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Aussie Bhoy April 28th, 2006, 11:48 AM A listing of airlines that I have travelled with, feel free to add your own, especially any odd ones.
International Flights
British Airways
Qantas
Air New Zealand
KLM
Alitalia
Ryan Air (Ireland)
Lufthansa
Cathay Pacific
Domestic Flights
TAA
Ansett
Mt Cook (NZ)
RAAF - A C130 Herc flight from Melbourne to Sydney
Compass
Hawaiian Airlines (US)
Merpati (Indonesia)
Easyjet (UK)
Go (UK)
BMI (UK)
GB Airways (UK/Gibraltar)
Virgin Blue
The best for service was probably Cathay, and the prettiest hosties was definitly Alitalia.
Fabian April 28th, 2006, 11:52 AM Qantas
Virgin Blue
Aerolineas Argentinas
Arnzy April 28th, 2006, 12:09 PM International
Qantas - Manila
Air Canada (LAX to Toronto & v.v)
Air New Zealand (BNE-AKL-LAX & v.v)
Ansett (BNE-SYD-HKG-MEL-BNE)
Domestic - all are either to Syd or Melb otherwise stated.
Qantas
Ansett
Virgin Blue
Philippines Airlines (MNL to Baguio & v.v)
BobDaBuilder April 28th, 2006, 12:12 PM Ansett(before they went up the Swanney)
Qantas (the odds are mounting by the day that a massive crash is imminent. I won't be on one of their planes for a long time yet!)
Garuda Indonesia (apparently they use 2nd hand Qantas parts on their jumbos which is comforting....NOT!)
Thai
Pan Am (in the 80s)
Japanese Airlines
Alitalia(the flight crew let you ride up in the cockpit which is cool and you get a great view of the Himalayas if heading to Europe, plus good food!)
EasyJet (cheap airline based in the UK. I once flew from London(Luton) to Zurich for 10 quid(25 bucks in real money)
British Airways
Virgin Atlantic (the scariest ride of my life. Crossing the Atlantic at night with MASSIVE turbulence, the jet losing altitude countless times. I remember people screaming at times.)
South West Airlines (the pilot and crew were wearing shorts and making crash jokes, bizarre for a jet airliner but it did preceed 9/11 by 18 months. I doubt they would carry on like that again!)
Aero Mexico
Air NZ
Continental
Aeroflot (yes, I am "the one" who made it out ALIVE! Praying helps a lot believe me)
Emirates (the best I have flown by a fucking mile)
Virgin Blue (nice stewardesses)
Buzz (an cheapo British airline)
Be(dunno if this even exists anymore, I think it is renamed)
Go (As above, another British cheap arse airline)
JetStar (an Aussie equivalent of Go, BE, Ryan Air, EasyJet etc..)
Ethiopian Air (my sanity was seriously in question at the time. Fortunately I was travelling with a bunch of Catholic nuns so I had the "hand of God" to keep me up)
Ryan Air (some el cheapo Irish airline like EasyJet)
Rex (regional local twin prop jobbie. Have crossed myself and prayed the rosary flying with this mob a few times but that is what we must do if we are to keep earning the "devil's candy")
SAS (not the Army wackos, but the Scandy mob!)
Lithuanian Airlines (too short a trip to remember as I was pissed out of my mind)
# A load of smaller US carriers that I cannot even recall.
BTW I am scared shitless of flying too. Whenever I can I go overland time permitting. You have no hope at all in a plane crash, you ARE DEAD end of story in the occurance of an accident.
Aussie Bhoy April 28th, 2006, 12:27 PM Damn, Bob, you get around
I forgot to add Jetstar to mine
I have always heard very good things about Emirates, a friend of mine used to be a pilot for them, next time I go to Europe hopefully it will be on them.
Macca-GC April 28th, 2006, 01:27 PM VirginBlue: I quite like Virgin. I love how relaxed the crew are and it's just REALLY good.
JetStar: absolutely shit. Completely hated it
QANTAS: a big disappointment. They had the better entertainment systems etc. but the service was crap.
KLM: Although I hated the food. Mushrooms and Potatoes not the best breakfast on a flight to Europe. The service was absolutely fantastic. I absolutely loved it. If i were to fly to Amsterdam again, I'd go with them.
Malev: Hungarian airline that works with KLM. Very similar to VirginBlue.
zoggyno1 April 28th, 2006, 02:04 PM International...
Sinagapore Airlines
Malaysian Airlines
Air New Zealand
Ansett Australia
JetstarAsia
Olympic Air
Agean Air
Easy Jet
American Airline
United
Garuda Indonesia
Emirates
Domestic...
