STARLUX | The Most Futuristic Business Class Ever Made?
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- čas přidán 8. 12. 2023
- Ever wondered what a brand new airline would offer in its business class seating? Who is Taiwan's best airline, EVA Air or Starlux? Today, we are exploring all of this as I hop aboard the all-new Starlux A350 business class from Taipei, Taiwan (TPE) to Los Angeles (LAX). Starlux has always been a highly requested video topic, and we are happy to finally bring you this comprehensive flight review. I, Ricky Zhang, and the entire Prince of Travel team strive to share with you the best of the best in business class experiences and inform you about choosing the best business class, first class, or even economy class seats for your next flight. After this experience on Starlux Airlines, I am left debating whether this new airline surpasses EVA Air (a long-time favorite in business class for trips to Asia). You will be able to judge for yourself after watching this video, where we dive into lounge access, drinks and dining, the service, and the seat itself. In your opinion, who offers the best business class flight experience?
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flew economy on starlux from lax to taipei and then to bangkok and had a great experience. probably the best flight experience I have had in economy.
Looks great, both hard and soft product are top notch. Have them on my list to fly now for sure!
You’ll love it!!
First the editing is on point. So many travel videos have filler like dragging a bag down an airplane aisle. I never heard of this airline but I was impressed. Even the bathroom looks great. I had to laugh when you had the bubble tea in one hand and champagne in another.
I def agree with you . Being a local from sgp and flying pretty often not always business class I will say I tried starlux 3 times from sgp to Taipei but only in economy class I am always blown away by her service and product. Will try their business to SFO when I get my next chance... Merry Christmas by the way and stay safe ❤❤❤❤
Another fun fact! Starlux is started by Eva Airline founder's son after he got kicked out by the board of directors and his siblings
I love the soothing colors of the cabin
I Hope STARLUX Comes To Europe To,I Like The Livery.Great Trip Report
I'm very impressed with that business class service. Hope they may expand into Australia in the near future.
Love the editing ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ricky needs to get some new socks asap🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks! Looks like a premium experience!
You fly like a billionaire; everywhere you go is in business class flights and in 5 stars hotel stays. When you get bored please let me know. 😊😊
He is the Prince of Travel after all….
You think Billionaires fly business class? If they choose to fly commercial, they'd fly first, but usually, they charter private flights.
You don’t know how billionaire fly
Digging your white outfit😎 looking cool as always & great review of what certainly looks like an airline going high places
Champagne Gosset! I'm impressed!
Ricky, all your videos are good ones!!
That amenity kit is really cool. Your food looks fantastic! You don’t like mushrooms, I don’t like duck!!
I like the jammies, colour and all! The bed looks great.
Breakfast looks tasty. I like how you compliment the crew for a job well done! Can’t believe how much tea you drank, surprised you didn’t float off the plane!
Thank you for your trip vlog it is a beautiful business class seat.
We were lucky to experience some business class flights from: Qantas; American Airlines; Cathay Pacific; Japan Airlines, Eva Air and Singapore Airlines. My personal favourite is Eva Air - Service just as good as Singapore Airlines but the seat/bed is more comfortable. Based on your review Starlux business class is my new favourite.
Taiwan Airlines is like home, the service staff are like family, and they are as friendly as Taiwanese people
What a wonderful airline. Starlux Airlines hands down !!.
Wonderful flight
Starlux, one of the sons of the EVA Air founder, probably inspired to follow his father? Really excited to try Starlux soon.
他的兒子張國煒，星宇航空創辦人，唯一航空公司老闆會修飛機開飛機從基層做起來，所以飛機大大小小的問題他的懂！他因為爸爸過世不想跟其他哥哥吵財產，也被家人趕出長榮，後來休息一陣子，他還是想要開飛機，所以自己開了一家，很多基層人員跟著他一起創立星宇，可以去看他幾個廣告有些字是感謝他爸爸的
What a wonderful airline
Great review. Just flew EVA from JFK and at first glance the seat on Starlux looked like that on EVA,but it turns out it’s way better. EVA hard product is showing its age. The soft product on EVA is still top notch but looks like Starlux has them beat. I’m sure the Chair who formed Starlux took a few EVA secrets with him. Hope they can sustain the airline until it is profitable.
Hope to fly Starlux one day
just to note: EVA is aware of the age of its 777s, they're moving to new planes but both Boeing and Airbus have a MASSIVE backorder for new planes. Replacing the 777 is extremely difficult because its high capacity for very popular routes is hard to match. For example, not only would a brand new 787 be expensive, but it has fewer seats, which further reduces profit recovery. It'll just take them some time to update
A few secrets? Wasn't he in charge of EVA forever. He's the one who signed up with Hello Kitty. It's still the founding family's internal conflict. The two will likely merge at one point, I suspect.
