cupsandsaucers

I haven't, I've heard they have improved. I can't forgive the flight on an outrageously old 757 i had from Philly to Glasgow last year. It was agonisingly bad.

scillyisles

I would also add Hawaiian
LATAM
Turkish
Silk Air
American (as rossmacd points out)
United Polaris

rossmacd

Granted the 757s are very poor (which I would take another carrier over this product) but the 772/77Ws are excellent, so I would not put AA below BA in your rankings.

PUCCI GALORE

Maybe this is why The Telegraph has been relegated to the bin by BA Management. I rather think that BoB is coming home to roost as I imagine that most voters travel in Europe and in ET. I hope that BA Management take this to heart.

As for lists of better airlines I thought when I read it that some of the 30 have aimed at excellence and achieved it, and some, Iberia being one, that frankly were laughable.

This diverges from the point that the readers of a newspaper aimed at a relatively well-britched market has reacted to the nonsense and voted them out. They need to analyse why, and were they to call me, I'd tell them and I would not mince my words.

subject2load

Well, the Telegraph rating of 13th is at least rather better than BA’s 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards position of 40th - although the latter is of course based on a global (and, I would assume, much larger) collection of participating voters within the travelling public.

Amongst those Skytrax voters is perhaps the Telegraph’s guest travel writer Mariella Frostrup, who seemed far from happy after her own recent holiday flights with BA to Jamaica, on which she says “the entertainment system was familiar from the Eighties and the food was inedible”.

She does, however, end her nostalgic look back to better times at BA with a note of optimism, and the hope that recently-announced investment will eventually see a return to better standards.

I certainly don’t concur with all that she says, but it’s an interesting piece :

Why the UK needs British Airways now more than ever

Globaliser

Isn't that an unduly kind description of Skytrax's methodology?

Jimmie76

This is presumably from after Aurigny launched BOB so they must be doing something right.

subject2load

I’m really not sure what you mean.

No survey can be a perfect barometer.

Skytrax offer a clear explanation as to how the rankings are compiled. I guess you either believe their explanation or you don’t.

Oxon Flyer

Well, whatever it is, it sure beats ranking tables based on "stuff I read on the internet".

Flexible preferences

Wow you are scraping the barrel to prove your point with some of those!

rockflyertalk

I believe that's what cruz does on a daily basis to remain efficient and competitive of course

Flexible preferences

Haha, the Devil Incarnate rears his ugly head on here again, the unfortunate recipient of all our bad projections

GaxxyFlyer

Flown a couple of 772 and 77W with AA recently, very impressed each time.

Last month I'd add a new 737 between LAS and LAX. That plane put BA to shame with the modern cabin, the new screens with IFE, the wifi. Yes I know they're not the same market but Ms Gaxxy (not traditionally a fan of AA) was really impressed.

Free juice as well. Who'd have thought there'd be such a turn around from a few years back.

subject2load

Really ....? And which would they be, I wonder ......

As ever, all a matter of personal opinion.

I have first-hand experience of 23 (along with many, many others not listed) from that particular selection, and of those 23, not once did I have occasion to say to myself omg ... what a pity I’m not on BA for this flight. And no way did I feel I was “scraping the barrel”. Not remotely.

cupsandsaucers

Exactly this. I've flown dozens of carriers in the last 5 years and only twice (American 757 and Ryanair) did I think. I would rather be on BA right now. That's simply not great for BA is it.
My last flight was a Lufthansa hop in "economy" to Frankfurt. And it was perfectly pleasant. I got fed on the flight for free and there were far less intrusive cabin announcements throughout the flight. Of course I preferred it to BA for the lack of BOB alone.