Qantas
Virgin Blue
Ansett Australia
JetStar
Rex
QantasLink
Kendall
Best.....
Entertainment: Singapore
Comfort: Emirates
Best looking female host thingys: Virgin Blue
Best Value: JetStar Asia (I WENT FROM SINGAPORE 2 PHUKET For $15 Australian Dollars!!!)
Best Food: Olympic Airlines
Umm... I think that is all the ones ive been on....
fox1 April 28th, 2006, 02:30 PM TAA
Ansett
Airlines of South Australia
Australian Airlines (former)
Qantas
Kendell
Virgin Blue
Air China
China Eastern
China Southern
Hainan Airlines
Sichuan Airlines
Japan Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Thai Airways
TWA
United
Hawaiian
Aloha
Alitalia
Air Malta
British Airways
British Caledonian
NCC1701D April 28th, 2006, 02:40 PM TAA - can't really remember (Bris to Syd)
Ansett - alright when they were around (Bris - Mel & Syd)
Qantas - everytime I've had old planes (Bris - Bkok - Lond & Bris to Mel)
British Airways - up there with Singapore (BRIS - SING - LON)
Singapore - best by far (BNE - SING - Paris)
Alitalia - Could be better, nice food (Lond - Rome & throughout ITA)
Croatia Air - very small plane, cosy though. (Lon - ZAG & throughout Croatia)
Aussie Bhoy April 28th, 2006, 03:06 PM I forgot Australian Airlines as well, they were just TAA anyway in the late 80's, early 90's until it all became Qantas.
Pic of a Qantas 747 approaching Heathrow
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Qantas.b747.roofs.arp.750pix.jpg/250px-Qantas.b747.roofs.arp.750pix.jpg
Stocko April 28th, 2006, 03:42 PM Qantas
Virgin Blue
Jet Star
Air France
United Airlines
Lufthansa
Balkan Holiday Air
Thomas Cook
Ryanair
Air India
Gertzy April 28th, 2006, 03:51 PM Qantas
Virgin Blue
Ansett Australia
Flight West
Macair
QantasLink
Alliance/Skywest
and a few other smaller ones.
maybach April 28th, 2006, 03:55 PM Royal Brunei Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Malaysian Airlines
Thai Airways
Qantas
United Airways
American Airlines
Air Canada
Virgin Blue
Ansett
BobDaBuilder April 28th, 2006, 04:00 PM I like the look of "Lynxjet" if I had to choose.
Also I wish we still had them old fashion ocean liners. Sitting in a tin can at 10 kms up in the air is not the most pleasant way of travelling. A price to pay for progress.
Trains are still good, particularly in Europe.
JAKJ April 28th, 2006, 04:11 PM INTERNATIONAL
Alitalia (Not too bad now, saw ghostbusters II for the first time on a flight to Europe!)
Ansett (not bad, not great)
Lot (Best food I've had on a plane, and the Pilots are nuts too, I had a very interesting taxi/takeoff from krakow airport)
Luftansa (hmmm not the best)
Aeroflot (Love the big illusian planes, different to the boeing/airbus, but besides that very ordinary)
Air China (had food poisoning)
China Eastern (pretty average everything, but amazingly smooth landings!)
Singapore (overall good)
Malaysian (a budget Singapore)
British Airways (so-so)
Qantas (not too bad, esp on the newer planes)
DOMESTIC
Ansett
Qantas
Jetstar
Virgin
Dragon Air
Shanghai Airlines
Compass :P (yes I flew compass!!)
KIWIKAAS April 28th, 2006, 04:58 PM Domestic
Air New Zealand
Qantas (NZ)
Qantas
Air Nelson
Thai Airways
Bangkok Airways
Air Rarotonga
International
Qantas (mostly business class so the service was generally great)
KLM
Air New Zealand
Continental
British Airways
Lufthansa
Malaysia Airlines
Crossair
Virgin Express
Easyjet
Icelandair
Malev
Sabena
Air Holland
Martinair
Transavia
Britania Airways
Olympic Airways
Tarom (my only Soviet aircraft. Tupolev TU154. Amazingly quiet when in flight, as if we were gliding. A little unsettling seeing the flight engineer going back and forth through the aircarft on a number of occations. The service was terrible. Romania was still very much a communist state then)
http://www.airliners.net/photos/photos/0/4/2/0007240.jpg
KIWIKAAS April 28th, 2006, 05:05 PM Buzz (an cheapo British airline)
.
Buzz was owned by KLM.
