5 steps to secure the maximum amount sleep on Asian flights

1. Remember to pre-pack a legal amount of sleeping pills, painkillers and tranquilisers in your carry on baggage
2. Upon check-in request a seat as far away from screaming children and Koreans as possible
3. Proceed immediately to the nearest airport bar and lubricate yourself with spirits until your final gate call is issued.
4. After boarding the plane assess the people sitting nearest to you and suggest a series of cunning seat swaps to avoid proximity to screaming children and Koreans
5. Once in the air unpack sleeping pills, painkillers and tranquilisers and administer liberally to yourself and/or the screaming children and Koreans in your vicinity

Singapore versus the rest of the Asia and the world

Singapore is an aviation anomaly.

This small island state manages boasts one of the best airlines in the world in terms of quality and value for money as well as an internationally renowned airport.

In-flight passengers benefit from attentive and polite trolley dollies and the reassurance that comes from flying in aircraft which are less than a decade old.

At Changi the officials are welcoming, the airport is well laid out and the government even provides free mini-island tours for passengers who are in-transit and have a few hours to kill.

In the fight for the title of regional aviation hub Singapore beats Kuala Lumpur and Suvarnabhumi hands down.