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I'm a little wary of an international survey that only had 1,400 participants. Thats only about 4-5 plane loads of passengers. So how many flights a year have these people taken, I read the site quite often and it is mostly used by people who report on holiday hotels and resorts who probably fly at the most a couple of times each year. I think the yearly survey that Skytrax (INVALID URL with millions of participants, broken down into lists of catagories would be nearer to the mark.
What exactly are counted as amenities ? Virgin's seat back entertainment(when it works) is excellent but the airline has nothing else to commend it, it has poor food, the most uncomfortable seats and FA'S that want to gossip and joke instead of doing their job.
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The majority of travellers, and more than half of British respondents, identified bottled water as their favourite free drink on a flight


I'm finding that a little hard to believe...especially from British respondents :)
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Well we can be fairly certain that British travellers wouldn't want to PAY for water..... :wink:
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Recently been in Oz at my sons wedding, flew Emirates and thought them first class(even in economy) Lots more of the guests flew B.A. and found their inflight entertainment comparable with a third rate charter flight. My son flew B.A. buisness class on a round the world business trip last Autumn and even there the inflight movies were not even interactive and he vowed he wouldnt be using them again. The bulk of his travelling is in the Oz- Far East part of the world and he thinks B.A. is inferior to any of their airlines, B.A. is certainly one airline I try to avoid so I'm afraid I'm at odds with this survey Alan
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Check out http://www.airlinequality.com their annual survey (millions of entries)
last year voted BA Airline of the Year. A lot of these people are frequent flyers not just flying once a year.
I think BA's business class superior to all other airlines. Though their economy is cramped. I fly economy every few weeks on either Lufthansa or British Airways and choose BA if possible. I find their website easy to use and have as yet had no problems with their flights.
According to friends Emirates business class is far inferior to BA for comfort, and passengers who have been loyal customers of Emirates in both economy and business have said on the airlinequality site that the Emirates product is going down hill. Though very few airlines can match the service and comfort in economy of Thai (even without seat back entertainment)or Malaysia Air. I guess it depends on what you want on a flight I like comfort, which means extra legroom, I am happier listening to music on my MP3 or reading a good book on flights than watching TV for hours on end, so interactive inflight movies are low on my list, I often find food in economy on lots of airlines barely eatable and I'm always surprised if I get a reasonable meal.
I think we all have at some time a bad flight, one of the worst flights I ever had was with Cathay Pacific who are rated as one of the top airlines in the world.
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I'm afraid I cant comment on Judiths statement re B.A. business class being superior to all other airlines, as I'm one of the rest down in cattle class. My wife and I are not business travellers and make at most about 10 long haul flights yearly, so I would bow to Judiths vast experience. However on the subject under the heading of "comfy seats" I would take issue with her as regards B.A.s 31" leg room. Both my wife and I are 5 feet 10" in height and find the leg room on B.A. anything but comfy. When a charter company such as Going Places give you 34" it makes B.A.s 31" look pretty uncomfortable Alan
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Where did I say BA's economy seats where comfortable? I said they were cramped. I would hate to travel longhaul with them in economy, but their shorthaul flights are excellent.
With an average of 10 longhaul flights per year you are certainly doing a lot of travelling so I will bow to your superior knowledge as you are obviously in the air far more than me. Must be everyfew weeks.
As your son was upset with the fact that BA's entertainment system was on par with a third rate charter flight, he may be interested to know that AVOD is at present being fitted to BA longhaul planes.
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I have to admit BA are way down my list of airline choices. Because most of my long hauls are to the Far East it means I have a good choice of quality airlines and I don't include BA on the list. I've flown with them long haul a couple of times and found the seating cramped and the service average. My recent short haul experience with BA has not left me too impressed either, pongy toilets seemed to be a feature.
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I've not noticed the pongy toilets on BA shorthaul but as for longhaul economy flights if your route is one that MalaysiaAir or Thai flys I wouldn't choose any other airline.
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I'd expand the list to include EVA and Etihad..best toilets I've used on a plane were on Etihad...best inflight entertainment system as well...and an excellent little amenity bag.
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Sorry but Qatar Airways beats them all,my only gripe is on time departures they are letting the best product in the sky down with it. How Virgin got in I dont know.
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