Royal Brunei Airlines, BWN - LHR (London Heathrow), BI 003

At 14 hours 30 minutes flight time, this is the longest route from south east Asia to London Heathrow. The next longest would be that of Philippine Airline, flight PR 720 from MNL to LHR with travel time of 14 hour 10 minutes.



Brunei airport is small. From check in desk through immigration then security and finally to the gates, take less than 10 minutes. Perhaps, from my experience, it was 6 minutes.



As Brunei airport terminal is quite small, passengers who transit via Brunei for London, especially those from Melbourne will find it very easy to transfer as the gates are located around the circular-shaped airside section.



Brunei regulation requires those who carry power bank (portable battery) to store it into resealable transparent bag, like that of LAGs (Liquid, Aerosol, Gel). Similarly, RB discourages passengers to charge their phones by power bank. Instead you will be asked to charge it via USB port on your seat.



The RB Boeing 787



RB 787 cabin



Actual flight route from BWN to LHR, passing through Malaysia, northern coast of Indonesia, India, Iran, Turkey, Romania, Austria, Germany, Ne



Descending



Arrival at LHR T4



Comments

- Service is very good, food is passable, in-flight entertainment okay but cannot be compared to EK, MH, TG
- One thing that is very much needed is WiFi as this is their flagship service
- Flight experience was very comfortable along the journey, as even though the flight was 14 hours 30 minutes long, there was no turbulence encountered
- Flight price of RB is quite competitive, KUL-BWN-LHR was priced at USD 375 (one way), while return trip was priced slightly above USD 500
- Not perfect, but as long they offer relatively competitive fare, one may try RB...though they need WiFi

nice sharing
the airport looks nice too

hows the ticket price? expensive?

Kampung already gave ticket costs in his post what.

ah, my bad.

thanks

how is the pricing compared to say transit at middle east?
more expensive or same price?

Pain in the ass

me 12 hours also cannot tahan

Nowadays Qatar and Emirates are not one of the cheaper option

At the time of booking, Emirates was RM 850 more compared to Royal Brunei.

My main gripe is that this flight has no WiFi, considering this is their flagship route on new plane (787).

MH, Thai, SQ all has WiFi for flights to London.

oh finish renovation already.

I went there few years ago, airport still under renovation.

very competitive

Kampung man so many jalan to travel these days? poor fags can only stay at homey

Have RB sorted out their engine issues on their 787s?
Also RB is one of the first airline to introduce 787 so their planes aren't really new anymore.
Most of them are around 5-6 years old.

USD 500 for LHR return.

Fucking cheap la.

return trip
not both way return

One of the worst airports in ASEAN, if not the most boring!
There is nothing there. Wifi limited to an hour per passenger.

BWN is really boring, food option on the airside is very limited. Landside is average, ok.......KFC, Burger King are there.

WiFi is indeed limited to an hour a day. If you happen to be at the landside, you may pay for private WiFi

how long it took to cross indian ocean?

dem a bit scary usually flight will fly near coast

Paid wifi or inclusive in the ticket?

I recall flying ANA to US last year, the wifi was not free.

arak macam mana?

Most airlines do not offer complementary WiFi, normally it is paid (100 MB option is the most common one).

How to spend time on plane?

hows the load factor of plane? maciam x de org je ...smmore daily flight. no worries tho, fuel is sponsored

80% actually.

Most of the passengers were from Australia and UK. Some were from Malaysia, especially those from Sarawak.

There was even an Ethiopian family.

None, mirroring their national policy.

hope u have a peaceful flight.. i mean without crying infant

EK did offer complimentary data 2MB if i recalled correctly, beyond that need to purchase
bu their service so so

Did you purposely go to Brunei just to take this flight to LHR, or you actually want to go to Brunei?

quite cheap 500usd. abt 2.3k

Brunei is for transit.

RB flight ticket price is lower than others.

Do they still have prayers for safe flight before take off?

Yes.

USD 375 (one way) RM1.5k wah consider cheap or not ? Airasia cram space go Japan sometimes also cost rm1.5k one way. This plane somemore looks premium with service

U always travel for work or fun ?

It is a nice big shed iirc from the 2 times I was there 17v years ago. Maybe they have remodelled since then.

Haha
How quaint. The only airline I've ever gotten with that does.

MAS A350 better 787 very cramped

Syariah-compliant i guess

The flight tickets are dirt cheap!

RM1.5k buy ANA or JAL
AA i buy only RM800 max

tbh i prefer MH over brunei airlines, price comparison, i flew business from KUL to NRT and it was around RM8k on MH, Brunei it would had cost me about RM14k and service for business class in Brunei airlines is lacking, seats are disappointing, drinks menu so limited i usually don't consume alcohol on flights but having the option is good.

Those were the days I took SG-LHR-US because tickets are cheaper, compared to SG-NRT-US. 22 hours on the air is not joke. Adding total layover is like 48hrs

With B787 and A350, spending more than 12 hours on a single flight is getting common.

Philippine Airlines Manila - JFK service, using A350 does that route taking 15 hours 35 minutes.

and with some airlines having two different types of planes in their fleet, guessing which one will fly at what time is like russian roulette. LAst time i frequently used SQ for business trip to US, some legs they use boeing, other times airbus. If you get lucky, it will be airbus, but if you get boeing, have to bear with the cramped out economy seats

In ASEAN, only 3 airlines operate both A350 and B787.

Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and Vietnam Airlines.

MH, Philippine Airlines operate only A350.

RB only B787.

Garuda does not order either A350 or B787, but opted for A330neo, which does fly longer range than current A330, but not as long as A350.

either etihad or emirates is free (cant remember which one). but when you try to use it, its like using dial-up internet. have to wait 10 mins for half page to load coz you are sharing probably just 1 modem among all passengers. so its practically, unusable.

have to try this one day, from my place either take a bus to lawas or tru labuan ferry to muara brunei then off to heathrow,

just wait the baby gets bit older, or take mas easier lol