Emirates............(9/10) went to Bahrain from Dubai and back as well. Airplane was Airbus A330, friendly staff, comfortable seats, plenty of options to watch on IFE, however the food was bad, like really bad. Everyone left it, so on my return flight I didn't even bothered to eat. Maybe on some other flight I can get some nice meal. Have travelled quite a lot from Dubai to Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad as I get free tickets
On these sectors they use Boeing 777 plane. Very clean and comfortable. Love their new widescreen IFE screens. M a trance music fan so I just plug in my Beats Studio headphones and listen to those numerous podcasts. Now nearly all Emirates plane are equipped with Live TV, Mobile Phone Coverage and even in flight Wi-Fi
However food still sucks! :/
PIA.............(7/10) travelled quite a lot on PIA during early 00's on the Karachi to Peshawar route. Boeing 737 is mostly used here, average comfort level, no option for IFE, average food, ok staff, I haven't encountered any rude aunty for which PIA is famous for. Also got a chance to sit on their Boeing 777 on Karachi to Lahore route, this plane was going further to Manchester so it was an international flight actually. Way better than their domestic routes, at least some option on IFE, food was nice as well. However keep in mind that these reviews are before their downfall, after their downfall after Musharraf era I didnt even thought abt travelling on PIA
Shaheen..............(6/10) only travelled once on Lahore to Dubai route. Airplane was Airbus A330. No option for IFE, average food, but the staff was hubbba hubba the mostly labor class went all gaga over them
comfort level is OK as well. But i've heard that on their domestic routes they use Airbus A320 which has a bad comfort level. Travelled again on KHI-LHE route on their Boeing 737, average plane with average service. The food was good though!
Air Blue................(5/10) my preferred airline for the Lahore to Karachi route, travelled so many times now, also travelled twice on Lahore to Dubai route. Initially their service was good, food was nice, staff was friendly, hardly 3 or 4 channels on IFE but at least it was something. Airplane mostly was Airbus A320 which is a narrowbody plane and not comfortable at all. But now their service is going down the drain, they dont even provide proper meal on domestic flights now, just a keemay wala roll is handed over without any tray. All options for IFE are gone, staff looks tired, in fact one air hostess opened up to me and started complaining abt her long work hours and how bad she is missing her home and want to shop for mehendi and bangles (as it was Eid time). Heck they have leased 3 airplanes from a Ukranian airline called Wind Rose which has Ukranian crew members and their planes are even worse.