I fly delta/northwest out of laguardia airport because it is soooo convenient for me. They have their own terminal. $2 bus ride from right outside my apartment to the delta/nw terminal which is the first stop. No problems at all...
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What airline(s) do you usually fly (and do you like them?)
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So there's an easy decision. Singapore's economy, in my opinion, is probably better (service wise) than UA's business class. You'll probably get some sleep on those flights anyway, so who cares about how big your IFE screen is?
Also, this flight is operated by SQ's new 777-300ERs, which have what was known as "Executive Economy" on their old A340 configuration, which means much more comfortable seats than the economy seats on SQ's older 777's, and a ten inch display.
The only thing is now I may be heading for Manila or Singapore first instead of Seoul. So now, I need to decide whether to connect through ICN, TPE, HKG, NRT, or possibly SIN.
American Airlines is my favorite airline right now 
They were able to change my MSN to STL via ORD flight to an earlier MSN to STL nonstop flight this evening at no extra charge. I got to the airport extremely early (not by choice, that's just how it worked out), so I had a 3 hour wait to depart MSN, then a 2 hour layover in ORD. Instead, the guy switched me to the direct flight which left me with a 5 minute wait until I could board, instead of 3 hours. So now I've already been home and had a nice dinner out, whereas originally, I'd still be sitting in a terminal at ORD waiting to board right now.
Plus, despite the fact the MSN-STL flight was on a tiny regional jet/sardine can, there weren't many people on the flight so I had a whole row to myself. And on top of that, by the time I got from the gate to the baggage claim, my suitcase had already arrived!
Of course, my good luck has been used up, I'm sure next time I fly AA, something will go horribly wrong and I'll change my position from "AA is my favorite" to "They all suck"
They were able to change my MSN to STL via ORD flight to an earlier MSN to STL nonstop flight this evening at no extra charge. I got to the airport extremely early (not by choice, that's just how it worked out), so I had a 3 hour wait to depart MSN, then a 2 hour layover in ORD. Instead, the guy switched me to the direct flight which left me with a 5 minute wait until I could board, instead of 3 hours. So now I've already been home and had a nice dinner out, whereas originally, I'd still be sitting in a terminal at ORD waiting to board right now.
Plus, despite the fact the MSN-STL flight was on a tiny regional jet/sardine can, there weren't many people on the flight so I had a whole row to myself. And on top of that, by the time I got from the gate to the baggage claim, my suitcase had already arrived!
Of course, my good luck has been used up, I'm sure next time I fly AA, something will go horribly wrong and I'll change my position from "AA is my favorite" to "They all suck"
Duff-Man says...I use/have used several and have no clear preference - they all have their ups and downs (bad pun). This week it is a combo of Air Canada and United, next month it is American and after that it is Alaska and US Air. I've used Frontier just once and it was very good service - I'd not hesitate to book them again. For overseas I like BA but hate having to go through Heathrow, Lufthansa has always been good to me as well. I've used discount airlines like EasyJet (okay for a short flight) and Air Transat (good price but really cramped for a long flight from Dusseldorf to Vancouver). Lots of experience with late flights of course but luckily never completely disruptive of my plans/schedule...and oddly enough I had an Austrian Air flight from Moscow to Vienna leave about 30 minutes early - that surely does not happen often....oh yeah!
On the topic of airlines, can someone answer a question I've had since my flight home today? What's up with weird approaches to airports? I was looking out the window during landing to STL, and the plane came into the area from the west (headed east), passed up the airport, and did a 180 and landed. Why not just come in and land facing the direction it's heading. I'm sure there's some crazy ATC reason for it, but it seems like for the sake of landing 10 minutes earlier and saving a bit of fuel, it makes sense to just land whatever way you're facing.
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it's due to zoning laws. They are trying to avoid excess noise over residential areas. Kind of similar to how you can't land a plane past 11 pm (afaik) because there are sky quiet hours for residents on the ground near airports.
I'll take a guess. Presumably, planes must all land going the same way on a given runway. With flights coming in from multiple directions, some of them are going to have to turn around.
Both make sense. Especially the noise one, as coming in for a landing from the west, you'll be over a residential area, whereas from the east, you're mostly over the downtown area.