Originally Air UK, then taken over by KLM to form KLM UK, they then rebranded the aircraft for the budget airline BUZZ. The aircraft were still the original Air UK fleet. It didn't last long. A few years maybe? I think they tried to sell the aircraft to Ryanair?
JustHorace April 28th, 2006, 05:06 PM DOMESTIC
Philippine Airlines
Cebu Pacific
INTERNATIONAL
Philippine Airlines (okay for a third-world airline)
Air Philippines (worst ride ever)
Cebu Pacific (brand new planes, excellent service)
Singapore Airlines (wow)
Cathay Pacific (good food, entertainment)
Malaysia Airlines (nice interiors, service)
Garuda Indonesia (okay)
Japan Airlines (excellent service)
American Airlines (always too crowded)
Lufthansa (Have they even heard of legroom?)
Air France (snubbish steward/ess)
Aeroflot (English, anyone?)
Davee April 28th, 2006, 05:29 PM Air New Zealand
Qantas
British Airways
Singapore
Continetal
Varig
Air Jamaica
Easy Jet
SAS
Norweigan No
Austrian Airlines
Air France
Thompson
British Midland
Thai
Air 2000
kryszakk April 28th, 2006, 05:37 PM LOT
Malev
Finnair
China Eastern
China Southern
Air China
Air Univeral (or sth like that, I don`t remember)
Thai Airways
tayser April 28th, 2006, 06:26 PM Qantas: international better than domestic
Jetstar: Avalon, enough said.
BA Connect: Embraer 145s are claustrophobic and subsequently suck.
Ryanair: nice brand spanking new 737-800, pity about Beavais airport being 80km from Paris and Prestwick being a good hour from Glasgow by train.
Virgin Blue: can't really fault them.
Ansett: only flew on them once to Canberra so it barely rates.
BE are still around Bob, www.flybe.com Scots airline.
might be flying on Sterling, Air Berlin and Easyjet in the near future.
overall though, flying isn't all that pleasurable imo, it's too much waiting and not enough flying (especially on these el cheapo carriers in Europe).
dallas April 28th, 2006, 06:48 PM Domestic:
TAA
Ansett
Australian Airlines
Qantas (My favorite domestic in Australia)
Kendal
Int'l
Cathay Pacific (Not bad - especially up in business)
Korean Air (Would rather not fly again, but the staff (and Koreans) are very polite!)
Singapore Airlines (One of the worst modern aircraft I've ever flown on - never again!)
Dragon Air (Great airline, off shoot of Cathay. Great business class)
China Southern (Curt staff and a shady maintainence record - Gotta love communism!)
Thai (One of my favorite airlines - Lovely staff and a great business class)
Air India (Smell of curry the whole flight - I kid you not! Never again!)
Gulf Air (Not bad, but all the Arabic music during pre flight and taxing got annoying)
Air NZ (Indifferent)
Qantas (Love domestic, but international arm sucks. Stops me from flying BA to Oz)
Continental (Attendants were ok but aircraft too old - would rather not fly again)
Delta (US flight attendants - nuff said!)
TWA (US flight attendants - nuff said!)
Amercian Airlines (Actually not too bad - but the flight was way overbooked)
British Airways (Fantastic business and first class)
British Midland (Great airline)
Virgin Atlantic (Tried three times and each time the worst service ever - never again!)
Monarch Air (Charter airline that treis to cram as many in as possible - Never again!)
Ryan Air (Cattle class airline full of trailer park people - never again!)
Air Carribbean (Cool little airline that island hops - great way to see the Carribbean)
Air France (indifferent)
Lufthansa (Leather seats up in business which your face sticks to when asleep)
Swiss Air (Not bad)
Fin Air (Scandie Hostesses - nuff said!)
SAS (Scandie Hostesses - nuff said!)
auslankan April 29th, 2006, 12:38 AM International
Singapore - the Best
Emirates -not far behind SQ
BA - very good also
The rest - fair to below average.
Thai
South African Airways
Air Namibia
QANTAS
United Airlines
Thai Domestic
Tarom Brazilian airline
Varig Romiania airline
Philippine Airlines
Swiss Air
SAS
Lao Airlines - worst by far
Domestic
Ansett - at their peak the best
Australian no too bad for a govt airline
TAA as above
Virgin - you gets what you pay for
Jetstar - as above
Qantas - very ordinary, poor food and service
splashmo April 29th, 2006, 04:13 AM I've hardly been anywhere, come to think of it.
Domestic - Each millions of times
Ansett
Qantas
Virgin Blue
International -
Qantas
Arnzy April 29th, 2006, 06:04 AM I found QF domestic better then QF International (but again I only flew to MNL) on QF int...
