Monocle's civil aviation quiz results: Cathay Pacific, Aegean, TAP, and more
Monocle's Faster Lane column published results of a civil aviation quiz. No participant scored 100%. Top scorers Otto, Dirk, and Bianca won Trolley totes. Correct answers: Cathay Pacific (with Ilse Crawford) for best lounges; Aegean for best hair and makeup; TAP for best facial hair; Swiss for worst safety video and removing print magazines; JAL for poorly timed meal service; Etihad for collectable Arabic coffee cups; Japan for worst immigration; Thai Airways for parked aircraft; Bahrain for best Gulf hub; MEA for 747 roast beef trolley service in the 1990s.
Key facts
- No one scored 100% on the quiz.
- Highest scorers: Otto, Dirk, Bianca.
- Cathay Pacific and Ilse Crawford have the best lounges.
- Aegean has best hair and makeup in Europe.
- TAP has best facial hair and masculinity.
- Swiss safety video is criticized as unwatchable.
- Swiss removed print magazines from planes.
- JAL has poorly timed overnight meal service.
- Etihad's collectable Arabic coffee cups are a marketing tool.
- Japan has overly complicated immigration.
- Thai Airways has decommissioned aircraft on tarmac.
- Bahrain has the best hub in the Gulf.
- MEA had 747 roast beef trolley service in the 1990s.
Entities
Artists
- Ilse Crawford
Institutions
- Monocle
- Cathay Pacific
- Aegean
- TAP
- Swiss
- JAL
- Etihad
- Thai Airways
- MEA
- Singapore Airlines
- Asiana
Locations
- Japan
- Bahrain
- Gulf
- Lebanon
- Southeast Asia
- Haneda
- London
- Mediterranean
- Jordan
- Arizona
- Europe
- Portugal
- Switzerland
- UAE
- Singapore
Sources
- Monocle —