Which airline would you choose to fly to Oz with?

[Mr MXT]

As per title really. Im flying to Australia in April. Im not particularly desperate to get the cheapest flight (In this case Royal Brunei) but would like to make the trip with minimal discomfort!

I was thinking Emirates are the current favourite so am interested in your experiences.

Travelling alone, so might try for an upgrade

[mybrainhurts]

Met lots of people who've flown Emirates and never heard one word of criticism.

I'm guessing, but Waltzing Matilda from Qantas crew might get a bit tedious. On the plus side, they don't crash. Much...

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I'd second Emirates, no complaints from me when I used them. I've flown there with Korean Air, which was interesting.

[Condi]

Any of the 5* airlines should be fine. Depends if/where you want a stop-over.

Emirates, Ethiad, Cathay Pacific, Air NZ, Quantas, all much of a much-ness in many ways. I flew Cathay and they were fine.

Do not EVER, EVER fly Air Asia though. Budget long-haul is not especially cheap but exceptionally uncomfortable.

[moles]

Have done UK-AUS/NZ both way rounds through america and over the middle east 5 times in the last few years and found Air NZ to be the best with Emirates a close second. BA/Qantas service felt dated compared to Air NZ.

[Matt..]

Singapore are also worth a look.

[Neilsfirst]

I've done Singapore twice to Oz and Etihad once and will not be flying with them again. The staff are easier on the eye too.

[Kneetrembler]

We and some of our family who live in Oz fly Quantas, and we will stick with them always have had very good service, and ignore the crap jokes about waltzing matlida.

[Mattt]

Of the 'proper' airlines, Emirates always seem to come out cheapest - if you can get on the A380 then you get even more room IMO than the 777.

I would consider Air NZ mainly for the LAX stopover.

[AJS-]

Emirates always seem to come out well.

I have used Air NZ a few times and they've always been brilliant. I've flown with Thai from Bangkok to NZ and they were good too, but have heard mixed reports.

A couple to avoid in my experience are Lufthansa and Kuwait airlines.

[yardman]

Flown both Emirates and Brunei to Aus. I prefer Emirates as everything is that little bit nicer and generally more Westernised.

Nothing against Brunei, still a pleasant enough trip however they follow Islamic rules so no alcohol served/consumed on-board. The food was okay if a little unusual at times. They cut any risqué material from the in-flight films, such as swearing, nudity, etc.

Mine was also a two stop journey, landing at Brunei Airport after Dubai before heading to Aus. Brunei airport itself is very sparse having one coffee shop, a dodgy canteen and a couple of cheapo shops – that’s about it. It can be seem a little boring compared to Dubai…

[Funongravel]

Having done the trip a lot I would agree Air Nz or emirates, if Air NZ and there are two of you you can get a third seat for cheap which converts to a short bed. It's known as cuddle class but is probably not for the "well padded"

[shirt]

i couldn't go that length of time without a beer or whisky so royal brunei would never get my business.

never had a bad experience with emirates and would be my first choice especially as you say they come out cheapest. all the flights [mainly DXB to UK] i;ve been on run the latest in flight entertainment, good food and booze and really pleasant staff. not keen on BA due to cabin crew attitudes. etihad also good but i find their aircraft vary re: legroom. i like the fact singapore bring you a beer before taxiing but their in flight entertainment is abysmal.

[NormalWisdom]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

I've flown there with Korean Air, which was interesting.

Outside toilets?

Another vote for Emirates - Faultless

[Funongravel]

Korean Air will serve you instant noodles at any time. From the amount consumed by my Korean neighbours, the hold must have been full of them.

[audidoody]

Premium Economy Virgin to Hong Kong (one night stop over) and same again to Sydney next evening would be my preference.

[tezzer]

Emirates for me, use them a lot for business travel, alwys renew my skywards Gold by around February, so tend to get looked after. Use them for all my Far East stuff, comapny always books business, but have a gret Op up rate, so get moved forward to the Private Suites a lot in First.

The downside is, once you've tried it, anything else (Air France yesterday on a 747 in Business) seems just so much less.

[rogerthefish]

This is the only way

http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/flying-with-us/s...

[Mr MXT]

To close this off, I ended up booking with emirates, who coincidentally were second cheapest anyway!

[anonymous-user]

The cheapest was alway Brunei, was OK when they allowed you to bring your own drink but I believe they stopped that, I look at how the flight is divided up not the airlaine try to get to flights of approx same length.