Anyone any experience of Royal Brunei please??

Would that be The Sultan ? ! ? ! ? !

R.

Used them on last trip to UK as they were cheapest, along with Garuda (no chance).
Very good service. They use Brit pilots and service crew.

No alcohol but you can BYO. Food pretty good. Punctuality through Brunei (if you have a lay over) can be a real problem - ground staff often inept. The airport is clean but dreadfully dull so make sure you have time to get out and visit a few local sights. - the worst lay over would be 3 to 4 hours - not enough time to go and see the sights but too long to be stuck in the airport. Good safety record and recent refurbishment of a number of long haul aircraft.

One other thing - one of their pilots was jailed for drink flying about 6 months ago. So you might want to take a breathalyser!

Holy C**p - thanks for the replies!!!!

they do tend to be the cheapest but then that does worry me!!!!

Jailed -I'm impressed. Whatever happened to the BA pilots who were drink flying?

Jailed also - but hey you expect that from Brits. It's slightly more ironic for an Islamic airline! (even though it was a Brit pilot!)

Only trouble with Royal Brunei is that if - like me - you drink your way across the world, beer in one hand and book in the other, you will end up using your entire handluggage allowance as alcohol! I prefer to pay the little extra, get a bit better service, snf have my drinks brought to me on a tray (only time I get that kind of service, so I like to make the most of it!!)

If I'm parched next time I suppose I'll try the flight deck

agreed!! im so glad i asked now!!!

so, any recommendations!?!?!?!

If you want service forget BA.

I found taking my own drink onto Brunei cut out the trying to get served bit.
Only works with wine & spirits though.

If you want the best - Singapore Airlines is it.

thanks!!

Try looking at
http://www.airlinequality.com

They have a forum section with stuff about numerous airlines.

Personally, I've had good UK-Aus flights with Qantas, Cathay, Austrian/Lauda, and Malaysian,
and bad ones with Qantas and Emirates.

I'd fly Cathay for preference, Austrian/Qantas as second choice - that one would come down to price.

Thanks - thats a great help. karma on its way ......!!!!