Has anyone flown Xiamen Air before from YVR? Been finding info that the layover process at Xiamen can be quite slow... I have 2.5 hrs to catch my plane to Taipei. Unsure if Gaoqi airport is that bad as some people online suggest.

Can be slow but... With all the problems in the last few weeks with airlines flying is getting better now

We just flew from YVR
Xiamen
Singapore and it was veerrryyy slow in Xiamen. And two of the people travelling with me had water damage on their passports and it took forever for them to be approved, they were asked to sign documents saying Xiamen Air wasn't liable if they were denied entry anywhere else. It was a very intense ordeal, we weren't sure if they were even going to be let into the airport

In short, immigrations was a bitch

My wife and I flew Xiamen Airlines to Hong Kong on the $465 RT deal in late January. I was pretty apprehensive after reading some of the negative reviews online. However, our flights greatly exceeded expectations. Food, service, seats all decent. We even could have had a free overnight if we hadn't already booked our own hotel for the 23 hour stopover on the way home. As far as the airport in Xiamen goes, yeah, that could be a bit of an issue. We had 4.5 hours layover. Had to clear bags at Xiamen and check back in. Had a bit of a run around in the airport as to where to go for check-in on second leg of flight but everything turned out good. The other factor that could be imprtant is time of arrival - we arrived at 0530, so airport pretty dead at that time and immigration processing quicker.

Flew from yvr through Xiamen to Bali and return in March. We had no troubles. Loved the free hotel that goes with the layover. Airport check in is only open for a short window of time before the flight because of the limited check in area. No trouble with immigration or security. Xiamen air gave great service.

Curious to know how your experience with them ended up! Was the 2.5 hours enough?

Tammy it was adequate but you're going to still have to go through immigrations, exit and re-enter via international departures and go through security. Your bags will go to the final destination though! PM if you need more info

Eric Thank you!