Starlux Airlines hands down !!
@2:03 this is what I'd call "ball-scratching-safe level of privacy"
Wow! Really strong business class offering. And a beautiful cabin as well. And pajamas in business class is becoming rarer and rarer these days! Also, HOW are you not 300 lbs eating all that food and boba?!?! 😂
Ricky, what do you think about Starlux business vs QSuites?
looks like an amazing product, do they have first class ? would love to see it
Awsome
Starlux is slowly growing into top 10 airlines in the world
They just need an airline alliance to join. Remember, the founder of the airline actually had Eva Air on Star Alliance back in 2013. That way, Eva Air Passengers have access to Air Canada and United Airlines lounges across the Pacific. They can try joining the Japanese Australians and Hong Kongers Oneworld Alliance. This airline should get a 5 star Skytrax rating seen on neighbouring countries Hong Kong South Korea Japan Singapore and Indonesia alongside local rival Eva Air Taiwanese and Hong Kong Netizens simply call it Evergreen
Pretty unlikely, I think. They now have a partnership with Alaska airlines, which is as good as they can hope for at the moment. Starlux would not join Star Alliance because Eva is there, and the owner fell out on bad terms with Eva. Joining Oneworld is also a no, because Cathay would most likely veto them due to competition. They already vetoed China Southern. Skyteam is also a no because China Airlines is there, so Starlux finds itself in a precarious situation.
@@MrTann2010 "Starlux would not join Star Alliance because Eva is there" STARLUX boss own about 9% of the EVA Air, probably they won't stop them joining the alliance
Does it also include philiphine airlines
However I would say that Starlux seems to be a boutique design version of Eva Airline. both in skies are mutually great however Eva's green colour design are eyesore.
??? Still better than Singapore Airlines? Long way to go! 😄🤗
Hope they come to the UK -They look much better than BA. Have to say very impressed, even better they fly the A350!
I really hope you become more popular!
Why thank you!
I saw the same flight attendant on my way back to LAX. It's still a small company right now.
Stoked for the new SFO-TPE service from Starlux!
Now, if only they’d offer JFK or BOS service from the east coast….
Also thanks for featuring my comment, @Ricky! Keep it up!!
Do you recommend 2A or 2K for NRT-TPE and TPE-LAX?
Love the video! Just curious are you Chinese or Taiwanese
Chinese 😊
@@_Ricky You can say Taiwanese it's okay 😉
these chairs at oriental lounge are weird as well. Once I had to stay at oriental lounge for about 5 hours, these chairs where Mr Zhang presents from are weird as well.
Great review. Fellow anti-mushroom here 🙋♀️. You sent me ott with your Bollinger and milk tea combo 👀👀☠️☠️
Yes Pajamas!
Ricky what business class was this? D, C, J?
You also get complimentary wifi in economy but I believe it's just free unlimited texting
Yes, complimentary texting only. The wifi requires payment. I originally bought the premium economy and it mentioned that wifi at a cost. Then I ended up changing my flight to business class.
I’m a fan of EVA Air . They offer great products at competitive prices.. or they used to , pre pandemic.. I don’t know how their prices are post pandemic . I also don’t know how Starlux prices compare to EVA’s rates ? Their business product seems beyond good .. but err .. no flagship lounge at their home base.. are there plans to open one up in 2024 ? They must be saving a great deal of money by not having a business lounge to the same impressive standard as their A350 business cabin .. just saying.. thanks for a cool review .. 🙏
Not major lounge update until the new T3 Terminal completed
Next time, could you try China airlines (Taiwan Based) To compare all three?
I flew China Airlines recently 😃 czcams.com/video/7jexZwe0zJ0/video.html
@@_Ricky Ooooooooo Cool!!! Im blind as shit :(
I think the CEO used to run the Eva Air but the old chairman die and he willed the CEO to him but the problem was he is not the first born son and his mother is the first wife his father has few wives and he has lots brothers and sisters all by different wives 😅 and they were jealous of him for getting the CEO for Eva Air, and one day he was out on a business trip Eva Air had a emergency board meeting and fire him from Eva Air he is a guy started from the engine maintenance department and worked his way up to the CEO position and he has a pilot license and can fly the Jets ❤ I think the first Airbus 350 for the Star lux he flew It back to Taiwan from Europe my wife have plans to fly to Taipei so she is looking at Star lux and since it's New we don't know much about it and she can't decide what class ticket to buy your video should help her make up her mind,tea is really that good and she loves it too 😅 thank you for doing the video ❤
If I’m flying next to a blogger I’ll probably be fascinated lol
Depends how LOUD they are lol
@@andrewfreeman88 haha
Were the PJs provided by STARLINK?
