SHANGHAI AIRLINES review :  5 December 2009 : by Jieyuan Shen   (China)

Shanghai - Qindao. The flight is a terrible experience. My flight is delayed for more than 8 hours (from 0600 to 1500) - the flight is only 1.5 hours. The reason - there is a fog during the night one day before! So, the scheduling of the aircraft causes problem. The correct aircraft cannot appear in the right airport. And the ground staff of airline fail to compensate with an extremely poor attitude! Passengers did not get lunch at airport except a bottle of water and tiny cake. What a terrible star-alliance airline!

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review :  23 November 2009 : by G Lee   (China)

CAN-SHA by B737, SHA-CAN by B767. Both flights more or less on-time, and we found the check- in procedure, time spent at the "Star Alliance Gold Card" lounges and onboard service pleasant and trouble-free. Shanghai Airlines is still our choice for domestic flights within China!

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review :  10 November 2009 : by Ivan Jayawan   (Singapore)

Shanghai PuDong - Guilin, Shanghai HongQiao - Beijing. Generally not really satisfied with the service. I wonder how come they can be admitted into the Star Alliance. Food poor, FA's service poor as well. Neither Asian hospitality or smiles shown by FA. When distributing the food, FA even show a gesture of throwing the box of the food instead of serving it nicely. Shanghai - Beijing flight was delayed quite badly. Seat pitch and comfort just reasonable, not really satisfying. Along with China Eastern is not a really good choice to fly.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review :  3 November 2009 : by A Hara   (Japan)

SHA-LJG return. It is the worst flight experience in my life. The flight to Shanghai was canceled due to airport facility problem and stranded passengers were taken to a hotel. Around 0:00 AM, we were suddenly required to depart and took a flight to Kunming. We arrived at Kunming around 2:30 AM. The airport staff said the passengers to wait in a hotel until the alternative flight to Shanghai, which departed at 10:00 AM. However, they said I (and another passenger) had to take another flight, which departed at 9:00am, and did not give us a hotel room. Instead, they took us a dirty, smelly office and said us to sleep there. Since the only one sofa was occupied by the other passenger, I had no place to sleep other than the floor. I complained about the change and requested a decent place to sleep, but they were just saying "No" and did nothing except saying I was not the only one who had no room, and what I could do was to wake up an employee and ask him to share his room or sleep on arrayed chairs. I tried to get a room by myself but the nearest hotel was full and they said there was no taxi or bus in the midnight. I was forced to spend the night on a dirty hard floor while the others were sleeping in a hotel. Of course I was not able to sleep at all and felt sick. Such an inhuman treatment should not be allowed even when the cancellation is not the airline's fault. Avoid Shanghai Airlines, or you will be treated as trash.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review :  24 October 2009 : by Joerg Heise   (China)

A flight from Beijing to Shanghai was delayed for about 4 hours because the aircraft had some safety and technical problems. The normal procedure is to be booked on any of the various other flights that go every hour. However, Shanghai Airlines refused to do so and gave no information during the waiting time when the airplane will take off. The customer service was disrespectful. At first, they denied the fact that plane was delayed. Replies took a very long time. Compensation was not offered.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review :  18 September 2009 : by Steven Cao   (China)

Shanghai Hongqiao to Shijiazhuang, delayed for 1.5 hours as usual, B737-800 old but well maintained and clean, no entertainment for 1 hour and 45 minutes flight, uncomfortable seat as quite narrow, snacks was served but tasteless. Have to fly with FM as China Eastern is worse.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 27 June 2009 by G Chew

Customer Rating : 4/5

Shanghai Pudong - Shenyang. Was able to check in at the self service counter, and was even able to input my LH M&M card number. Checked bags in at the desk, and changed seats to the emergency exit. Security empty and fast. The new T3 is very nice (still slightly lacking in shops you'd like to see), with bright and clean waiting areas. Delay announced, but we ended up leaving on time. Drinks and snacks served onboard. Nothing amazing, but adequate for the duration of the flight. Landed early. Shenyang airport a mess with about 8 flights using just 2 conveyer belts.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 8 June 2009 : by J Kang

Customer Rating : 1/5

SHA-KMG-LJG. SHA to KMG was operated by a Boeing 737-800. Economy class seats extremely cramped with not much legroom. Later, I switched to an emergency exit row since the flight was not full. Food was rather simple compared to CA and MU. It was a box full of snacks. KMG-LJG on a Boeing 737-700. A hamburger, which was inedible, was served. Overall, not a very pleasant experience.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 1 June 2009 : by J Rohde

