T&P

No problem

Forgot to say - we flew economy London to Sydney.

T

JayDeee

Has to be fatal or near fatal so I'm assuming that they still have it as everyone was OK

Kala

Peter

I found Qantas to be a very average airline. Food is exceedingly average. I would be going Air NZ personally but Qantas was cheaper.

The best airline I flew on re: food was ANA. Couldn't describe half of what I was served, but it was wonderful and there was plenty of it.

Not sure ANA fly from the UK to Australia. They do LAX-NRT-SYD and return.

lucyb

http://www.atsb.gov.au/aviation/edit...uel_detail.cfm

JayDeee

Oh sorry have to disagree, I dont like Qantas but you would never catch me on ANZ ever again officially the worse Airline on the planet in my oppinion.

Kala

NedKelly63

Acccording to the old adage "Accidents will happen", does that mean that Quantas are long overdue?

Peter

You may have ANA (All Nippon Airways) mixed up with ANZ (Air New Zealand)

I've never flown Air NZ. I was going to go with them as I deemed them less a target for terrorists than Qantas.

JayDeee

No I know who you meant but you have said that you would fly ANZ over QF if they were cheaper, And although I dont like QF I'd still rather go them then ANZ (who I hate with a passion)

Never flown ANA so can't comment

NedKelly63

Phew!! Disregard my last post. As they've had a recent scare, then everyone at Quantas from ground maint. to crew will be on their toes.

Peter

Hehehe, I'm flying Delta from Dallas to LA. Delta have a sorry record, to be honest, so Qantas' may cancel Delta out as far as records go. They were the cheapest as well. I've gone cheapskate all the way.

Pollyana

I've flown several times with Qantas - they are either excellent, or appalling! Though to be fair on the appalling flight, I discovered that the crew had apparently been pulled off Melbourne-Perth and put on Mel-Singapore cos of an hours thing, and none of them wanted to go....so took it out on the passengers!
Never had any problems getting drinks - the crew does like to vanish and have a gossip, but I've never had a complaint when I've gone in search of alcohol. On my last flight the steward was leaving me three cans at a time to save himself trips!!!

I'll always remember my first trip to Aus though....sitting in the cockpit while flying over Turkey or somewhere round there at dawn (after I waved a pilots licence at them and begged for a visit!). ......and then on the next leg, flying into Melbourne, 5am, pitch dark (it was the end of April) and they invited me to the cockpit for landing. Truly superb first arrival! Can't do it now, security rules and locked doors, but it was a brilliant experience.

bondipom

Compared to the US airlines Qantas looks good. Hence 1/3 of their profits come from the LA runs.

I've flown Qantas internally and to NZ and found them very similiar to BA. Must be that BA own 20% of Qantas. If you get a geritatric crew the service can be awful.

IMO Cathay and Singapore service and entertainment is the best although I am still to try Emirates.

Peter

Well, one of the side effects of 9/11 over here, is that airline safety has improved. It's sending most of the big airlines, like American, United, Northwest, Continental and Delta, broke, but it has improved their safety record.

bondipom

I remember pre 911 security in US airports and frankly it was appalling. Now I hear it is totally over the top. You identified one of several factors sending traditional full service airlines into losses. Others include heavy price pressure from low cost airlines that have rewritten the airlines business plan and in the past the public that refused to fly post 911.

BA and Qantas have the same issues but to a lesser degree.

Peter

Yes, LAX lived up to its name pre-9/11. I could've walked through LA with submachine guns, grenades, the whole 9 yards and I would've gotten "have a nice day" from US customs.

Nowadays, it's Fortress America.