Just figured that you also speak Chinese(
Is starlux bookable by points at all?
Yes with Alaska Mileage Plan
Yes through Alaska
Yep, 60-75k Alaska miles if you can find saver level space, otherwise it’s 165k 😮💨
@@_Ricky thank you Ricky loving the content 🤌🏼
Just booked mine NRT-TPE-LAX business for 85K Alaska miles
nee hao Maaa
@_Ricky Breaking news, Starlux went out of business, something about their Boba Tea had a major budget overrun.
Why are there slurping sounds when drinking the bubble tea?
That's how good it is
Just some friendly advice on improving your videos. 1. Ditch the camera stand/tripod and use a gimbal instead. The shakiness is very noticeable in many clips. Its probably easier than trying to fix the shake in post. 2. If you're going to make the food a big focus, then try to show the full menu at the beginning before the food arrrives. It's always nice to see what kind of options they offer and not just what you wanted to get. A lot of people have certain preferences so it's nice to see what they offer overall. Also hold the camera over the food for a while just so we can see everything being served. 4:05 Try to keep the area tidy. Messy wires, loose paper etc is a distraction. I know you like to do this fast paced cut cut cut style, but a bit of slowing down to take it all in doesn't hurt. How about some slow-mo when panning? Starlux is definitely the airline to beat. As you say, they have made it quite clear they want the top spot and given what you and other reviewers have said, they look to be taking the top spot soon. You're a new suggestion in my feed after the other 18 flight reviewers I follow, so will be interesting to see your future videos!
they can fly ta macau not hong kong
starlux fr
zip air please
Misaligned windows on the 3rd Row
Starlux > EVA hands down and it's not even close.
Lol double fisting bubble tea and champagne
Short ribs have to be cooked slowly, over a longer period of time, to become tender. I can assure you that that was NOT medium rare, despite appearances.
What dont u like about mushroosm
Mushrooms have lovely eyes and always a welcoming smile!:)
Ima just say that table in the bathroom is not for your clothes… that’s for changing baby diapers 😬
Starlux Just flew from LAX to TPE Economy Seats are terrible, if person is reclined you can't get out also seats are not comfortable. Customer service terrible english is not good, i know.... but telling me I cant make my flight cause the connection is late (there flight) so my new flight the next day will be at 2030 when they mean 1230 is a problem.... customer no service only available 930 am to 530 pm.. I was told i would not be reimbursed since my flight the next day was early. Wont fly on this airline again why take the chance. 11 hr layover after 1 day delay stick with EVA siangapore
No Pajamas?
boba
I would fly this airline if I were not Black.
Wow… wish they came flew between HNL and TPE 🥹
Doesn't Eva own starlux? like the CEO/founder of starlux was the heir to Eva that got ousted and then the "prince" came back to rule again?
Former EVA Chairman started Starlux and still owns EVA shares, but EVA does not own Starlux. I’d think of it as the younger sibling trying to upset the establishment he helped grow, literally and figuratively.
@@jarinchu9595 I see, though I thought there was news that he came back and took over Eva board？
Flying like a millionaire but holes in your socks Bro??
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not enough time to read the fun fact
#unbanjoshcahill
why cant American or European airlines be like this ?
We dont fly American airlines because..
They have Boeing disaster aircraft
Maintenance seems lacks
Treatment of th blind and severely disabled traveler.
Seat sizes have shrunk to the point that they are not big enough to evacuate or hold the average over sized American
All airlines need to charge passengers by gross weight to stop light passengers subsidizing over weight travelers who cant even fit into ONE seat!
This seems harsh....but to keep prices down weight to fuel burn is ultimately which determines the ticket price.
Futuristic colour isn’t futuristic product
Are you gaining weight?
Futuristic? Lol, it seems pretty standard to me
Holes in socks lolol gtfoh
I am absolutely baffled by the fact that nobody is pointing out how much of a snob this individual is. Notice that every time he has to say "Here in X airline in Business Class". He does this in every single video. The fact that almost 100% of the comments ignores this very simple and obvious fact truly unsettles me. Happy to argue.
for someone who cant afford full price tickets , you sure complain a lot
Open your small eyes please