Likewise, I don’t rate Emirates in steerage at all – far more cramped than many others. Their business class product is good, however. Equally, I don’t rate Singapore in economy, but Raffles was excellent. Of the other Asian and the far east carriers, Air New Zealand was good (though it was a long while ago I used them), Qantas OK, and Cathay Pacific very good. I also flew Lufthansa to Tokyo last year, and their business class was excellent one way and average the other – go figure!
On the North Atlantic UK-US and v.v., in economy my choice in order of preference is: BMI (yup, another one!), United (better than BMI if you can wangle economy plus, but then I can usually get New Economy on BMI which puts them back on top), US Airways (A330 only though, mainly for their VOD), Virgin and British Airways (both much of a muchness), American. Others I haven’t tried, though I suspect Northwest’s old battle-bus DC-10s can’t be much fun. Business class wise the table flips, with BA probably best, followed by Virgin. The only other transatlantic business product I’ve tried is United, which isn’t so good as BA or VS. In five weeks time, I get to try BMI’s The Business, so things may change after that!
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