Shanghaiist: Shanghai-to-Atlanta a 2008 hopeful

George

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:49:08 +0800

eh yea, three days a week from an airline that is worse than Air China is hardly sufficient for a NY-Pudong route. My friend was on that flight despite my advice against it and swore he would never do that again. And he even flew business class. Greyhound is better than China Eastern for crying out loud. I can understand why they awarded the DC-BJ flight as diplomats need to have a direct flight to each other's capital. But Atlanta to Shanghai? Come on. That is a joke right? Sheesh. If they have an all business class flight from JFK to Pudong they'd probably fill it.

TQY

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:24:24 +0800

Pete - I guess they consider the Shanghai-New York China Eastern flight sufficient.

Pete

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:05:28 +0800

Such b.s. Shanghai-NYC link would make much more sense.

SJ

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:50:49 +0800

"Horizontal lie-flat seats" is indeed proper English for the airline industry. Many airlines offer "angled lie-flat seats," which provide a flat seat surface but not a true horizontal sleep surface. In general, when you have these lie-flat seats in full recline, you are tilted downwards in a flat surface mode towards your feet. As for lie-flat seats in economy class -- one can always dream on...

SJ

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:40:42 +0800

"Fully horizontal lie-flat seats" is indeed proper English in the airline industry, as many airlines offer only "angled lie-flat seats" in their business class. "Angled" seats are obviously not as desirable as "fully horizontal" ones as passengers are tilted downwards in a flat surface mode towards their feet. As for any lie-flat seats in economy class -- one can always dream on...