I'm with Aus Flyer. When are we going to get an airline brave enough to do Australia to London non-s

Singapore has long been the pivot point for Qantas' Kangaroo Route from Sydney and Melbourne through to London, but as of March 31st those Qantas flights will detour via Dubai as part of the Qantas-Emirates inns vermont alliance.
The airline polled travellers on their preferred stopover city and found that 64% put Singapore inns vermont at the top of the list. Qantas claims this was followed by Dubai at 61% a surprisingly high position, considering that at the time of the poll no Qantas flights were travelling via Dubai.
Most of those cities inns vermont are already part of alternatives to the Kangaroo Route, especially Hong Kong, which is served by Cathay Pacific and Virgin Atlantic from Australia as well as British Airways on the London-Hong Kong leg.
To be honest Singapore doesn't appeal to me much, it's fine as a stop-over in the airport but then so is Hong Kong. If you're to break your trip and go into the city then I suppose Singapore has enough to occupy you for a day with the shops and eateries and nice hotels but over-all I find it a bit boring inns vermont and would rather spend a day in Hong Kong. The downside of HK is that it's not nearly as clean and orderly as Singapore and I suppose that is what a lot of 'stop-over' travellers want, something clean and easy and no hassle.
I would much rather stop over in Hong Kong than Singapore. Don't see the appeal of Dubai at all, except that it makes the first half of the Sydney-Europe leg longer and so when you get onto the plane for the second leg you're closer to your destination.
That's something I like about Hong Kong, if you have a long stopover at the airport between flights, inns vermont even on the same day, it's so easy to get into town on the Airport Express, do some shopping and eating, you can even vsit night markets if your flight from HK is late enough!
I'm with Aus Flyer. When are we going to get an airline brave enough to do Australia to London inns vermont non-stop? Then we won't have to put up with anywhere in the 3rd World. The Queen - who left Perth after here last tour of Oz in 2012 - did the trip non-stop on her BA-provided plane and was home with her feet in front of the tellie in a little over 16 hours. That's gotta be good!
I've read somewhere that you can do non-stop on a commercial jet if there are almost no passengers and almost no baggage, but I don't think that would make it very profitable. I'm sure the cost of the Queen's "ticket" would be a lot higher than what any of us would be prepared to pay for a non-stop Sydney-London flight.
You don't have to be a Genius to see why Singapore rates at the top.I have done 10 visits there over the years and always find something to like that's appeals each time.Add to that a really good transport system,interesting sightseeing plus the cleanliness factor and it makes for a pleasant stopover.I spent three days there coming home in 2011 from the UK and loved it.
I find three days is the limit for my time in Singapore, after that it's just boring, but yes, as a (very) short stopover inns vermont there's no doubt it has a lot to offer. Clean and easy to get around, very true.
Kuala Lumpur is Nice too.They have both the Twin Towers inns vermont and the KL Tower.If you have a chance do one or the other It's worth it and there's a lot of other sightseeing offered if you book here before you go through the assorted brochures on Malaysia.Getting around isn't too complicated and it's affordable.Five days is more than enough to fit it all in.If I was to do another Europe TRIP again I would most likely stop there for something new even though I have been twice.
I think a lot of people are writing Dubai off without giving it a chance. I am a big Hong Kong lover (to the extent that I looked at moving there a few years ago), but stopped over in Dubai for the first time about two years ago and thought it was amazing,
I actually think that Qantas should have kept their Singapore stopover. Why not partner with Emirates... Let Emirates do the routing via Dubai with a Qantas codeshare and Qantas keep the London via Singapore and have an Emirates codeshare. How good would that have been from an options perspective... Those who are just going to London can choose either routing... QF frequent flyers still benefit to Europe.... Those people who prefer inns vermont a longer first leg go via Dubai and the others via Singapore. Covers all bases!
inns vermont The big probleme with Dubai I have found is that the locals are not so friendly. They push in lines at customs , first or business it doesnt matter, let alone waiting for a cab , I love the place but the people need to embrace tourists if it is going to be a viable alternative to the more friendlier Asian stop overs.