When Ansett was around, I found Ansett International to be much better than Ansett domestic.
MelbourneCity April 29th, 2006, 07:47 AM Qantas
Ansett
Australian (TAA)
Jetstar
Thai
Aloha
Canadian Airlines
British Airways
United Airlines
Continental
Mr Centrepoint April 29th, 2006, 09:50 AM Qantas
Virgin Blue
Cathay Air
AG April 29th, 2006, 11:11 AM International:
Singapore Airlines (most recent, to Hong Kong via Singapore and back)
Cathay Pacific (used on previous trips to Hong Kong)
Malaysia Airlines (when I was really young on a global trip)
British Airways (ditto)
Thai (ditto)
United (ditto)
Domestic:
Qantas (to Brisbane, from the GC, Melbourne and Sydney numerous times)
Ansett (don't remember, but I certainly used it before they went bust)
bighair April 29th, 2006, 11:22 AM Virgin blue. Quantas. Ansett. Australian and Air France. Air France was the best! :)
globocentric April 29th, 2006, 03:23 PM singapore airlines, thai airways, cathay pacific, malaysia airlines, eva airways, qantas, air new zealand, virgin blue, air alaska, northwest, westjet(canada), china southern, air asia, emirates, Ansett.
Jimmy James April 30th, 2006, 03:28 AM I've only ever flown domestic flights
Ansett (Had that horrible long terminal in Sydney and my plane from Canberra was late and at one end of the terminal so I had to bolt up the other end to make my connecting flight to Gold Coast!)
QANTAS and QANTASLink (The smaller planes)
Virgin Blue
Impulse Airlines (I can't beleive no-one else here flew on Impulse - QANTAS bought them in 2001 and turned them into JetStar)
Neo April 30th, 2006, 04:01 AM Ansett Australia
Air New Zealand (to US, Europe, NZ and Fiji)
Qantas (including Qantaslink - Sustate and National Jet)
Jetstar (a couple of times because I had to)
Virgin Blue (as for Jetstar)
Whilst Ansett was operating I always flew with Star Alliance (which was Ansett and Air NZ for me) but after they were grounded I made the switch to Qantas. Now because I'm up to my neck in loyalty programs I stay with Qantas whenever I can. I'll only fly Virgin or Jetstar if Qantas doesn't fly the route - or if it's a 737 vs. Dash 8 like Melbourne/Brisbane - Newcastle. In those situations I'd rather fly Jetstar or Virgin.
I miss Ansett.
Blindfold April 30th, 2006, 11:59 AM Domestic:
Ansett
Qantas - best domestc
Virgin Blue
TAA possibly
International:
Qantas - their international arm is beyond shit now
BA - i've forgotten how many times on the London/Oz route
EasyJet
Continental Airlines - Sydney - Honolulu in a DC10! OMFG!
Wardair Canada - no longer exists. Glasgow - Vancouver in 1980
Cathay Pacific
Emirates- probably the best
Australian Airlines (Part 2)
China Southern (I think, between Hong Kong and Shanghai)
...and a few smaller ones i can't remember on short London-Europe hops.
Still yet to fly Singapore Airlines which needs correcting very soon I feel.
DamienK April 30th, 2006, 01:03 PM Qantas
Ansett
Virgin Blue
American Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Malaysian Airlines
demanjo May 7th, 2006, 08:42 AM Qantas International - multiple times, most recently Tokyo-Sydney. Happy with service. Nothing incredible by any means, but definately comfortable.
American Airlines - Tokyo-New York - As previously stated - American flight attendants, nuf said . Offering a Japanese man green tea, and then asking if he wants milk in it?? wtf? If he doesnt understand the first time, repeating it louder will not make him understand...
Air Canada - Toronto - Chicago. Only a one hour flight. Got business class for free, without explanation, just was requested to move up the front. OK service for business class, i slept the whole way basically...
JAL - Osaka - Sydney. Pretty packed in... not overly good.
Freedom Air - Coolangatta - Auckland - Wierd. A low cost airline. Incredibly simple, packed cabin. But i spose it was only a short flight - cheap too.
Ansett - back in the day. OK i spose
Jetstar - i hate how they dont allocate seats, its chaos. But gets you from A-B.
Qantas domestic - great service, love flying them.
Impulse Airlines - Back in the day.... were OK.
Thats it for the moment i think. By the end of the year tho i can add Cathay and Singapore...
Avatar May 7th, 2006, 09:54 AM UM I have probbaly left some out - can't remember.
