked like a smooth landing not surprised though because it's an a330
Excellent upload my friend,glad to see Hainan Airlines,enjoyed:)
I've flown with them Economy is amazing
I love planes but I also like holidays. This is no hate but I want to ask how long do you stay in each country
Do you have Le Petit Larousse as a passport?.
I flew on hainan airlines and in my opinion it wasn't that good, glad you enjoyed it though!
I know I’m super late but many of the Beijing planes are on remote stands at the airport instead of at the gates
Matt Lee ikr it’s so annoying
Never too late mate
I didn't get to experience hainan in economy so thanks for making it. The business class on the A330 is realllllly awesome tho.... 😄
You should give your thoughts on the airports you fly into and out of more frequently
Will you go to Hong Kong?
+fea hhh Yes but not on that trip. ;)
Simply Aviation hello felix..hong kong airlines is under the same group of hainan airlines.. u can try when u come to hong kong
lokman tang Hongkong Airlines? I thought there are only Cathay Pacific and Dragon Air from Hongkong
Tokio M. Hong Kong has 4 airlines headquartered here.
1. cathay pacific
2. cathay dragon - they change their name from dragonair to cathay dragon with an ugly red logo almost same to cathay pacific
3. hong kong airline
4. hong kong express - low cost carrier
both 3 n 4 is under hainan airline...a business giant from china
Really great trip report, nicely done mate! :)
Awesome video mate!
I have heard you can not use your phone in their flights even if you just want to take pictures or listen to music. Is that right?
Simply aviations will you do a trip report from china to Indonesia using china southern airlines (it was the worst)
how do you hold the camera in a way that the footage is not shaky
Hope you enjoy china Great trip report
What a pleasant interior.Nice report
The caac translation maybe cause little confused that chinese i have read to English is China comercial flight
And another amazing tripreport!! :D
Hainan seems very good to me, I mean.. An Amenity kit in Economy Class!? :D
Good job, I really enjoyed watching it :)
Isn't it cool to edit tripreports while flying yourself? ;D
Greetings PJsAviation
Wow! what a smooth landing.
Amazing!! Hoping to see more Asian airlines including Air India, Jet Airways and many more!
We have no flights booked with these airlines yet...maybe soon though! :D A list of airlines we are going to travel with and the upcoming destinations can be found here: www.simply-aviation.com/airlines/
Simply Aviation Roger that!! will check it out!!
Can you do DXB-JFK or ATH-EWR? If you do, I might be able to spot you! (I know it's a bunch of money because it will be on Emirates)
Why not MXP - JFK on EK and return JFK-FRA with SQ? or vice versa of course. ;)
Also Air India fly LHR - EWR
Anders Griffiths and PIA also flies Manchester to jfk
Was it at 15.6.2017?? I mean yes, i was on the airport too and i was looking on this plane from terminal 2.
+Marek Ulbrich Flew them on 12th of June. ;)
Great flight. Thank you. Wish they are in one of the flight alliances. Connected flights are somewhat difficult since their destinations are limited.
Thanks. Hainan has a couple of connection partners to expand their Network.
3:00 Praha ???
4:48 You aren't allowed to use power banks? Is this an international law or is it just for China? If someone could give me an explanation I'd highly appreciate it as I have a connecting flight in Hong Kong and LHR nor my airline has any information regarding power banks.
+Goot This applies only for airlines from China. ;)
15:24 I see this movie is great!
I flew on that same airline the same year from Beijing to Hainan :D
Beautiful plane inside and out!
Absolutely! Love it.
Simply Aviation I know That Royal Jordanian isnt in your list, But, can you try them? Their Food are so Good! Especially in a 3+ Hour Flight, You will enjoy their food a lot (and also their Amazing experience)
Never heard of that airline lol, atleast I know now! :D
Pls fly Cathay pacific airways!
Ich liebe den A330 wirklich schade, dass er und der A340 bald komplett vom A350 ersetzt werden sollen :(
I love the A330 but it's very sad to see that he and the A340 will be replaced by the A350 soon.:(
+Crocman Der 330 wird noch lange gebaut, gibt ja den 330 neo ;)
Simply Aviation Das freut mich XD
Simply Aviation
im flying in 19th july in turkish airlines you too flying that day
Crocman dont worry there is going to be a330 neo and not to sure of a a340 neo but hey the a330 is going to be upgraded to neo.
Alaeddine Bekakchi hope u have a good time were ever u go!!😜
I always love your videos specially your intro 😍
I went to hong kong! :) also, I like your video I will subscribe.
@@clarachindodo3016 uhh....
I travel with China Eastern domestically and it is mostly late, around 80% of the time. It's so fustrating.
I want to shift to high speed rail but it doesn't service the routes I travel.
Travelling is a chaos for me in China.
+kingraghavsahni I fully understand you, flying in/out and domestic in China is horrible I only had 1 ontime flight in China in my whole life! ;)
Yea when I fly from Sydney to Seoul by Korean air they serve Australian products
24th anniversary? They couldn't wait for 25?
AndreiTupolev lol