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GF2B Aug 17, 2009 3:46 pm

Bahrain to Cairo, Which Airline?
 
So my dad's travelling to Cairo soon and unfortunately, due to the recession, his company is offering him a business class ticket, instead of first, on any airline. So, what airline would you suggest in terms of cabin comfort, airport,transfers, service, etc....Its between EK,EY, and QR, possibly GF(A340 skybeds).
BTW, aircraft are as follow:

Outbound:
EK:332,772
EY:320,332
QR:320,77L

Inbound:
EK:77W,332
EY:332,320
QR:77L,320

Pictures of Cabins welcome, as are links to trip reports on this/ese sector(s)

Jasper2009 Aug 17, 2009 3:56 pm

Hi GF2B, welcome to Flyertalk!;)

Havenīt flown any of the airlines, just a IMO useful link for pictures with comments and trip reports:

airliners.net
( for a substantial amount of photos go to "photos" -> "photo search engine" -> choose your airline and "cabin view")

beegao Aug 18, 2009 4:12 am

Isn't GF better, in terms of flying time? Taking any of the other three airlines will double the duration of the journey. GF uses pretty much all types of aircrafts on this route, from A320 to B777.

mecabq Aug 18, 2009 4:38 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by beegao (Post 12242189)
Isn't GF better, in terms of flying time? Taking any of the other three airlines will double the duration of the journey. GF uses pretty much all types of aircrafts on this route, from A320 to B777.

Exactly. QR, EY, and EK would involve back-tracking. GF is not such a bad airline; for a short-haul flight, it's no worse than the others if you get a wide-body. At least, the other airlines are certainly not so much better as to be worth the double travel time.

By the way, we are talking about a 2.5-hour flight here, so having to settle for mere business class is not the end of the world.

GF2B Aug 18, 2009 5:10 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by mecabq (Post 12242241)
Exactly. QR, EY, and EK would involve back-tracking. GF is not such a bad airline; for a short-haul flight, it's no worse than the others if you get a wide-body. At least, the other airlines are certainly not so much better as to be worth the double travel time.

By the way, we are talking about a 2.5-hour flight here, so having to settle for mere business class is not the end of the world.

Actually, my dad was planning to take EK/EY because he was thinking of visiting my uncle in Dubai. EY offer limos to dubai, so...


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