China Eastern Airlines

Not Verified | The flights were very good, cabin crew were very nice and helpful but our baggage never turned up. It's six weeks since we returned and we cant contact anyone. At Rome they gave us a file reference number. We made so many calls but no one seems to know where the hell our bag is and some don't even answer your calls.

Not Verified | 4 flights taken (Rome-Shanghai, Shanghai-Jakarta, Bali-Shanghai, Shanghai-Rome) and 2 of them with at least 1 hour of delay. I am still waiting in Shanghai to take my last flight. Waiting from 1 hour, no news about how much I have to wait. Moreover, the quality of the flights is very low, the airplanes are old and not comfortable.

✅ Trip Verified | What a pleasant surprise. We were welcomed on board a new B777-300 by a friendly and helpful flight crew. The last five rows of this 3-4-3 seat configuration economy cabin are 2-4-2 - and we lucked out with the 4th row from the back. The 12.5-hour flight flew by. We were worried about being so close to the lavatories, but they were kept spotless the whole flight by an amazing crew. On par with and in many cases exceeding other 3-star airlines, I believe this carrier deserves at least a 3.5 Star.

✅ Trip Verified | A pleasant surprise. Contrary to our expectations of an ancient, dirty aircraft with a sad crew, we were welcomed on board, to a fresh and airy cabin by a friendly and helpful flight crew. On par with and in many cases exceeding other 3-star airlines, I believe this carrier deserves to be re-evaluated.

Not Verified | The staff do not let me with the child on the plane. At the airport they gave me a strange explanation for why I can’t fly. I bought the tickets a few days before the flight because there was an emergency and I had to fly urgently. I was shocked by the plane denial. I left the airport, and I started working with the airline to find out what happened. I was promptly replied to my email and promised to give a written explanation of the situation. A month later I've got nothing from them and they ignore my emails. My money were returned with penalties and they don't think they need to apologize or give my full return. I’m still shocked by what happened.

Not Verified | Very average. They will get you from point A to point B on time but that's pretty much it. Seat are very small and very hard. Not adequate for long haul. Food is really poor. Small portions and poor quality. Entertainment is less than average. I would not recommend for long flights.

✅ Trip Verified | China Eastern is not a bad airline overall, but there’s a lot to be desired. The flight schedule worked out really well for me which is why I chose to fly them and connection through Pudong airport wasn’t too complicated although there is another round of security screening for transfer flights. The cabin service was attentive and efficient and the seat pitch and recline were nice as I didn’t feel squished as a person of 181cm. The food felt ample and enough to satiate. We also saved time on our flight since they still use Russian airspace to fly to Asia. Here’s what was bad. The airline’s website is glitchy and not functional. I wanted to order a special meal, but the website didn’t allow hence I called it in months in advance and got a confirmation email. Fast forward to the day of the flight, no special meal loaded and I ate the default meal without fuss. The IFE is extremely limited. There were maybe 20 films in total with half of them being Chinese movies and the rest were older Hollywood movies. It was a run of the mill flight that got me to my destination without any distinguishable quality.

✅ Trip Verified | This was the worst airline I have ever flown with. We went from Auckland to London via Shanghai and returned the same route. On two out of the four flight out onboard entertainment did not work, so we had no entertainment whatsoever. The airline staff did not seem to care and said there’s nothing they can do. They also ran out of meals as we were in the back of the plane and so gave us tasteless vegetable with dry rice. On the flights where we did have onboard entertainment, they only had a handful of old movies of which we had seen most years ago already. The table tray was also broken on one flight so the food kept sliding off and the window shutter was filthy.

Not Verified | Return from Taipei to Frankfurt (via Shanghai) was nearly as good as the outward flights from Frankfurt to Taipei. Onboard I was very pleasantly surprised by the attractive and tidy cabin, the toilets were spacious and clean, the smiling welcome. The cabin crew spoke relatively good English and were very attentive. For economy class the food was good and plentiful (the breakfast on the outward flight from Frankfurt was the best economy class Breakfast I have had on any long-haul flight!). Only major downside is they don't serve any wine at all in economy and one has to almost insist on getting a beer - they need to address this for an international airline flying many routes to Europe! The choice of movies isn't the widest either but that's not a major issue for me. I recommend seating in seat 70L and further backwards as the row reduces from 3 seats to 2 making it easier to get up without having to disturb anyone although on my own flights I was fortunate to have the seat next to me free - which also made it easy for me to work. Legroom is pretty good too and much better compared to Lufthansa's A350 which is tight. I definitely recommend this airline and would opt to use them again from Europe in future.

Not Verified |  It is way beyond terrible, I bought tickets from NYC to Shanghai and then to Qingdao. They cancelled my 2nd flight 2 weeks before I take off without any explanation, not to mention any refund! And that means I overpaid them with $1,700 only for the trip from NYC to Shanghai! The worst airline ever.