As I headed to the departure gate, I passed by different themed waiting lounges that lie atop each departure gate. The most notable was the Hello Kitty waiting lounge, located adjacent to my gate.
To say it’s a sensory overload would be an understatement. The entire waiting area is covered in pink and even the floor was retiled with white and pink squares.
The seating area has chairs with a big hello kitty face stamped on the back of each seat.
No Hello Kitty waiting area would be complete without a kids playground and of course a Hello Kitty store.
There is even a Hello Kitty themed time zone map and below it Hello Kitty phone booths.
After getting my fill of the Hello Kitty experience, I headed next door to the Skyline waiting lounge, where boarding was about to begin.
Just like in Paris, the boarding process was quite orderly, with clearly marked lines for business class & elite passengers.
The jet bridge itself is divided into two sections, with a separate entrance for business class passengers.
I was in for a treat as it turns out my plane flying me to Manila was another 777, with the same business class lie flat configuration as my previous flight from Paris.
One of the business class flight attendants greeted me, showed me to my seat, and later provided a hot towel. Since this was a short flight, she also took my lunch order In order to speed up preparing the food once we were in the air.
Upon takeoff, I was offered a glass of bubbly. However, feeling under weather, I decided to forego the alcohol and grab a glass of water.
Later I found out the champagne being served in-flight was a 2002 Millesime Brut champagne, which is amazing champagne for such a short flight.
Within ten minutes of taking off, my table was set and lunch was served. I ordered the wok fried shrimp and rice, which was delicious.
There were only four other passengers in the entire forward section, so the service was quite quick and attentive.
Right after lunch, I set my seat to lie flat mode and instantly fell asleep. I was woken up an hour later as we were beginning our descent.
We soon shortly arrived at Manila Ninoy Aquino airport. Once again, Eva Air had a separate jet bridge for business class passengers to disembark, which meant I was able to clear immigration in less than a minute! My bags shortly came after.
An eerily quiet Terminal 1 at Ninoy Aquino Airport
Overall, for such a short flight the soft and hard product was amazing. The champagne on offer is as good as you’ll get for short haul business, and getting to sleep on a lie flat on a short flight is always a treat!
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