Anyone see the ad in this a.m.'s Vancouver Sun about Oasis Hong Kong flying out of Vancouver this summer?
I see that it is in operation in the UK.. any comments about this supposedly low cost airlines to HK?
You see, in Canada we're a little skeptical about new airline start ups (followed by not-so-sudden failures..): Canada3000, Greyhound Air <remember them?>, JetsGo, now Harmony Air
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j_bone
The difference here is that Oasis Hong Kong isn't a new airline start-up at all- they're a Hong Kong based airlines that's been flying to various places for a while.
If someone is flying to Hong Kong and wanted to save money, I think it would be an excellent way to get there.
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ulyssa
This looks interesting but I have just looked on their website and they only seem to have London-HK flights.
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j_bone
Yes after looking at the site I see you are right Ulyssa. They currently only fly to London.
Nevertheless, I expect this airline will do well. They are picking their routes well so far and the word on the street is a lot of Chinese are eager to have a cheap asian alternative to Cathay Pacific flying to Hong Kong.
By the way, they are apparently having a promotion to kick off the YVR-HKG route.
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lan
I've flown with them from LHR > HKG, and it was good. Better than BA and AC at least ;)
UK prices aren't shown with taxes - my base price was 200quid return, with taxes it was 306quid return.
Food was OK, service was reasonable. The flight left early both ways!
Luggage allowance is a bit scutty, but for the price I can't really complain.
Aircraft are ex-Singapore airlines, and seemed to be well maintained.
Would I fly again? Yes.
As always, book with a credit card - that way if they do decide to go down, they won't take your money with them. I learned my lesson with Canada3000 ;)
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graendal
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<hr>Luggage allowance is a bit scutty<hr></blockquote>
Wonder where you learned THAT expression :p
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dromo_mania
The update:
There is a half page Ad in this a.m.'s paper- $299 (plus all sorts of tax & fees) from YVR to HKG one way. No details of specific departure dates that I could find.. I think that they are hoping to be runnin by this summer.
The first 1000 tickets are to be 'free'. . (incidently- nothings 'free' when it comes to flying in this country..)
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