[britchik]

Has anyone heard of Royal Brunei ??
Have been offered quite cheap quotes flying with them to UK , I can't seem to find much information on them though and they aren't listed on seatguru.com either ? If anyone has any experiences with them, would be much appreciated !

Also, where any of their stopovers are ??

[Chiba]

You can't get a beer is all I know! You have to take your own...

[thezorbster]

Haven't personally flown them but know someone who has and they thought they were fine, although not such good service as someone like Singapore airlines. As Chiba says they are a 'dry' airline but are more than happy to open your wine/beer for you if you want to take your own on. They fly via Brunei (on Borneo - ace!) and on via Dubai to London.

[britchik]

You can't get a beer is all I know!.

:wah

:exit

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

You can't get a beer is all I know!

But you can DRINK beer ! :raebanana

[leachio]

I flew out to NZ with singapore airlines, flew back home with Emirates who I thought were much better actually. When I was flyin I spoke to a lady who said Royal Brunei were better than both of them.

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

Well, if the sultan can't afford to pay for a decent team and service then nobody can.

[jubjub]

A friend of mine flew with them said they were really nice, but yup, no booze!

[Kerry and David]

I flew with them to Dubai a couple of years ago, they were ok but I personally wouldn't choose to fly with them again. The service was ok, poor entertainment, we were delayed for 6 hours on the way home because the flight was delayed leaving Brunei. I know this could happen with any airline but the impression I got from the airline staff at Dubai was that it was a regular thing:roll
Going on a dry airline wasn't a problem for us but after a long delay a drink would have been welcome:laugh

K x

[Hayden1002]

I used Royal Brunei when I was posted there in the Army. They are OK, not brilliant but OK.
Its quite funny that they had a 6 hour delay in Brunei, the Airport is very clean and modern but with nothing to do once you're there! Plus there is probably only 1 or 2 planes there at any one time (not including the Sultans own planes and a couple of military ones).
I guess it was a mechanical problem, but it could've been the "there's no rush" scenario which pervades the locals.
I also remember a female cabin crew advert in a local (Bruneian) paper for RB. Something along the lines of "If you are attractive, minimum of 5'2" and are thin, you could have a career with RB Airlines".
You get what you pay for...........

[britchik]

Thanx everyone with your replies :D
However, we have now decided to not go with them (nothing to do with lack of alcohol - promise !!) We got a quote from the Flight Centre for Thai air - initially I was not too keen, having only ever flown with Air NZ I really wanted to go with someone I'm familiar with - however, it seems the really really good deals were about 3 weeks ago- which we narrowly missed due to lack of funds and now all the prices are slowly and surely going back up again.
We have been quoted a lower price with Thai, including all domestic flights and taxes and have been offered a nights stopover in Bangkok, which still equates cheaper than any of Air NZ / Cathay Pacific for just International flights.
So ! - We will be stopping for One night in Bangkok (Im sure that's a song !!?) which will give us a chance to recover a lot more, for when we eventually touch down in Heathrow and therefore will keep me more alert for greeting all my old buddies !!
I will just have to double secure our suitcases with extra strength padlocks from any dodgy dudes so we don't travel via Bangkok Hilton !!

I have searched Thai Airways within this site and the feedback doesnt seem too bad, so hopefully we will have no probs !