I miss Ansett too esp Ansett International :(
http://home.iprimus.com.au/allicit/Images/Ansett.XB70Valkyrie.01.jpg
Domestic
Ansett
Qantas
International
Ansett
American Airlines
Air New Zealand
British Airways
Malaysian Airlines
Singapore Airlines
United
Virgin Altlantic
Off world
Virgin Galactic (I wish)
fox1 May 7th, 2006, 12:52 PM wow. I loved those Concordes with the A320 wingtips at the tail
vishalt May 9th, 2006, 08:05 AM British Airways - Service lacks, food choice lacks, entertainment lacks, economy class is also shit because of the the cramped 4/4/4 seats, flights always full, but the flights are safe.
Quantas - More space (3/4/3), the staff really take care of you well, more choice of entertainment with the digital system, usually not fully booked out so you can sleep in the middle lol.
Easyjet - Well, easy! Cheap flights, decent service, french staff :D you get from A-B so no complaints.
Spanair - Like easyjet.
Virgin Blue - Oh mate nothing like a bunch of hotties starting your schoolies off aye.
Air India - Holy shit, never again! Worst service, worst food, cramped, outdated technology, shit aeroplanes, unsafe.
Valeroso May 9th, 2006, 08:09 AM I've only been on a plane once.
- Qantas (Domestic) - From Sydney to Melbourne, and from Melbourne back to Sydney.
Considering that it was my first time on a plane, I was pretty impressed by the service. It was nice and modern, plus friendly and great staff!
BTW I am scared shitless of flying too. Whenever I can I go overland time permitting. You have no hope at all in a plane crash, you ARE DEAD end of story in the occurance of an accident.
Heh, for someone who's been on a plane that many times, that's quite a statement! But I'm scared shitless when the plane goes up! It feels like they're taking me up to the moon! And then when you're up so high, it doesn't feel so comforting. But after 30 minutes, I got over it and actually enjoyed looking out the window, peering at the Snowy Mountains, and so forth. I love it when the plane lands and makes that big powerful noise as if to declare that we've arrived!
Anyway, bordering on irrelevence here. ;)
hornetfig May 9th, 2006, 10:21 AM Quantas - More space (3/4/3)
3/5/3 ?
vishalt May 9th, 2006, 11:12 AM i saw 4 seats in the middle just 2 days ago!
no name May 9th, 2006, 12:08 PM British Airways - Service lacks, food choice lacks, entertainment lacks, economy class is also shit because of the the cramped 4/4/4 seats, flights always full, but the flights are safe.
And which plane might that have been? Considering it's 3-4-3 on BA's 747's and 3-3-3 on the 777's I don't know where you got 4-4-4 from.
Avatar May 9th, 2006, 04:29 PM wow. I loved those Concordes with the A320 wingtips at the tail
LOL It's a USAF XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 bomber - and yes it is as big as it looks.
cjfjapan May 9th, 2006, 04:52 PM Domestic Only
All Nippon Airways
TWA
USAIr
Southwest
America Trans Air
British Midland (Manchester-Heathrow)
All Nippon Airways (domestic Japan)
Domestic/International
Delta (Indianapolis-Tampa/Nagoya-Portland)
Northwest (Japan-US, and many domestic flights)
Japan Air Lines (domestic in Japan)
United Airlines
American Airlines
International Only
Eastern (Indianapolis-Kingston, Jamaica)
Canadian International (Nagoya-Vancouver--business class!)
Qantas (Nagoya-Cairns)
FinnAir (Last Osaka/Kansai-Helsinki Flight)
British Airways (London-Tokyo)
Thai Air (Bangkok-Tokyo-LA, then a BUS to Indiana)
Vietnam Airways (Vientiene-Hanoi)
President Airways (Siam Reap-> Bangkok)
China Eastern (Nagoya-Shanghai, Beijing-Nagoya)
Air India (Tashkent-Lahore-Delhi)
I really liked the food on Air India, especially after a month in Uzbekistan...
And for all the complaints about American flight attendants, I find them the least Barbie-doll of any of them. Especially the Jpnese ones...and Im married to one!
eulogy May 10th, 2006, 07:18 AM Domestic
Ansett - Sydney to Melbourne and Sydney to Hobart
Qantas - Sydney to Perth
Virgin Blue - Brisbane to Sydney
International
Korean Air - I flew from Sydney to Seoul, and also got a flight from Seoul to Bangkok for only $100 extra.
Avatar May 10th, 2006, 09:44 AM Am I the only one to fly Ansett international?
