Rwy31R From Saudi Arabia, joined Aug 2001, 452 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 years 7 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1117 times:
Hi All!
what M.E. airline(s) have you been on? any comments?
I have been on..
Gulf Air
RUH-AUH-DOH-RUH A320-200
AUH-BKK-HKG 767-300
CGK-KUL-AUH 767-300
(uncomfortable 763 seats, average ground and inflight service, wonderful 50th anniv. color scheme)
Royal Jordanian
RUH-AMM-RUH A310-300
AMM-MAD A320-200
ORY-AMM A310-300
(nothing special, ground service needs improvements, pretty color scheme)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (732, A300-600, L-1011, 742, 743, 744, 772) RUH, JED, MED, DHA, DXB, CAI, CMN, SIN, BKK, MNL, LHR, CDG, FCO, FRA, JFK, IAD, MCO best of the batch, very comfortable Y-class seats on 772, 744, best inflight meals I have ever tatsed in the air till now, Inflight service above average, excellent in F-class, PTV entertaiment as well as ground service in need of Improvements, wonderful color scheme)
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7707 posts, RR: 55 Reply 4, posted (11 years 7 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1066 times:
MEA Bahrein - Beirut - Dubai (707s)
Gulf Air Bombay - Abu Dhabi - Bahrein (L1011)
MEA (first class) were superb, astonishingly good meal. Gulf Air (business class) were unremarkable but pleasant.
Flown to and from the ME many times but usually with the likes of British Meditteranean, Malev, Pakistan Int'l. Not that I avoid ME carriers, I'd prefer them, I could practise my shaky Arabic. But they tend to always be sold out (especially MEA) or more expensive.
fly Saha Air 707s daily from Tehran's downtown Mehrabad to Mashhad, Kish Island and Ahwaz
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7707 posts, RR: 55 Reply 6, posted (11 years 7 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1053 times:
Don't know if Air-India count (I have done the LHR-JFK-LHR thing with them myself, fare: £99 rtn). But Cyprus Airlines definitely count, it's practically the ME, certainly Levantine, and in any case it was 707s so it's definitely worth a mention, if only to irritate the younger members here.
fly Saha Air 707s daily from Tehran's downtown Mehrabad to Mashhad, Kish Island and Ahwaz
Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (11 years 7 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1043 times:
Kuwait Airways - JFK - KWI (R/T) on a 747-200 (Good food, decent pitch, no liquor, good crew)
Gulf Air (L1011, 767-300) LHR-Dubai/Bahrain...excellent service on the L1011s (this was way back in the mid 80s)
Emirates A310 (Bom-Dxb-Lhr in 1988) - excellent...and this was on a plane without PTVs etc.
PIA JFK- KHI- BOM -- Good food, lots of delays
Saudia (Dhahran - London) - L1011 - Great food and service, no liquor. Cool British crew on our flights (I'm dating myself here - this was back in the late 70s and early 80s)
Iraqi Airways (747-200 in 1978) - Bom-Baghdad-Lhr - Too long ago to remember, but I remember the plane as being quite amazing on the outside - but cant remember the service though. However, I do remember that the crew gave all the kids on board this bag of really tasty sesame candy.
Air India - 707, 747-200, 747-400 - service ranging from truly wonderful to perfectly awful.
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