Quote Originally Posted by Trefor View Post
Depends on location. My ex used to work for Boeing in 'customer services', which is the team who knew about all the maintenance standards and repairs. After hearing many tales I won't fly any African, Russian or budget Chinese airline for starters. Regarding Terrorism Middle Eastern Airlines such as Ethiad, Emirates, Oman Air (take a look at their options, great airline) are safer than most. Stopping over/visiting countries such as UAE and Oman are very very safe. I think I would avoid Turkish for the forseeable future though. I doubt there is any difference with Cathay, Singapore Airlines etc.

I see you live in Birmingham. I use BHX all the time and hate LHR, the journey is so much more pleasant. you can use Qatar and Emirates with IMHO no worries.
I was actually going to fly with Oman on my last trip before the Brussels & Istanbul atrocities but decided against it due to the times in and out of Manila.

As for BHX and Heathrow. I prefer the latter. Find Birmingham airport to be a bit claustrophobic.