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| Thread ID: 114925 | 2010-12-24 01:06:00 | Air Asia | gary67 (56) | PC World Chat |
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| 1164485 | 2010-12-24 20:20:00 | I find travelling cattle class bad enough without travelling bilge class. A few years ago I hitchhiked from Sydney to Tokyo via Delhi, travelling cattle class. Service was great - I had a can of beer in my hand while we were taxiing out, the food was really great, and I was the only passenger on board. Oh yes, and the 100 odd head of cattle in the back. :p |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1164486 | 2010-12-25 09:51:00 | Depends, they do use KL's main airport, not the budget one and JS uses Changi Terminal One or Two not the Budget Terminal. Yeah, the terminal is called Budget haha. There are flights that have conveneint connecting times, same day. But again there are other flights, like my JS (Jetstar) to JP (Japan) that did a stopover in Gold Coast b/c it is cheaper than Melb/Syd and you had to sit there for 4hrs. If you are outside of Auckland, you had to arrive the night before and sleep on the floor or seats or at a motel you paid for. B/c they get the 7am flight out from AKL which means a 5am checkin. B/c Gold Coast only has a few international flights, the terminal is v small, at the time we only had one cafe etc .. and it cost like $6AU for a McMuffin and $4 for Coffee or $10 for a Foccassia (toasted). You see Hungry Jacks etc .. thru the glass wall but they are only for domestic passengers :annoyed: Also I guess budget airlines Economy Class will be a slight more crampier. No TV screen or blankets unless you pay for ... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1164487 | 2010-12-25 19:18:00 | They fly from Christchurch which would suit me as I can stay with friends right near the airport, the pricing would be what swings it as at the full airline price I can't afford to go | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1164488 | 2010-12-26 03:40:00 | Sure the type was a airbus type but instead of the usual 2,3,2 seating arangement, this one was a very tightly packed 3,3,3 seating arrangement. That's what I just heard from a friend this afternoon. She told me that an average-sized adult would probably not be able to sit comfortably for long distance. In addition, family friend of mine who was a trained pilot told us that he would never ever take Air Asia flights because of the engines' poor quality. |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 1164489 | 2010-12-26 18:45:00 | In addition, family friend of mine who was a trained pilot told us that he would never ever take Air Asia flights because of the engines' poor quality. That's not very objective. "Trained Pilots" are the worst of the lot when it comes to spreading rumours and conjecture. Some pilots will never fly a reciprocating engine aircraft, because "the engine is literally beating itself to an early death", aircraft with a high tailplane are inherently unsafe because of their deep stall characteristics. etc etc. Truth is, most of every flight is conducted at cruising altitude with very little else for the pilots to do except spread rumour and conjectures, and indulge in a bit of "hangar flying". It all helps to alleviate the boredom. Harmless enough, but when taken out of the cockpit and told to a member of the non-flying fraternity it does them (the aircrew) no favours. "Engines' poor quality"? Air Asia operate A330 and A340-300 Tell that to the manufacturers. Poor maintenance? Tell that to the contracting airlines and engineers who provide maintenance. And tell travel agents who insinuate one is safer flying high cost carriers where to go. Travel agents by and large are paid commissions based on the value of the package they sell, and some no-frills airlines don't pay commissions. No, I don't work for Air Asia, I'm retired now. But I keep fairly close to the industry. About-to-break news: I beleive Air Asia X is putting in a bid to buy Virgin, but I don't know any more than that. So let's be objective about it, let's rely on facts rather than what originates as otherwise harmless gossip. Monday's rant over. :p |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1164490 | 2010-12-26 19:06:00 | Thanks WalOne for your honesty, I'm seriously considering them purely on cost so that I can be at my parents 50th anniversary | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1164491 | 2010-12-28 03:02:00 | We're considering them too because they go ChCh - KL - Stansted (in Essex), which avoids Heathrow. Ryan Air flies all over the UK and Europe from Stansted. | TideMan (4279) | ||
| 1164492 | 2010-12-28 03:19:00 | Stanstead would be great better for getting to the olds closer and way less congestion | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1164493 | 2010-12-29 10:09:00 | That's what I just heard from a friend this afternoon . She told me that an average-sized adult would probably not be able to sit comfortably for long distance . I had lined up the really cheap tickets to Kuala Lumpur on the starting special . Had 2 return flights to KL for $465 (cheap as) but before I pushed the purchase button I did a little search on their seat pitch . Seems to be some differing opinions out there but the max quoted seat pitch for economy was 31 inches and width was quoted at "just a slightly under the norm" (which is 17 inches) . Designed for the smaller Asian frame I'm afraid . I'm 6'2 so I don't fly in anything less than 32 inch pitch and 18 inches width so I canceled (pity) . |
porkster (6331) | ||
| 1164494 | 2010-12-29 19:26:00 | I struggle to scrape in at 5'6 so less of an issue for me | gary67 (56) | ||
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