Syd>HK>Syd
fishcatdogbird May 10th, 2006, 10:06 AM Ansett (old days)
QANTAS
British Airways
Singapore
Emirates
Luftansa
Easy Jet
Baltic Air
Ryanair
Virgin Blue
Liberia
Thai Airways
(some no namer from Gove to Alco Island in the NT)
& my grandfathers plane LOL
tayser August 10th, 2006, 02:25 PM Add BA, RyanAir, HLX, Transavia and Easyjet to my list.
Mr Magnate August 10th, 2006, 02:52 PM Domestic
QANTAS
International
Singapore Airlines
Croatia Airlines
elfreako August 10th, 2006, 03:01 PM Ansett WA
QF (yuck)
Aerolineas Argentinas (moody)
Air Asia (you definitely get what you pay for)
Jetstar Asia (best Asian LCC)
PIA (cheap and cheerful)
Uzbekistan Airways (crabby Russian service)
Altyn Air (no seats! you sit on the floor!)
Egyptair (always delayed but friendly)
Royal Brunei
Sempati Air
Garuda (dodgy)
Malaysia Airlines (top service)
Pan Am (was a really old flight crew)
BA (yuck)
Kuwait Airways (never again!!!!!!)
Emirates (the Singapore Airlines of the M.East)
Shumway August 11th, 2006, 05:53 AM Domestic:
Ansett
Qantas
Jetstar
Virgin Blue
International:
Qantas
Emirates
Singapore Airlines
Cathay Pacific
JAL
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Qatar Airways
Qantas
British Airways
Air France
Continental
US Airways
United Airlines
AUboy August 11th, 2006, 07:02 AM Qantas, Ansett, Virgin Blue, TAA
BA, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Virgin Atlantic, BMI, Continental, AA, United, Emirates, Thai Airways, Cathay Pacific and Austrian (Nee Lauda)
mx5star August 11th, 2006, 07:27 AM Domestic: Defunct
East West
Ansett (my number one airline of the world to this day!!!!!)
Kendal
Hazeltons
Impulse (both 717 & Turboprops)
Compass I & II
TAA
Domestic Current:
Qantas
Virging Blue
Rex
International:
Qantas
Ansett International
United
American
Delta
Northwest
America West
Continental
Air Canada
Tower Air
Pan Am
Malaysian
Singapore
Cathay Pacific
Thai
Emirates
Air France (Concorde)
Air Cairo
Aeroflot
British Airways
Lufthansa
Yeah, I've done a lot of travel. *yay*
js
chrisaus August 11th, 2006, 07:49 AM Qantas
Virgin
Ansett
Vic01 August 11th, 2006, 08:55 AM Japan
Al Nippon
Thai
Singapore
US Air
Air NZ
Garuda
Air Zimbabwe
South African
British Airways
Aerolineas Argentinas
Varig
Alitalia
Lufthansa (the worst - my left cheek is still number after 4 years)
Qantas
Jet Star (me likey)
VirginBlue
Ansett
Vic01 August 11th, 2006, 08:56 AM Oh yeah and...
Sunstate
Rex
Kendall
Malaysian
Vic01 August 11th, 2006, 08:59 AM Toad - I feel quite the reverse about Virgin and Jet Star. JS has really improved and is looking quite slick with great livery and modern aircraft. It's taken the quirky edge away from VB and doesn't feel like a discount airline at all.
tbor August 11th, 2006, 09:31 AM Qantas
Skywest
Virgin
Ansett
Australian
British Airways
Singapore Airlines
Air New Zealand
Garuda
Lufthansa
Czech Airlines
Universal
And lastly:
United.
By far, without a doubt, the UGLIEST air hostesses ever.
MelbourneCity August 11th, 2006, 11:52 AM Ansett
Australian (pre-1993)
Qantas
QantasLink
Jetstar
United Airlines
Continental
British Airways
Thai
Canadian Airlines
Aloha Airlines
Probably a few more but I cant think of them!
Spitfire000 August 11th, 2006, 02:00 PM Virgin Blue
Qantas
Philippine Airlines
SilkAir (worst ride into the Phils, bad service)
Singapore Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Mants August 11th, 2006, 02:09 PM Virgin Blue
Qantas
Jetstar
Ansett
Rex
Garuda
(was going to fly Air Paradise, but they went bankrupt a few days before we bought our tickets)
fox1 August 12th, 2006, 01:49 PM LOL It's a USAF XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 bomber - and yes it is as big as it looks.
yeah, I was joking .
I knew it wasn't a "Concorde with A320 wingtips".
