Lyndhurst 14
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That’s the verdict from the Paris air show
World's best airline
Personally I’d still go with Singapore Airlines
World's best airline
Personally I’d still go with Singapore Airlines
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And the World’s best airline is …………………Emirates
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The Spanish
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where to?
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
haven't been on a long haul for about 20 years
so it's Easyjet for me
so it's Easyjet for me
Cian
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Skytrax "ratings" are bollox. Their ten worst [whatever] lists regularly include airlines that don't even exist anymore and its widely accepted that if you want five star, you pay for it.
Lenny Rider
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Good news I'm off to Adelaide for the cricket with my lad and we are flying Emirates.
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
Love Emirates.
Asked for a window seat from Dubai to Brisbane and the lovely lady gave me a business seat.
Will be flying with again!
Asked for a window seat from Dubai to Brisbane and the lovely lady gave me a business seat.
Will be flying with again!
Raleigh Chopper
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I have heared they are very good, but I was only thinking yesterday how much they spend on advertising and sponsorship around the world, its millions. I thought profit margins on airlines was very fine, it must be extra Arab money pumped in. They have the naming rights on many stadiums around the world and they were all over the French open recently.
Cian
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Massive investment, interest-free credit, can pay lower wages that get seen by staff as good due to 0% income tax, etc. The one thing they don't benefit from surreally is cheaper fuel - its untaxed for aviation worldwide and they do half their uplift abroad anyway.
Being able to get new aircraft reduces operating costs hugely, both reliability (parts/labour/downtime) and fuel consumption.
dougdeep
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Business must be dead.
Lenny Rider
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18th birthday present, him not me that is.
Butch Willykins
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Fittest crew are always on Virgin.
Superseagull
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Singapore airlines is my choice. Emirates is ok, but I hate Dubai airport which is Emirates hub. Singapore airport as a transfer hub is lovely.
bn1&bn3 Albion
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Having flown with Thai, Emirates and Qantas before on long haul flights I'd have to go with Thai Airways. Never had any issues with them and were extremely helpful when I flew from Australia to England alone when I was 13 and again when I was 15. My father flies with them about 5/6 times a year and has never had any major issues as well.
Lyndhurst 14
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Unfortunately the average age of air hostesses (or is that flight attendants?) on US airlines is about 65.
Albion Rob
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To be honest, though, for shuttling between here and London I find easyJet perfectly fine.
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United for me (formerly Continental before the merger).
America and back 5 times, never a problem.
America and back 5 times, never a problem.
Raleigh Chopper
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Now thats a surprise, I too have flown united on many occasions and they were awful each time. There was a thread on here about united, or airlines generally, and most agreed.
Northstander
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Etihad are pretty close as a comparison to Emirates! I regularly fly to Dubai and both airlines IMO are quality!!!
