What’s Your Dream Airline?
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 11.13.07 | 3:40 PM ET
That’s the question posed by USA Today to three travel experts, asking them to pick a winning airline for each of 10 categories, including food, flight attendants, baggage handling and online booking. The verdict is in, and Singapore Airlines dominated the competition, getting votes from at least one expert for best flight attendants, best in-flight entertainment, best food, best coach class, best first class, best customer service, and best baggage handling. JetBlue got a couple of nods for best in-flight entertainment and best coach class, while United was picked by one panelist for best frequent-flier program. And which airline won for best Web site?
Cracked Condé Nast Traveler consumer news editor Wendy Perrin, one of the experts: “Are you joking? ... I hear far more complaints than praise about virtually every airline’s website, so I can’t honestly answer this one.”
As with best food, the experts couldn’t get very excited about any airline Web site.
Now if only we could combine the flight attendants and seating arrangements from Singapore Airlines, the in-flight television and satellite radio system from JetBlue, the food from Delta, and the prices from Irish budget carrier RyanAir.
Oh, and the punctuality of the Swiss train system.
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Photo by dmealiffe via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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Eric Alexander 09.29.08 | 7:57 AM ET
Until recently Singapore Airlines also had the youngest fleet, but I believe that position has been taken over by Emirates Airline of UAE.