My wife and I have travelled almost every year to Oz in business for the last 16 years. We started with SQ and since have used Malaysian via KL, Cathay via HK, Qantas via Singapore and Emirates via Dubai and Singapore or direct from Dubai.
All have been good, SQ especially but they are more expensive and do not have the chauffeur transfers as does EK and Malaysian. The last 3 trips have been with EK which charged in Oct 16 what we paid in 2001 with SQ! We consider them the best of the ones listed, both for amenities and price.
The possibility of routing via CDG or AMS for a saving makes sense but, other than timing to allow for delays, one point to bear in mind is the luggage allowances on Business are much higher than the probably Economy allowances on the UK to CDG/AMS leg.
We have not used Etihad or Qatar so cannot comment on these.
Enjoy your trip.
Last edited by lepidus; 17th Feb 2017 at 10:52.