Toronto --> London Gatwick - Air Transat.
Cheap and cheerful especially the overnight flight as the boarding gate is always near the bar, so a few JD's & Coke before the flight and I sleep like a log even in economy.
London Heathrow --> Tokyo - Virgin Atlantic.
As this was for work, Upper Class all the way. Drinking at the bar on the plane followed by a massage was fantastic.
Cheap and cheerful especially the overnight flight as the boarding gate is always near the bar, so a few JD's & Coke before the flight and I sleep like a log even in economy.
London Heathrow --> Tokyo - Virgin Atlantic.
As this was for work, Upper Class all the way. Drinking at the bar on the plane followed by a massage was fantastic.
Here's another wild guess: It probably helps planes to take off with the wind. It's not as important for planes to land with the wind, and might even help if it's opposite the wind, but they'd need to go the same way as planes taking off on the same runway. So the (usual) direction of the wind determines the direction of landing.
Hey, I'm a pilot and I registered to answer this.
Everyone lands in the same direction for two reasons. The first is that everyone has to be landing in the same direction, that way you can have an airplane on approach to land and on the runway taking off at the same time, makes everything run much smoother and quicker. Don't worry about safety here, if theres a problem that requires the plane on the runway to stay there the aircraft on approach can preform a routine procedure called a go-around where he applies full power, like in a take-off and circles around again or diverts to another airport.
The second reason is wind. A runway will typically change directions several times in a day according to the direction of the wind. Airplanes preform better (take off and land in a shorter distance) when they are flying into the wind. Though you may want a tailwind in flight, it is not ideal near the ground. This is how the direction of flight is decided at any particular time and also why you may have landed at different directions at different airports.
Sorry about the long answer.
I live in Moscow so I usually fly with national airlines such as Aeroflot, Transaero and S7.. Transaero seems to be the best from the list.
I also used to fly with Lufthatsa, British Airways and KLM. Lufthansa and BAir are fine but KLM beats them all, I think..
I also used to fly with Lufthatsa, British Airways and KLM. Lufthansa and BAir are fine but KLM beats them all, I think..
We fly from Sydney to the UK a lot and occasionally to the US.
No 1(by far) Singapore Airlines. Brilliant service, good aircraft, faultless
No 2. Virgin Atlantic
No 3. Malaysian
No 5. Thai irways
No 6. Quantas
No 7. BA (would never go with them again, awful-anyone seen Pan Amm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sIRA0wRINE
No 8. United (I went business class and it was worse than Singapore econnomy)
No 1(by far) Singapore Airlines. Brilliant service, good aircraft, faultless
No 2. Virgin Atlantic
No 3. Malaysian
No 5. Thai irways
No 6. Quantas
No 7. BA (would never go with them again, awful-anyone seen Pan Amm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sIRA0wRINE
No 8. United (I went business class and it was worse than Singapore econnomy)
Recently I've flown with Ryanair which was horrible and American Airlines which was pretty good. Last time I went to Brussels, I got the Eurostar which was much less stressful!
What are people's experiences with Air New Zealand? I'm flying with them four times this summer.
I also need to book a flight between Tokyo and Hong Kong. Any reccommendations?
What are people's experiences with Air New Zealand? I'm flying with them four times this summer.
I also need to book a flight between Tokyo and Hong Kong. Any reccommendations?
I only ever fly short haul these days. I mostly use Easyjet for everything other than Italy, where BA have the better locations (e.g. Verona, Bologna, and more flights in and out of Milan Linate). For France or Belgium I'd much rather use the trains and/or drive.
Back when I went long haul I tended to use Virgin for ZA and the US, and QANTAS for Oz.
Back when I went long haul I tended to use Virgin for ZA and the US, and QANTAS for Oz.
I definitely agree about Singapore. They cancelled one of my flights, but they handled it well for the most part and it won't stop me from flying them again. I'd like to try the Virgin airlines sometime.
I knew United was bad, but if their business is worse than SQ economy, I guess I'll go with SQ.
Sounds like some people aren't to happy with AA today. I'm actually surprised they're still flying some McDonnel-Douglases; those planes were truly junk.
Air Canada and British Airways are my most common ones. British Airways is okay, but Air Canada is a bit shabby..