What is your favourite airline to fly and why?

[VillageVicar]

Singapore Airlines has successfully completed the inaugural flight of the new Airbus A380 aircraft. The aircraft, which is designed to hold up to 850 passengers, landed with only 300 passengers on its flight from Singapore. Singapore has a distinguised service history as one of the finest airlines in the world.

I'd like to know what is your favourite airline and why? Please, could we not discuss the worst�just yet. I want to save that for a different thread and give some defined questions relating to it. But for now, please, what's your favourite and why did you choose to fly that airline?

Fr. Bill

[4GS]

Good mnorning V V

El Al
I went on a trip to Israel two years ago to visit the Holy sites, it was my birthday the day we came back and they went out of their way to spoil me, selfish reason I know but I like to have some 'me time' every now and then

[Gromit]

Aeroflot - They have outside toilets.

[VillageVicar]

Morning 4GS! I�ve flown El AL quite a few times. I�ve loved their service. Your comment reminded me of some cabin crew at Israir who put together a small video. It�s great to see such happy faces, especially in the midst of some truly gruelling flights!

Thanks for that!

Fr Bill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vlERqxt7f3VM

You and I were meant to fly

[VillageVicar]

Gromit: You must have Yorkshire Airlines in mind! Although I�ve had some really �concerning� flights on Aeroflot in the past�especially the Tupelovs!

Be well

Fr Bill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v8qdsv2CRHjk

Yorkshire Airways

[filthiestfis]

Qatar Airways for me. I travelled with them to Dubai last April and for the most part they were outstanding :-)

[4GS]

That reminds me V V
After the Holyland tour I had a few days in Eilat and flew there from Tel Aviv on an old 'bone shaker' from that airline. The flight was scary but the Israeli folk on the same flight were wonderful

[JonnoGenie]

VV, why do you want to know what peoples favourite airline is?

Is this conversation for the sake of making conversation?

[Trotbot]

Based on 200,000 - 500,000 ,miles per year for 10 years in business class, based in Asia

Singapore
Cathay
Emirates
BA
Lauda
SAS
Eithad
Luftansa
Air New Zealand
Qantas
ANA
Thai
JAL
Malaysian
KLM
Mexicana
Varig
United
American
Vietnam
Aerolineas Argentina
Air China
Garadua

Never fly Air France or Northwest by choice (a rowing boat would be better!)

All to do with seat, inflight entertainment, attitude of the crew ( US flights lose points there) and standard of catering

[VillageVicar]

Jonno: No. Thanks for asking. It�s actually leading to something that I�m quite curious about. If you�ll allow me, I�d like to gather some more responses first before I �divulge.� It�s nothing that interesting I suppose, perhaps more about human nature.

Trotbot: I agree with you about SQ being on top, but I�ve had good and bad CX, EK and BA. Actually, with BA, I�ve never once had a problem with crew. It has always been with equip failures. I couldn�t agree more about NW and especially the overall attitude of the US cabin crew. Quite a decline from 30 years ago�.although the same crew are still flying!

Lauda I�m guessing you�re adding in with OS? I love OS and especially the crew. I�ve done both long-haul and EU domestic. Was sad to see RG so far down your list. It�s the sign of the times. There�s little left of them.

And I just came off of three JL flights. Two were great. One an extreme disappointment, which may have had to do with the swap over to JALWays� hard to say.

Thanks for your input! Gaining some interesting thoughts here. Oh, I�m OneWorld Emerald, (now lifetime) and Star Alliance Gold (still earned). I don�t bother with DL, KE, or AF for the same reasons as you have. Although I�ve had some great AF flights over the years! Was elite with EA/CO for years, but was delighted to use up all I had and bid them farewell!

Be well

Fr Bill

[chitchat]

Apart from the usual tourist flights to Europe etc, I have only flown with Air New Zealand and I have to say they are very good.

I plan to use another airline on my next trip "home" just to see what they are like.

[KARL]

I have flown with many different airlines, some of which no longer exist, on a wide collection of routes. While on some of the routes I travel there is no real choice, I don't really have a favourite but there are those I avoid and one or two I refuse to fly with. The last are those who have treated me badly, although I always try to make allowances for mistakes, things going genuinely wrong and someone having a bad day. What I cannot accept is bumping someone off a flight and then saying I was too late when the flight had not boarded yet (KLM - I saw everyone in the glass enclosure), saying that although they didn't tell me when I reconfirmed 72 hours prior to departure that the time had changed to much earlier I should really be charged a no-show deduction on any refund (Qatar - I missed the flight by hours), and it is really poor show to refuse to re-book me when the aircraft goes technical and all the long haul alternatives that day are disappearing into the mists of time (Air France), failing on a two hour flight to serve anything wet apart from a tiny sealed cup of water with the meal because they ran out of time (Emirates), etc., etc. I do not expect too much these days, just to get to my destination near enough on time, with my baggage present and intact, and not to have to suffer too much from crew or "difficult" passengers.