What's the best Airline???

Goose:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bon-qNCnePY

Ha ha ha!  That video is hilarious.  Kudos to Virgin for (once again) not being afraid to rock the boat a little.

From personal experience, my favourites would have to be:

• Flying: KLM - friendly crew, great service on European short-haul;
• Seating: British Airways - the Club World cabin on the upper-deck of BA's 744's really does take some beating;
• Website: again, BA wins on this one - informative, easy to navigate around, nice little 'flash' touches here and there;
• Aircraft: being a 'trijet' fan, I always used to say 'Delta' when asked this question, however I must admit that I have an affinity for Aeroflot's Tu-154's, especially in the latest AFL colours.  They are very aesthetically pleasing.

Before I get branded as a sexist pig, how's about we start taking votes on the best cabin crew too?  Aer Lingus definitely excel on this point - who needs IFE when you have some of the most charming and beautiful women in the world all working for the same airline?  And the Irish accent is to die for......

 

Titch

OK -here's my ten bob's worth. As an overall experience - longhaul, economy - Singapore Airlines take a lot of beating. Beautiful, helpful non-intrusive cabin crew (and most of them are girls), comfortable seats, excellent IFE and good food. Just a little impersonal. Worst experience - crossing the Pacific down the back with QANTAS - window seat (no point - nothing to see all night) - with 2 crashed out Ozzies on their way home. Cramped, bad food, very little sign of the cabin crew and having to climb over the back of my seat to get to the toilets. Won't waste time on any US airlines - nothing good to say. Cathay and Emirates are pretty good, JAL and China Eastern pleasant surprises and Virgin Blue a great laugh. But you really can't beat getting back on to a British Airways 747 on the way back from a 3 week business trip round the World. People who talk to you, appear to care a bit, know when to produce a small Malt and - occassionally - upgrade you to the comfy seats - they get my vote.

My favourite airline has to be Caledonian. I remember flying on one of their Tristars a good few years back. It felt like there were about 16000 passengers on board, it took ages for us to lift off the runway and it seemed to take about 4 days to reach our cruising altitude of 25 feet. At that height the turbulence was terrible. The food was rubbish and most of the toilets weren't working. Also babies were screaming their heads off and kids were whinging. It wasnt good.

Yet one of the stewardesses was the best looking woman i have ever seen! For that alone Caledonian gets my vote.

Victor:

one of the stewardesses was the best looking woman i have ever seen! For that alone Caledonian gets my vote

 

 

 

Titch

Unfortunately i didnt manage to get a photo of her. All i managed to get was a clip around the head from my Mrs everytime i looked at her! It was worth it!

Check out this link. I can still remember this advert like it was yesterday!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8q9zOUMdtg

For passenger service, Singapore Airlines gets my vote.

They always have well in excess of the minimum number of Flight Attendants onboard, and have a strict policy that there must always be cabin crew in the cabin, and actively looking to help passengers. Food in EY is often of a standard served to Business Class on other airlines.

With most other airlines it seems crew have their own ploicy of doing the meal and drink service as quickly as possible, and then hiding for the rest of the flight!

As a pilot, I found that SQ also had very good standards when compared with some other airlines.Their emergency reval is particularly thorough and very practical from the knowledge point of view. The SQ cabin mock-up, which has full motion, is way more advanced than others I've seen.

After having typed a lengthy reply, only to have it dumped, I think I'll just nominate

SINGAPORE AIRLINES

both for passenger service (as a passenger), and for crew training and checking standards, as a past pilot employee.