aircraft of choice...

Ouch. To suggest that the national carriers of Hong Kong and Malaysia are liable to be rat infested is a teensy bit.......ermm....how shall I put this?...........culturally insensitive.

In my opinion they are better airlines than, say, Qantas, for instance.

Cathay have a good reputation.

MAS were fined by the CAA for flying into London with too little fuel!

#1 - quite right. What a daft question from OP. And the very start of the question is obviously absurd

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<hr>anyone ever flow Cathay Pacific or Malaysia Airline<hr></blockquote>

The answer of course is that millions have flown with both these carriers and you don't hear complaints in the paper everyday about rats on board.

Verging on the edges of trollism I say

David

i've lost count of the amount of times I've flown long haul, i flew cathay a year ago from Sydney to China and it was okay. You could do a lot worse (eg qantas international). I think Cathay is fine to go with. Singapore airlines have been the best in my experience. Cathay were a little stingy on the food. But then, who cares...so long as you have a bit of room to move and it runs on time..

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<hr>I’m not looking for luxury, but i don’t want a torn up seat with rats sharing my food :o)<hr></blockquote>

I'm guessing you haven't travelled much.......

In defence of the poster, I have often had a torn up seat with the internal airline of Indonesia, Merpati, plus broken seat back that slowly reclined as we took off and seat belts that didn't do up (I think they've improved a bit now!). Also, I once had an "afternoon tea serving" from British Airways, many years ago, that included chocolate biscuits pre-gnawed by mice/rats. When I and the person next to me complained, the stewardess was very cross with us for making a fuss.

Nothing to do with you post but I read over the weekend that PIA are likely to lose their licence to operate in Europe.

You are much more likely to get rats on a domestic flight.

#6 Funnily enough I complained to the stewardess on a BA flight from Cairo to Heathrow once about beig raining on by condensation as we took off.

Just before landed in London she slipped be a bag with a bottle of Piper Heidsick and thanked me for NOT making a fuss!