your favorite airline

TUB023 · Post by **TUB023** » 15 Jul 2005, 13:12

1. Citybird
2. TUI
3. Sobelair

Vinnie-Winnie · Post by **Vinnie-Winnie** » 15 Jul 2005, 13:59

Difficult knowing that I haven't been flying with every airline in the world. But up till now:

Best:
1)BMI
2)British Airways
3)Sn Brussels Airlines

Worst:
1)Virgin express
1)Icelandair(on behalf of tui If I remember well)
3)MNG

full frills airlines always win

TUB023 · Post by **TUB023** » 15 Jul 2005, 14:06

icelandair... because of the delay a year ago? :p

MrAirbus · Post by **MrAirbus** » 15 Jul 2005, 15:13

heathrow wrote:
MrAirbus wrote:
heathrow wrote: P.s. only EI because my boyfriend lives there
heathrow, are you a female????
No . I hope you're all alright with that.

I will think about its, maybe I be alright with it one day!?

My worst are:

1. SAS
2. FinnAir
3. IranAir
4. Alitalia
5. Olympic
6. THY

hvv · Post by **hvv** » 15 Jul 2005, 15:59

Disclaimer: I can only judge airlines I've tried myself (46 so far), and service experienced. With that, in my experience:

Best:
1) ANA All Nippon Airways
2) Singapore Airlines
3) a toss up between several: KLM (overall), Air France (onboard service), Asiana (overall)

Worst:
1) BA (economy class experience - I actively avoid flying them nowadays)
2) Air France (on punctuality)
3) Korean Air (overall; particularly rude and unhelpful staff)

Hans.

hvv · Post by **hvv** » 15 Jul 2005, 16:04

hvv wrote:Disclaimer: I can only judge airlines I've tried myself (46 so far), and service experienced.

Sorry, I should have added that for all the airlines that made it into my 'best' or 'worst' list, my ranking is based on a minimum of 12 flights for each airline (12 for Korean Air upto 124 for KLM)

Hans.

Vinnie-Winnie · Post by **Vinnie-Winnie** » 15 Jul 2005, 16:05

Icelandair because their boeing 767 was in an awful state! When landing in Punta Cana the luggage compartiment right next to me totally fell off! Fortunately was in the middle row!

Yeah think there was a delay aswell can't remember but anyway what a bloody awful plane!

hvv · Post by **hvv** » 15 Jul 2005, 16:10

Vinnie-Winnie wrote:When landing in Punta Cana the luggage compartiment right next to me totally fell off!

That reminds me: I made one flight on Shanghai Airlines from Xi'an to Shanghai (1999) and the seat next to me had no place to sit on... I could lift the seat part out of my own seat also. Interestingly, the inflight magazine made much of Shanghai Airlines being the safest airline in China. As Chinese passengers started rushing to the door before we had even landed, that made me wonder about the state of other airlines in China!

Hans.

Vinnie-Winnie · Post by **Vinnie-Winnie** » 15 Jul 2005, 19:26

Oh also forgot to mention the rough landing in Punta Cana... But that is another story!

But let's not confuse interior disasters with the whole plane... It wouldn't fly if it was that unsafe! But I could easily imagine some minor accident if people had been sitting below that luggage compartiment!

Lars · Post by **Lars** » 16 Jul 2005, 15:51

MrAirbus wrote:
heathrow wrote:
MrAirbus wrote: heathrow, are you a female????
No . I hope you're all alright with that.
I will think about its, maybe I be alright with it one day!?

Huh?? Think about it? It's called being 'gay', you know?

I don't know how it is in Sweden but in Belgium that's a pretty normal thing.

On topic:

1. VLM
2. SNBA
3. Swiss

Bob_Marcotte · Post by **Bob_Marcotte** » 16 Jul 2005, 16:06

Favorite airline for me is based on some criteria like

1) check in and check in system (software). I have done check in for some major airlines (in fact I still do) and there's a huge difference in check in systems. In some systems changing seats, adding fqtv data or whatnot is really easy and then in other systems it's just hell and it takes like forever

2) Ticketing: are they friendly, can they solve problems fast (e-tkt, no e-tkt?, rerouting late pax,...) and with a smile? Do I get the feeling they know their job?

3) The flight itself: Do I feel welcome on board? Safe? Relax? Will this airline get me to my destination on time? Do I have to worry about food poisoning?

Based on all that here are my favorite and worst airlines...

Favorite:

1) Lufthansa. Really good check in system, ticketing staff is helpfull and know their job very very well and never had any complaints about any of my flights (except for that 1 FRA-BRU on a Eurowings Bae146 in 3-3 configuration - pure torture I tell ya -

)

2) Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium. Love to do the check in for them. I consider it a challenge: 180 pax, get them all checked in on time, families all seated together (yes it can be done). Everything done correctly and ready for an ontime departure. Love to fly them as well but I have some very good friends among the cabin crew so I might be biased

3) Swiss, flew them a few years back and it was one of my best flights ever so...