Anyway, I just flew on Korean Air. They were friendly and laid-back, but not top-world-class. You just know that, ...what is world-class and what isn't
So that's
Korean Air
TAA
Ansett
Airlines of South Australia
Australian Airlines (former)
Qantas
Kendell
Virgin Blue
Air China
China Eastern
China Southern
Hainan Airlines
Sichuan Airlines
Japan Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Thai Airways
TWA
United
Hawaiian
Aloha
Alitalia
Air Malta
British Airways
British Caledonian
Girlyman August 12th, 2006, 03:13 PM Qantas - (Service is massively variable, took a three hour flight last week and had my drink filled six or seven times!! Stumbled off the plane:P The next day I had a five hour flight and got one drink...)
Qantaslink
Virgin Blue
Virgin Pacific
Air NZ
Singapore Airlines
Ryanair
Easyjet
Air Berlin
BA
Air Vladivostok - (formally of aeroflot, best service ever!! The crazy thing is I'm not even joking about the service!)
Garuda - (scariest flight ever, a jet should not sound like a worn out datsun doing 120 on a freeway)
Ansett
Cell.Phone August 13th, 2006, 11:54 AM Jetstar Great becasue they go out of Newcastle so its better than going to sydney
Qantas iv lost track of where iv been so i think it was about 9 places
Singapore
RSG September 3rd, 2006, 10:39 AM I have only flown on Qantas and Virgin. My wife and I are very much "Lets just fly the home flag".
nmuzz September 7th, 2006, 09:22 PM Domestic
Qantas
TAA (in the 70s!!)
East West (Remember them!!)
International in no particular order:
Qantas (OK)
JAL (Amazing!!)
Air China (Chickens in the back of the cabin - say no more!!)
American (reasonable)
United (Most recent, don't bother, old haggered stewardesses!!Blugh! American services not what they used to be!)
Emirates (Excellent)
BA (Very good)
BA Connect (OK and cheap too!)
Easyjet (Efficient)
FlyBe (Excellent)
Air France (Hmmmm...)
NorthWest (Not Bad mid 90s)
Singapore (Excellent)
Delta (Fair - horrid MD88 aircraft though)
Air Cyprus (OK)
Olympic (Oh shit!)
Virgin (Very Nice)
Charter:
Monarch (Good)
Thomson Fly (OK)
Air 2000 (Not bad)
First Choice (Not mine!)
Can't wait to fly in an A380!!!!
Mandelbrot September 8th, 2006, 01:31 AM Air New Guinea - early 80's, not as bad as the name suggests.
Australian Airforce Hercules Transport - holiday in PNG highlands gone wrong.
Unitied Airlines - 50 year old hostesses with the attitude of Jerry Springer guests.
Continental - mid 80's, was ok.
Qantas - my domestic preference.
Ansett - :-(
Virgin - never do Domestic Virgin Perth to Melbourne or similar. Please rennovate your bus shelters.. um I mean terminals.... :-)
aussieguy2001 September 12th, 2006, 04:12 PM Qantas
Virgin Blue
Jetstar
British Airways
Singapore Airlines
Emirates
Thai Airways
Malaysia Airlines
United Airlines
Air NewZealand
ANA
Lufthansa
American Airlines
British Midland
Aer Lingus
Ryan Air
Easy Jet
Austrian Airlines
Lauda Air
KLM
Turkish Airlines
Olympic Airways
Caledonian
Monarch
LIAT
Air UK
Air 2000
Ansett
DamienK September 12th, 2006, 06:42 PM Qantas
Virgin Blue
Ansett
American Airlines
Malaysian Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Air Canada
cp1 September 14th, 2006, 01:43 PM Qantas
Ansett
Air Pacific
Singapore Airlines
China Eastern
Air China
Hainan Airlines
Shanghai Airlines
TangoSierraVictor September 29th, 2006, 02:15 PM Ansett, Flight West, Sunstate, Transtate, Qantas, Virgin Blue, Alliance, Jetstar, Korean Air, Japan Airlines/Jalways, Finnair, Aero Airlines.
I remember them as pretty much all alike. Unless there is something really attention grabbing, like a mean flight attendant, one flight will be the same as nine other flights. I do like Virgin Blue a lot though; the staff are exceptionally friendly and fun.
Tango
HotChilli April 27th, 2010, 11:37 PM Air France
British Airways
Virgin Atlantic
Gulf Air
Thomson
KLM
Cathay Pacific
Dragonair
China Eastern Airlines
Ryanair
China Southern Airlines
First Choice Airways
BrizzyChris April 28th, 2010, 03:24 AM Wow, a 3yr old thread back from the dead.
