Airplane, Hong Kong

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Cebu pacific had this piso fare promo March of 2007, when i heard about this I immidiately run to my boyfriend just to tell him the news, i guess that was around 10pm in the office (since we work during the night) at around 4am we decidied to book to hongkong (w/o existing plans at all) it only costs us 2916php for a roundtrip ticket (MANILA-HK-MANILA). Though the travel tax of 1620php and the terminal fee of 750php is not yet included in the said fare. The fees that i mentioned were paid at the airport while checking in.

I'd like to post an advise in order to avoid Honk Kong Airlines.
The company is small and bad oriented about his fault.
They have lost my luggege in a single trip and never recovered (never happen
before in more than half milion of mile in flight).
After some day I recieved an offer of reimburse of 400 USD that it is the IATA
basis, but very far from my 1200 Euro of value in the bag (nothing of special,
only the common cloth for a business trip of 15 days).
Moreover was a delay of 4 hours in the flight for a tyfon in day before, but
Dragon air was in perfect time.
Bad experience, but for future I'll avoid this company

You can go to Hong Kong from Europe with direct flyghts or you can choose a stop over in Bangkok, Singapohre, Kuala Lumpur.
I moved with public transports, but a local friend drove me, by the way both tube and ferry are very efficent and cheap to move around.

Plan your sleep based on your arrival time, so you can either be ready for bed or ready to start your day, and you'll get over the jet lag much faster! To do this most efficiently, know all the stops the plane will make. My October flight from NYC to Hong Kong stopped in Vancouver on the way, and we were here for almost an hour while passengers either got on or off. I was sleeping and the brief stop woke me up briefly, but no big deal. My Oct. flight back to the US did not include a stop in Vancouver.

But, on the way to NYC (JFK) from Hong Kong during my trip in November, my plane stopped here and the new Homeland Security "law" made all the passengers wake up & "de-plane" (get off the plane). When I learned it was for a security sweep, I was fine with it, but I had planned my "sleeping hours" such that it didn't include a plan for waking up when we landed, and my itinerary didn't say anything about landing in Vancouver.

TIP: Make sure you ASK if there are any stops on the way for any flight.

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To get to Hong Kong (and afterwards to London - so all up about 24 hrs of flying) my friends and I flew with Cathay Pacific.

I have previously flown long distances with Singapore and Malaysia. I prefer Singapore airlines, but I found Cathay Pacific a really good airline to travel with as well. The seating in economy was really good (very important to me that they don't try to squeeze in too many seats), the seating was: 2-aisle-4-aisle-2.

Service on the flight was really good. Although we left Melbourne at 7.40am and got into Hong Kong at 3pm and there was a time period of about 4 hrs where no food was served, and if I hadn't brought some snacks with me I would have been quite hungry (drinks were brought around regularly). The food available on the plane was very good though and had a nice variety. Special diets are catered for, but you have to arrange that in advance with the airline or your travel agent.

The entertainment on the flight was great. My friends and I had fun challenging each other at the trivia game (anyone on the flight can join in). The music selection catered to all genres and a lot of regions of the world. The film/TV/documentaries available was also enjoyable, for adults, teenagers and kids alike. And also one of my favourite channels to check out is the one where it shows you where you are flying over and how long until your destination. :)

Oh! Also, if you can manage it, try to get a window seat. The view you see as you come in over Hong Kong is unbelievable - one that shouldn't be missed!

So if you are travelling to Hong Kong, I would recommend flying with Cathay Pacific. More information can be found on their website below.

I know this tip sounds kinda odd but someone asked me how to fly direct from HK to Siem Reap, the home of Angkor Wat, so here it is:

There's no luxury 'budget' flight ( Silkair) here to Cambodia so take Siem Reap Airways. Yes, it's the silly looking plane you see in the photo. Even though Cambodia is a land-locked country, pretty fish and coral decorate the plane.

There's four weekly scheduled flights connecting Hong Kong and Siem Reap - Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

HK->SR
5:15pm

SR->HK
10:00am

Return flights from Siem Reap will fly via Phnom Penh so it takes a little longer. You can book your air tickets from the nifty little site below.

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Hong Kong Airport is the best I have ever been! It is even a pleasure to sit and relax on very comfortable chairs. Clouds in Hong Kong are unique and you can watch them from these seats! There are some computers in shops or just in halls and you can use Internet for free there.

Great stuff, I booked on the OasisHK Airline inaugural flight from HK to London on 25 October. Alas, as fate would have it, they didn't manage to fly that day. Something about no permission from the Russians. We only got the permission to go the next day. But never mind, the airline put us up at a nice hotel near the airport with full meals and 1 x paid IDD call to UK + champagne + Haagen Daz ice-cream + all free snacks onboard + yeah more ... a return airticket for next trip. Great bargain for a HK$1000 one-way HK to London yeah ! Oh, there was also a free gift of model plane when I checked in on the launch date.

Aircraft pretty comfortable with personal tv + entertainment. There are 2 hot meals served free onboard but all other snacks/drinks are to be purchased. (note : Size of meals are quite small.) Btw, they have Business Class too - all meals + drinks included. Good + comfortable seats with double-deck cabin as well.

Arrival airport in London is Gatwick - hassle-free immigration + customs clearance because they have less airlines there unlike Heathrow Airport.

Highly recommended if you are getting home from Asia.

Tip : try to get yourself on any inaugural flights - I hear there is another one on China Eastern from Shanghai to New York this Dec '06!