bcl74

Hi all,

found this on ebookers and thought it might help

Brian


Average leg room in economy class*


Monarch Airlines 28 Singapore Airlines 32
JMC 28 Lauda Air 32
Gulf Air 28 Emirates 32
Britannia 28 British Midland 32
Airtours 28 Austrian Airlines 32
Air 2000 28 Air Lingus 32
Ryanair 29 Cathy Pacific 32
Go 29 Alitalia 33
Easy Jet 29 Malaysian 34
Virgin Atlantic 30 Lufthansa 34
Qantas 30 Japan Airlines 34
Delta 30 American Airlines 34
Caledonian 30 Air New Zealand 34
British Airways 31 Thai Airways 34
United Airlines 31 Air France 34
KLM 31 Air China 34
Iceland Air 31 Air Canada 34
Minimum distance required by Civil Aviation Authority is 26 inches.
* Airlines measure legroom as seat pitch - the distance from the front of the seat to the back of the seat in front.

hevs

Its interesting that both BA and Qantas have very stingy leg room, what are people paying the extra for then

Thanks for that!

moneypenny20

The charm and helpfulness of the cabin crews.

Siren & Brian

That its going to get you to your destination.

hevs

Do we require a sarky smiley or do you work for them

hevs

What? and the others don't??

Flying Banana

More good info on seats here: http://www.airlinequality.com

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Seats.htm

Pickle

I flew with emirates earlier this year and will never ever fly with them again, they might have a good seat size but there uncomfortable and as for the rest of the flight well................ a cockroches on your table is not very nice nor is food all over the floor.
don't even bother trying to complain they really don't want to listen to you.

Merlot

Have to say the best airlines for customer service on board are the Asian ones such as Singapore and Thai.

My experiences of Qantas and BA are nothing to write home about but if I was on my pins for hours on end in a giant metal can in the air, I may not be too cheery!

Flew Balkan Airways in 1997, London to Thailand the seats were not bolted to the floor properly :scared:

I had quit smoking but ended up at the back of the plane (when you could smoke on planes) chainsmoking some dodgy Balkan brand ciggies. My nerves were a little shot!!! :scared:

M

Jimclevs

Hello M

Some (few) years ago before tourism had really reached Cambodia we were ordered out in a hurry and the only available plane was an old Russian job which belonged to the Cambodian air force.

There were no seats - we were strap hanging for the short flight over the border - and we all jumped when we got near the the end of the runway to help it take off.

Needless to say, we were wearing our bike clips!!

The only compensation was being gripped tightly by a (very) young female Swedish tourist who also wondered what the hell we were all doing there.

Happy days!

Jim

ub40fan

Hmm Strange, We (2 adults 3 kids) flew to Perth via Dubai with them just before Christmas. I phoned their helpdesk 3 or 4 days before take off and asked for seats with extra leg room for hubby (i am only 5'2" so am ok) and got it with no extra to pay. He even booked our seats there and then on the phone so we could all sit together. Plane was lovely and clean, staff were fabulous with us and any requests we had. Took off on time, got to Dubai from Perth a little early so had time for a cuppa.

Couldn't fault them myself.

Still, no two flights are the same, or any two passengers.

Brissiegirl

for long haul, I prefer QANTAS.... BA staff are down right rude and obnoxious (but then, I have seen some passengers I'd luuuurrrvve to shove out the door whilst at 30 000 feet!!)... but QANTAS staff always seem really calm and chilled out.. and the food is nice, entertainment is fine.. planes are safe... think that's also why I fly them.

ANSETT NZ was the best domestic flights I have ever done, anywhere... great food, nice little planes, nice hosties...

flying in Fiji in little Sunflower Airlines was the scariest flights I have done!!

Pickle

it was only really the flight from birmingham to dubai and then return from dubai to birmingham that were the real unpleasant flights, the other flights were no better than any other airline i've flown with.
maybe i did have an unlucky flight but the treatment i got when i tried to complain was very un helpfull.

pogsy

I just flew back from Melbourne to Narita with Qantas and then BA from Narita to London. After the first leg I was glad to get on the BA flight, the Qantas leg was on an old plane, seats were very uncomfortable,and the service was shabby.

GrantP

I'm flying to Brisbane with Malaysia Airlines at the end of next month, has anyone had any experience of them??