Airlines for flights to Australia

Hi,

I am traveling to Sydney, Australia in the next couple of months. Which airlines would you recommend from Munich? and how much it typically costs?

The cheapest one I ever flew was Olympic Airways via Athens and the food was very good too. Also when the stewardesses had a break everyone was allowed to help themselves from the bar!

Try and get an airline that has its own in-seat entertainment unit (in economy I presume). It's a long flight and it helps pass the time a lot more than the other option (bigger screen showing of something you don't want to see).

i always take my own in-seat entertainment with me, the Archos AV700. Never rely on airline entertainments.

I've used various airlines and have finally settled on Emirates, so personally I'd say check them first. With in-seat entertainment.
You'd be looking at roughly a thousand euros.

However they are talking of allowing the use of mobiles on their flights in the near future, so I might have to go look somewhere else next time.

yeah I flew Emirates too this year and they were really cool, changing in Dubai. I heard the thing about the mobiles too but then read an artilce that it was going to be really restricted with only five people being able to call at a time or something.

I would always recommend a break in between of maybe a one night stop over? As we flew from Heathrow to ChristChurch in NZ and it was HELL, we had one hour off the plane in Bangkok and it wasn't a good enough break.

How would they be able to monitor that?? 5 people at a time..

I flew in on Thai, they dont have in-seat entertainment (economy) but fly at night and you sleep most of the way.

Enjoy your time in Aus, I cant wait till I get back there..

Thai would be my second choice. However like mentioned above, I too didn't get enough time in Bangkok to stretch my legs and was feeling pretty crumpled by the time I got to Sydney.
On the way back the first leg was late and I was forced to overnight in Bangkok at the airline's expense. Damn was that hard

I almost always fly Thai to NZ and would definitely recommend them. If you are a LH/Miles and More member, you also get airpoints for flying with them.

I'm not sure if this is true for all flights (like to Oz), but last year they had introduced the new planes to NZ and did in fact have in-seat video in economy. They sare also reasonably priced and have good service.

But do try to get at least a night in Bangkok to lie down - hotels in Bangkok are super cheap - and if you have the time, a few days would be better.

Nah, bugger the break.
Get it all over and done with in one hit.
Wash down a couple of Temazepam with a glass of Pinot, and you're right for the flight.

As for airlines, it depends where you leave from.
From Munich, Singapore and BA are good, since they have direct flights to Oz via Frankfurt and Singapore.
The former codeshares with Lufthansa for the first part of the leg, so you don't have to re-ticket along the way, although I think you do need to do so with the latter.
These two aren't the cheapest though, but at least you don't have to dick around in London or Dubai.
Singapore is a good airport too, with the option to pay by the hour in hotels, so you can have a kip during the stopover. Haven't explored the options for a "happy ending" in the hotel rooms, Bangkok is probably your best bet for those kind of shennanigans.

no advice to offer, sorry ...

Roughly what kind of money does it cost to get to Australia from Munich? Not necessarily during peak times or holiday season, just wondering what the minimum would be ...

From Munich, Austrian Air is one of the best options. It's near on the cheapest without doing silly stuff like flying to Frankfurt or London (ie farther from your destination) first. You fly to Vienna, then onto Singapore or KL, then Sydney. Planes are new, with in-seat entertainment and you get Lufthansa Miles and More points.

As for the cost, go to any travel agents website and put in some dates to get a rough idea of costs. Actually Lufty's home page is much improved and pretty easy to use too for that sort of thing (though I'm not sure about longer flights).

I would strongly recommend Emirates as they have personal screens for each passenger, good food, great service, comfortable seats and newer planes.

Moreover, with a long flight like this, you probably would rather have stopovers to stretch your legs.

I heard Etihadairways is not too bad either.

Emirates ... decent food; good inflight entertainment; frequent flights; and usually the cheapest airfare.