Best way to Cape Town

Muppet Man

On a plane obviously...

Aside from costs which vary by airline, which airline would people recommend from an "economy" seat perspective:

KLM - Dublin/Ams/Capetown
QATAR - Dublin/Doha/Capetown
BA - Dublin/Heathrow/Capetown
Turkish - Dublin/Istanbul/Capetown
Emirates - Dublin/Dubai/Capetown
Air France- Dublin/CDG/Capetown
Lufthansa - Dublin/CDG/Capetown

Again, its really about economy leg room/quality of service from the airline.

I believe most of the planes are either 777's or 787's

Thanks,
Muppet Man

Caranica

Muppet Man wrote: »

On a plane obviously...

Aside from costs which vary by airline, which airline would people recommend from an "economy" seat perspective:

KLM - Dublin/Ams/Capetown
QATAR - Dublin/Doha/Capetown
BA - Dublin/Heathrow/Capetown
Turkish - Dublin/Istanbul/Capetown
Emirates - Dublin/Dubai/Capetown
Air France- Dublin/CDG/Capetown
Lufthansa - Dublin/CDG/Capetown

Again, its really about economy leg room/quality of service from the airline.

I believe most of the planes are either 777's or 787's

Thanks,
Muppet Man

Neither of the middle East airlines. Adds a significant length of unnecessary time to the journey. Did it with Emirates in the spring, never again! I'd go KLM of that lot, not least because Schipol is a million times more pleasant to transit through than CDG

Hogzy

Id go via AMS or LHR.

Daisies

I travelled with Qatar and while it is a longer journey, it had a shorter layover (and was cheaper) than transiting through Europe. Also the plan and flight to Doha was amazing

gandalf

Do Virgin not fly from Heathrow any more. I flew with them from Capetown 11 years ago and it was a very comfortable flight.

rossie1977

Yes avoid middle east connections as you are adding extra time to journey.

Economy on most of the major European carriers is much of a muchness to be honest. I personally like Frankfurt and Zurich airports given their proximity to those particular cities and excellent public transportation, giving you option to stay night before long flight

I flew Frankfurt to Cape Town in 2017 with Condor. It was fine but a little more budget than say Lufthansa as they charge you for entertainment.

schemingbohemia

I found when we flew that the European journeys tended to require a very early morning flight (which for me usually means I never sleep the night before) in order to make the second flight comfortably from either AMS or FRA.
We flew Emirates and their planes have 2-4-2 layout which is great if you're a couple and the layover wasn't very long either. I wouldn't discount the middle eastern carriers.

Skuxx

BA have 2 evening flights daily and with regular connections for LHR from DUB, SNN and CRK the layover time should be minimal.
They use a 744 on the route which would also be a plus for me!!

killbillvol2

schemingbohemia wrote: »

I found when we flew that the European journeys tended to require a very early morning flight (which for me usually means I never sleep the night before) in order to make the second flight comfortably from either AMS or FRA.
We flew Emirates and their planes have 2-4-2 layout which is great if you're a couple and the layover wasn't very long either. I wouldn't discount the middle eastern carriers.

Emirates have 3-4-3 in Economy. It's like a sardine can on a 777.

scout353

Flew economy on Turkish to Cape Town two years ago - planes were excellent. Layover in Istanbul was fine though we did have a short landing in Durban on the outward leg as well. As a rather tall person, leg room is always an issue but I thought they were ok.

schemingbohemia

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Emirates have 3-4-3 in Economy. It's like a sardine can on a 777.

Maybe it's changed or maybe towards the back of the plane they change to a 2-4-2 but that was certainly the case on the plane I was on, don't think you were on my plane, were you?

Muppet Man

Given that all economy classes are probably more or less equal in terms of leg room and being 6'3" , we've decided to go with the "least amount of time in a plane" option, which is KLMs DUB/AMS/CPT.

CDG would have been equivalent, but I despise CDG and the layover was slightly longer. schiphol is one of the better airports that I've been to.

Thx for the replies everyone.

Greg81

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killbillvol2

Muppet Man wrote: »

Given that all economy classes are probably more or less equal in terms of leg room and being 6'3" , we've decided to go with the "least amount of time in a plane" option, which is KLMs DUB/AMS/CPT.

CDG would have been equivalent, but I despise CDG and the layover was slightly longer. schiphol is one of the better airports that I've been to.

Thx for the replies everyone.

Good choice I'd say.