Customer Rating : 4/5

SHA - PEK, Economy on B767-300. Booked online, passport was sufficient, checking in a matter of seconds. The plane was clean, comfy seats and most generous legroom I have ever experienced in an Economy seat. 2x3x2 configuration was nice. Relatively friendly, but not overwhelming staff, probably speaking not too much English, got along with Chinese well. Food was OK, Chinese, certainly not for everyone though. 3 drinks in roughly 90 minutes are far above domestic European standards. Only annoying thing: The standard "please remain seated, turbulence ahead" messages every Chinese carrier plays all the time, even if there won't be any.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 11 May 2009 : by Jay Wortley

Customer Rating : 4/5

Yichang to Shanghai in April. I had to fly first class as economy was full but for an extra £50 it wasn't too much extra. The flight was on time and although first class wasn't what you would expect from other airlines, the seats were comfortable with good pitch.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 3 March 2009 : by Lee Melbourn

Customer Rating : 3/5

PEK - Shanghai. Check in Beijing was very quick. The crew were very friendly and spoke good English. The safety announcement was only given in Chinese on a drop down screen which you could not really see. Both domestic flights were on a fairly old 767 and full. Complimentary drinks and food served on both flights.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 16 February 2009 : by G Dufoyet

Customer Rating : 4/5

Shanghai - Guangzhou. After a horrible journey on China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines proves to be a breath of fresh air. Check in was a breeze with less than 5 minutes wait by a very cheerful agent. The gate was changed last minute and the gate agent very apologetic. Once onboard, very well groomed cabin crew welcoming passengers and carried out safety checks seriously. Food was normal chinese domestic airlines fare, so nothing to rave about but additional requests for tea were attended to promptly, a rarity with chinese airlines. Both departure and arrival were on time. All in all, a much better option than MU on this route. One thing though, it seems that they do not give small baby an extension belt, a bit weird!

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 17 January 2009 : by J Chie

Customer Rating : 3/5

B737-800 from Hong Kong to Shanghai Pudong, and B767 from Shenzhen to Shanghai. The 737-800's are new, but for a flight from HK to Shanghai, this is the smallest plane compared to their competitors (ie Dragonair, Cathay, China Eastern) where planes are more spacious. The crew's english is still horrible (but improving). I'm glad they're part of Star Alliance, but obviously the member that needs the most catching up to do - Air China is much better.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 24 December 2008 : by G Lee

Customer Rating : 4/5

SHA-CAN by Boeing 767, economy class. CAN-SHA by 767, economy. Both flights were pretty much on time. Check-in staff was, as expected, excellent at Honggiao, but not as good in Baiyun. They honoured our Star Alliance Gold Cards and invited us to the first class Departure Lounges at both airports. The 767 planes are quite new and well-maintained; cabin crews appeared to be well- trained.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 11 December 2008 : by G Rosa

Customer Rating : 2/5

Shanghai Hongquiao to Fuzhou, fare very convenient. Flight delayed two times (before and after boarding). Airplane quite old and not spotless, seat pitch less than standard, meal and drinks minimal. Staff polite but their announcements in English were almost unintelligible. Value for money but a bit under average Chinese airlines.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 26 November 2008 : by A Dong

Customer Rating : 3/5

TAO-PVG. I was on a new 737-800. My flight was first delayed by 20 mins and moved gates. Economy class seats were a bit hard but legroom was okay. The recline was not impressive. This was a morning flight - breakfast was quite disappointing. It was a cheap but quite tasty chocolate bread, served with mineral water. Around 20 min to PVG they served some chinese tea - there were no other drinks but the two I mentioned. The lavatory were clean.

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 5 May 2008 : by Timothy Vukomanovic

Customer Rating : 3/5

In flight service was good and friendly. Food was good for such a short flight from Dalian to Shanghai. Pre flight was a bit strange - the airline several times said that the flight had been delayed 1 hour so I went of to get some dinner when I returned the plane had the last passengers boarding even though I had only been away 20 mins. The plane actually left on time even though the announcements said it was going to be late

SHANGHAI AIRLINES review : 1 May 2008 : by D Chun

Customer Rating : 4/5

Flew on 767 from Shenzhen to Shanghai. Found the seat pitch on Economy was a lot better than others. Food was a little better than the Chinese domestic standard. But funny that the onward flight, crew finished all food service then do the drinks. But didn't find the same problem on the way back. One very good thing was that, we brought a discounted ticket, but we were allowed to pay the difference for changing to an earlier (more expensive flt), which wasn't allowed for my previous flt with China Eastern.