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mcgillianaire) wrote2005-01-13 02:13 am
mcgillianaire) wrote2005-01-13 02:13 am
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Longhaul Flights Appraisal
Since my arrival in Montreal I have now flown with five different long-haul aircraft carriers in my quest to get home to Oman and back. By far and without a doubt the best of these has been British Airways and the worst, Al Italia. Inbetween there has been Lufthansa, Swiss and Air Canada. There's only KLM and Air France left to try out... :)
I definitely recommend flying British Airways, but the only problem with their flights to Oman is the untimely arrival in London Heathrow with respect to my connecting flight to Muscat - otherwise for pure service, comfort and airport quality, they outscore all the others quite comfortably.
Economy class, no doubt. In business/club and first class there is a lot less difference between the airlines, although I must admit I've only flown it once on BA and once on Lufthansa so I can't say for sure about them.
This week I flew with Swiss International, for the first time since the previous carrier Crossair/Swissair closed down a couple years ago. Initially I wasn't looking forward to the 6 hour transit in Zurich but luckily Switzerland has virtually the same visa regulations as other EU countries so getting out without a visa was not a problem. As such I was able to meet up with a friend who I hadn't seen in a couple years and she was able to show me and a couple friends from my highschool around the city. It's such a pretty little town set amidst a beautiful lake, snow capped mountains in the distance and a chilly fresh air...
The major downer with Swiss are its tiny seats. I had a very uncomfortable journey from Muscat to Zurich but the 2nd leg to Montreal was much better... or maybe it was the presence of a aesthetically pleasing passenger sitting next to me. ;)
The movie choices are amazing in BA, pathetic in Lufthansa, Air Canada and Al-Italia and several but old with Swiss. BA always has the latest movies on offer which has me confused why the others can't follow suit...
What I did enjoy about Swiss the most however was its choice of games. I must've spent a good 2-3 hours playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire along with several rounds of Multiplayer Trivia and other goodies...
Moral of the Story, take BA for longhaul flights.
I definitely recommend flying British Airways, but the only problem with their flights to Oman is the untimely arrival in London Heathrow with respect to my connecting flight to Muscat - otherwise for pure service, comfort and airport quality, they outscore all the others quite comfortably.
Economy class, no doubt. In business/club and first class there is a lot less difference between the airlines, although I must admit I've only flown it once on BA and once on Lufthansa so I can't say for sure about them.
This week I flew with Swiss International, for the first time since the previous carrier Crossair/Swissair closed down a couple years ago. Initially I wasn't looking forward to the 6 hour transit in Zurich but luckily Switzerland has virtually the same visa regulations as other EU countries so getting out without a visa was not a problem. As such I was able to meet up with a friend who I hadn't seen in a couple years and she was able to show me and a couple friends from my highschool around the city. It's such a pretty little town set amidst a beautiful lake, snow capped mountains in the distance and a chilly fresh air...
The major downer with Swiss are its tiny seats. I had a very uncomfortable journey from Muscat to Zurich but the 2nd leg to Montreal was much better... or maybe it was the presence of a aesthetically pleasing passenger sitting next to me. ;)
The movie choices are amazing in BA, pathetic in Lufthansa, Air Canada and Al-Italia and several but old with Swiss. BA always has the latest movies on offer which has me confused why the others can't follow suit...
What I did enjoy about Swiss the most however was its choice of games. I must've spent a good 2-3 hours playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire along with several rounds of Multiplayer Trivia and other goodies...
Moral of the Story, take BA for longhaul flights.
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air canada is fine for short flights, like the one i took to halifax but i didnt like it much on the flight to frankfurt and back.
ive flown klm upto amsterdam/munich and back once and it's definitely one for the top of the list.
others ive flown include gulf air, oman air, air india, indian airlines, deccan airways (all of these are based either in the middle east or india) and while not the best, were pleasant enough - except deccan which i recommend avoiding.
kuwait airways used to be the cheapest and most popular choice from the middle east to the uk/us and they were really nice then but i havent flown them recently.
id like to travel with emirates and qatar airways asap, since they're vying with each other to become the best airline in the world...
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