Air Astana are not that bad. certainly better than I've experienced on Egypt Air, Syrian Airlines, Lion Air and a few others

they 49 pct owned by BAE systems.

having said that the clientele may not be the best. on one flight by the time the drinks trolley arrived towards the back of the plane where the Mrs was sat the Russian vultures towards the front had stripped it bare of all alcoholic drinks.

Anyone flown BA Premium Economy? Any good?

Compared to Emirates Economy on an A380?

It's ok , better seat , different grub and in it's own section . Sometimes if theres a deal on it's worth it the extra cash . I use BA all the time now for my UK trips as it trumps QR every time and T5 is far better than landing at T4 plus i can connect to NCL at better times than EK from DOH.

The EK A380 economy is one the best economy seats around , if the price differential was in your favour then try BA.

Had my first experience on Etihad last week. flight out was ok, on a jet air a330.
flight back was terrible though. 5 hour flight on a packed A320. far too small a plane for that length of flight.

I've got to fly back at short notice next week. 4600 BA premium. 5600 emirates economy. Sounds like a no brainier. Thanks chap.

Irrelevant. CHanging her return flight to come back at same time as me, so will just fly Emirates. Let's hope the prices don't go up any more before I book

Qantas. The first flight out of dubai I've ever had late. 2.5 hours so not the end of the world but can't pick a seat without paying and had to drop 400 dizzers for emergency exit.

Wanker Aussies.

The site (PPRune) was originally set-up and run by an English pilot called Danny Fyne. He sold it a few years ago to Internet Brands (US Company) for $1.5 million. Even though The American company owns PPRune nothing could be done through the American legal system because the servers were in the UK...and as it is McLiebel/Suits are billing the Arabs tons of $ for few threatening letters to PPRune

Not Etihad.
1.5 hrs late to MAN. No explanation. From door being closed to take off took 35 minutes.
Cramped plane. Could have used more staff.
Food nothing special.
Not all options working on entertainment.
No info offered on connections.
22 minutes to transit thru to our Aberdeen flight with no assistance from them - we ran all the way!
Finally no trace of our luggage - didn't come up on the next flight.


Dreading the return flight home!!

Looks like down the road to Dubai next time then, hope the return experience is a little less painful

For a further 10 days I am busy whizzing around China for the first time. It was never somewhere I wanted to go, guards in green chairman Mao era suits etc and to be honest I was dreading it and its shitty communist era aircraft but I have been totally won over with how ruthlessly efficient this place is especially the airports.

The immigration people are nice, the airports loos are clean, I have yet to see a chinese made car, everything is German with a few japenese, the road rules are generally abided by and the internal flights are clean, on time and enough seat pitch for a tall fat guy like me. I really like China, its airports and its airlines. Basic but efficient. And the shortest Daisy Dukes I have ever seen

Not sure about this Bai jo (no idea how you spell it) evil stuff I get offered multiple times every day.

Nothing to do with Etihad but I am waiting for the Bai Jo to wear off before going to sleep

In fact its everything that India isnt

you can't be in Shanghai then!!

had a jolly good time in Shangers and far too many Bai Jus or however you prounounce that wicked liquor. I havent felt remotely trouble on the roads so far In China though I accept it was a bit mad towards the bund.

Only 2 more days to go and then back to DXB, yay. I am missing the place big time and getting back on my diet. i dont think I can eat any more duck tongues and dumplings

Can I say that Gulf Air has improved a lot....