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Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing TV 12345
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9/10

"Surprisingly good seat"

(Taiwan)

Trip Verified | Surprisingly good seat next to the window, 64A. 2 windows at this seat. USB charger as well as option for charging with a plug. Felt the personal entertainment screen was a good size. Watched 6 movies on the 16 hour flight. Since the flight was not full, economy passengers were spaced around the cabin mostly with a seat between them.
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeA350-900
Seat Layout3x3x3
Date FlownFebruary 2024
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
Power Supply 12345
Seat Storage 12345
yes
3/10

"awful when the seats are fully occupied"

(Indonesia)

Trip Verified | Narrow seats make an uncomfortable long haul flight. Service was okay, food is also good. But the biggest drawback is simply the cabin. Regardless the snazzy façade with wooden divider accent, mellow mood lighting theme, the 17.05" wide economy seat on 777-300ER is too awful when the seats are fully occupied. Bumping shoulder is expected, having to dislodge someone next to you from their seats when you try to find your seat belt or reach to your pocket is inevitable. They don't even try to make amends by increasing the pitch. It is just a meagre 32". As a small 5'9" (175 cm) person, it feels cramped already when the passenger in front of you reclined their seat. Cannot imagine using this aircraft to flew to LAX from TPE. Not worth anything beyond $50 per hour of flight, as the seat comfort is not any better than low cost carrier in their 737NGs (just slightly above 17").
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeBoeing 777-300ER
Seat Layout3x4x3
Date FlownApril 2023
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
Power Supply 12345
Seat Storage 12345
no
3/10

"a disastrous experience"

(Germany)

Trip Verified | Frankfurt to Taipei on Premium Economy and Taipei to Singapore on Economy: Why did I pay extra for this so called "Premium Economy seats"? The seats do not recline but just kind of slide forward a little. Essentially there is no functional recline and they are the most uncomfortable overnight seats I have ever flown on (and I fly a lot). If you are taller than 165 cm there is definitely no chance to sleep (may be fine for Asians but not for Westerners). That's a nightmare if you fly for more than 12 hours. The people who designed those seats probably never even had the chance to sit on them because otherwise such seat would not be existing. It's absurd, but I only got to sleep when I was finally sitting on a narrow coach seat in Economy from Taipei to Singapore. Other than that: The aircraft couldn't depart on time, we had to wait more than two hours sitting in the aircraft due to difficulties at Frankfurt Airport. Staff was chatting with each other, but not looking after passengers, they didn't serve any beverages during these 2 hours! In Taipei China Airlines didn't manage to transfer my luggage to my connecting flight to Singapore. My bag was missing in Singapore, I had to wait 30 hours for my bag to be delivered to my hotel the next day. Staff tried to be nice. Food and beverages was okay, but no difference to Economy (plastic, plastic, plastic and no choice of meals). All in all: a disastrous experience. In all aspects (seat quality, service, food, beverages) far from what you can expect from other airlines in Premium Economy (e.g. Lufthansa, Austrian and Cathay are much better!)
Seat TypePremium Economy
Aircraft TypeA350
Seat Layout2x3x2
Date FlownDecember 2018
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
Power Supply 12345
Seat Storage 12345
no
8/10

"no issue falling asleep"

(Australia)

Trip Verified | This was my first time flying on China Airlines. The cabin design of the A350 was gorgeous, classy, yet modern. The seat pitch was unbelievably wide. I can literally stretch my leg comfortably and I had no issue falling asleep. However, the design of the seat pocket itself is a little bit uncomfortable to me. It was quite hard for me to store my stuff in the seat pocket, the reason being the seat pocket is too low, and the accessories storage just below the PTV is far too narrow. The experience though was satisfying.
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeA350-900
Seat Layout3x3x3
Date FlownMay 2018
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
Power Supply 12345
Seat Storage 12345
yes
9/10

"Plenty of leg room"

(China)

Verified Review | Seat was comfortable, I sat on the 7th row, which is by the emergency exit. Plenty of leg room and easy to get assistance from FAs as they were so close by. The IFE system worked fine, a little bit small for but still have videos and music to choose from.
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeA330-300
Seat Layout2x4x2
Date FlownMarch 2017
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
Seat Storage 12345
yes
3/10

"no power sockets"

(Portugal)

Verified Review | I flew several A330 from China Airlines and they have small differences from seat model from aircraft to aircraft. Most of them aren't spacious at all. I am 6' (183) and my knees were stuck against the back of the seat in front of mine. The IFE is ok (most A330 I flew had very small screen monitors), there is no wi-fi, no power sockets and blankets are thin as a sheet of paper (and you really need some of them as it is so cold in the cabin)
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeA330
Seat Layout2x4x2
Date FlownJanuary 2017
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
Seat Storage 12345
yes
5/10

"no big space for legroom"

(Spain)

Verified Review | The A340 seat is okay but looks old. To avoid to disturb the pax behind me, I didn't recline my seat back a lot, due to no big space for legroom. The entertaiment system box is under the seat, so you have less space in the legroom very uncomfortable. The seat pitch is normal of the rest of the airlines, not recommend to place anything in the seat pocket.
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeA340
Seat Layout2x4x2
Date FlownSeptember 2016
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
Seat Storage 12345
no
6/10

"narrow and uncomfortable"

(Canada)

The A340 seats were too narrow and uncomfortable. The remote, because of the narrowness, was difficult to extract from the arm. My food tray which had to be extracted from the arm of the seat folded out with no clearance between it and my body so all my food was not level. I will never take another flight with China Airlines because of this. The very long flight from BKK and Amsterdam was not a pleasure.
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeA340
Seat Layout2x4x2
Date FlownJanuary 2016
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
Power Supply 12345
Seat Storage 12345
no
1/10

"it was agony"

(United States)

I am a large man and it was agony flying from Los Angeles to Bangkok. No power plug for the laptop. Seat rows too close to use the laptop as the space was too small to unfold it. Seats were fine for small framed people But for large people it made for a very long trip. And forget sleeping not enough space for that without rolling into somebody.
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeB747-400
Seat Layout3x4x3
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
no
7/10

"a lack of entertainment"

(Canada)

This was one of the older Boeing 747-400s in the China Airlines Fleet so therefore there was a lack of entertainment in Economy Class (only an inflight magazine was provided even on a long flight like ours which was from Vancouver to Taipei). Some of the facilities (restrooms etc.) were also slightly older-looking. However I understand that China Airlines does have some newer 747s with personal televisions at every seat as well as nicer seats (I've been on one of these as well) and these are much more suitable for long-haul flights.
Seat TypeEconomy Class
Aircraft TypeB747-400
Seat Layout3x4x3
Seat Legroom 12345
Seat Recline 12345
Seat Width 12345
Aisle Space 12345
Viewing Tv Screen 12345
no
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