Originally Posted by
stewaran
I would avoid JL unless they are a lot cheaper, the route will be a LOT longer whilst Russian airspace is still unavailable.
I haven't travelled on qantas , but the rest are much or a muchness to me. Id go with whoever is cheapest
I flew China Airlines based in Taiwan from the UK to Australia and back over Xmas. The Taipei to London leg took 16.5hr hours, nearly as long as the LHR-PER QF leg, due to the russian airspace ban. To be honest I didn't notice it.
Originally Posted by
Funky Spike
I would do QR from MAN for the early evening arrival in Australia and bookable on BA codes for double TP if you need accommodation or car hire while you're there.
Spike
Yes! I don't get the sparrows fart arrivals and then you have to stay up all day. Had a 6am arrival in Syd as a youngster but the hotel was't available til 3pm so walked the streets like a zombie till then. Now I try so hard to get evening arrivals so basically eat, shower and bed. Reduces jet lag so much I feel. BA and QF used to have late arrivals when they had more services many moons ago.
Re Middle East stop, I don't know why, but maybe because of many years of flying the route, I just didn't like the 6/7 hr leg to Dubai/Doha/Abu Dhabi. It feels to short to rest or sleep.