Worst:

1) KLM: check in system is a huge mess and the people at the ticketing counter in BRU are absolutely clueless!!! I'm sorry. Wait I take that back, I'm not.
I haven't even flown them and I hate them already...

2) Ryanair: they're cheap allright but selling people a ticket to Barcelona and then drop them off in Gerona. I'd rather go by car...

3) Virgin Express: not that cheap and they're following ryanair's bad example. Alicante south (wtf is that all about ???)

Post by **luchtzak** » 16 Jul 2005, 16:10

Lars wrote:
MrAirbus wrote:
heathrow wrote: No . I hope you're all alright with that.
I will think about its, maybe I be alright with it one day!?

Huh?? Think about it? It's called being 'gay', you know? I don't know how it is in Sweden but in Belgium that's a pretty normal thing.

Mr. Airbus should know that statistics show that 1 out of 5 men is gay

anyway

fftopic: back to the topic-item itself

heathrow · Post by **heathrow** » 16 Jul 2005, 17:52

I guess I should explain the airlines I hate.
Air Transat: Lost baggage, never returned. Small seat pitch, and little leg room. Lockheed L1011 was loud, with rude f/a's. We were given a rude handling at Gatwick, and even worse at Toronto.

Air Canada. Wow. Speaks for its self. Rude, rude RUDE! I am imbarassed and ashamed to have them as our FLAG CARRIER! It's disgusting. I liked it better with Canadian. ANother thing is AC is very out-of-date. Most airlines are upgrading to PTV's. Not AC. Most airlines have a recent fleet. Not AC. The again, most airlines want to keep their customers. Not AC! The only time I've evr heared someone say they would travel with them again is when they had no choice as they were the only airline that serviced a certain airport.

CO gave us rough handling. Not to metion their screw up at MAN with us, they have given us poor UM services. We have been left unatended, including on a runway. They use what charters use from BHX-EWR, giving you a small, cramped, unpleasant service. I do nto like any main-stream American Carriers (excluding WN, B6, etc.), but this one bites the dust.

ag894 · Post by **ag894** » 16 Jul 2005, 20:47

Based on the value for money the offer, and on the actual service vs. the expectations raised (by all their PR bla bla, inlcuding webpages); my raking is:

(My ranking is based in numerous business and private travels)

Best:
1- Lufthansa
2- Ryanair
3- Vueling

My worst is KLM (and unfortunately, the one I use the most)

flyboy1 · Post by **flyboy1** » 16 Jul 2005, 23:19

Mine top 3 :

1- Lufthansa
2-Portugalia
3-Emirates

Junior_747 · Post by **Junior_747** » 17 Jul 2005, 07:07

My favorite airlines are these:

1. Swissair (Before they closed down that is....

)
2. Air Malta (Friendly and professional crew and good inflight catering

)
3. Lufthansa (Quite good overall, but the food isn't anything special)

Worst Airline, I've ever been on:

Iberia (Horrible staff, esspecially the F/A's.... Very rude

! No to mention the delays

Regards,

Mark Laferla Junior
Junior_747
www.freewebs.com/lmml

RobinZartos · Post by **RobinZartos** » 17 Jul 2005, 15:15

1. Wizzair (sent us another empty aircraft after slot time expired)
2. Tui Belgium Airlines (delicious food, friendly crew)
3. Malév Hungarian Airlines (nice food, friendly crew)

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 17 Jul 2005, 16:14

The Best:

1 Martinair ( always fun flying with them )
2 V Bird ( saddly gone )
3 Citybird ( Saddly gone )

The airlines on my black list:

1 Transavia ( don`t understand why people flying with them )
2 SNBA ( very nice an french speaking crew on an dutch charterflight )
3 ELAL

C_J · Post by **C_J** » 17 Jul 2005, 17:44

1. SN Brussels Airlines (and Sabena)
2. TAP
I only flew these 2 airlines (I was very satisfied about both), so I won't judge about any other airline.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 17 Jul 2005, 19:24

It is easy to pick airlines that I like, but very difficult to pick three favourites in order. The three airlines I mention are ones I like equally but for different reasons. And I hope that extinct airlines are ok!

My favourites are
SNBA (nice aircraft with comofortable seats, a good range of routes from the UK so I have a choice of several airports to fly from - Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle are all easily reached from where I live).
VLM (I love the Fokker 50 aircraft, good food, nice friendly crews and London City as a hub!)
Sabena (the best I flew with ever from the ones I remember).

Least favourite:
Only three I am afraid because all other airlines I've flown with I would happily fly with again:

Air New Zealand (bad inflight food, bad crews, bad ground staff, bad reservations staff)
Icelandair (nice crews but I don't like their aircraft).
Aer Lingus (crews very average and now gone down the cheapo road).

Other airlines I like are:
Finnair (nice crews and aircraft).
Air France (pleasant crews and always remember them for my first experience of the Airbus).
British Airways (a long time ago but they have a great reputation!)
Cyprus Airways (great flights in their 707s)
Iberia.