Yancancook April 28th, 2010, 08:09 AM Qatar Airways in the style of a hkskyline review.
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Pretty decent airline. There's no excuse to fly Qantas any more to Europe. Melbourne sure is lucky to have them.
Unfortunately this flight dropped me off at the shit hole that is Ngurah Rai and going back on Jetstar to fly home to Darwin was equally depressing.
metro_minotaur April 28th, 2010, 08:36 AM dont think i've posted here if it's 3 years old, but anyways:
Qantas
Ansett
Virgin Blue
Tiger
Jet Star
Singapore Airlines
Lufthansa
Air France
LTU
Emirates
Germanwings
JAL
British Airways
Cathay Pacific
KLM
Delta Airlines
Air New Zealand
Virgin Atlantic
best out of them would be singapore, lufthansa, klm, jal and emirates
John_Proctor April 28th, 2010, 08:42 AM Qantas
Jet Star
Virgin
Tiger
Singapore
Austrian - flight from Istanbul to Vienna in a small plane (2 + 2 seating). I was on an emergency exit row and the stewardess gave me the spiel about how to open the door etc in case of emergency in German (I look German). picked up maybe 1/10 words thanks to my high school German but the whole plane would've been fvcked if we'd had any sort of emergancy.
plans to fly go over to Asia for a month probably next year adn Europe after that. I'm budget conscious so could be Air Asia X or something. would consider Emirates to Europe though as they seem to have some more interesting stopovers - wouldn't particualrly care to stay in Dubai but could use it as a pretty cool hub to the middle east.
Alphaville April 30th, 2010, 07:04 AM DOMESTIC-
-Qantas
-Ansett Australia
-Impulse
-Jetstar
-Virgin Blue
INTERNATIONAL-
-Qantas
-Air New Zealand
-Air Pacific
-United Airlines
-Malaysia Airlines
-Singapore Airlines
-airBaltic
-Ryanair
-Malev
-Wizzair
-American Airlines
-Air Canada
-Southwest
-China Eastern
i think thats it..
Arunava April 30th, 2010, 08:42 AM QANTAS
Virgin Blue
Singapore Airlines
Thai
Emirates
Etihad Airways
Air India
Jet Airways
Iberia
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Jordanian
Turkish Airlines
Alitalia
British Airways
Air France
Safari Airlink
Egyptair
Air Memphis
KLM
I think that's it.
By far the worst from that list was Iberia, best over a series of flights was Singapore Airlines and surprisingly, Air France.
Alphaville April 30th, 2010, 09:34 AM is and surprisingly, Air France.
I'd be scared to fly Air France. Who are they trying to imitate? Aeroflot?
http://www.concordesst.com/accident/pictures/flames1.jpg
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGC/StaticFiles/Images/Show/27xx/277x/2776_ae_air_france-1_05320299.jpg
http://www.mrcheapflights.com/Air-France-flights/2009/Air-France-447-rudder.jpg
Cruise April 30th, 2010, 09:57 AM Qantas
Malaysian Airlines
KLM
Ryanair
Transavia
AirBaltic
metro_minotaur April 30th, 2010, 09:58 AM ^^ i think i'd rather fly air france than united airlines
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/National_Park_Service_9-11_Statue_of_Liberty_and_WTC_fire.jpg
crazyknightsfan April 30th, 2010, 10:01 AM Flying with REX is fun, I like the short flights on smaller planes
hornetfig April 30th, 2010, 11:10 AM ^^ i think i'd rather fly air france than united airlines
wow crude enough?
joninbrisbane April 30th, 2010, 01:10 PM I'd be scared to fly Air France. Who are they trying to imitate? Aeroflot?
I'd happily fly Аэрофлот over Air France anyday.
BrizzyChris May 1st, 2010, 06:11 AM Qantas
QantasLink
Ansett
Impulse
Jetstar
Virgin Blue
REX
Air New Zealand
Singapore Airlines
SilkAir
Malaysia Airlines
Thai Airways
Air Lanka (before it was Sri Lankan)
Air India
Pakistan Airlines
Cathay Pacific
JAL
Emirates
British Airways
British Midland
KLM
United Airlines
American Airlines
US Airways
Canadian Airlines
Jackson57 May 2nd, 2010, 09:33 AM Ansett Airlines
Impulse
Compass
Qantas
QantasLink
Jetstar
REX
Singapore Airlines
Finnair
American Airlines
British Airways
VirginBlue
Singapore Airlines far and away the best international airline. Virgin the best domestic.
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