Il75 From Argentina, joined May 2001, 260 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1460 times:
Next week I will be travelling to Buenos Aires from Stockholm and for a change I will be flying Swiss which offered a reasonable deal and a suitable departure time for my needs.
In any case, I turned down a bargain with Air Plus Comet for this trip. When I said to the travel agent I had never flown with Air Comet before and I that I wanted to know more about the airline, he suggested that their A340 could have a charter configuration (reduced seat pitch and poor IFE) but he wasn't sure. I wonder: Is that the case?
I didn't want to take the risk and I ended with Swiss which I think will be fine. But I would like to know for the next time .
Stylo777 From Turkey, joined Feb 2006, 2870 posts, RR: 12 Reply 1, posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1384 times:
Quoting Il75 (Thread starter): Next week I will be travelling to Buenos Aires from Stockholm and for a change I will be flying Swiss which offered a reasonable deal and a suitable departure time for my needs.
LX doesn't fly to EZE, but I suppose you will connect at GRU to LH502 which also stops at GRU and goes on to EZE. The longest leg will be with LX and the seat pitch is good in my eyes.
Il75 From Argentina, joined May 2001, 260 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1294 times:
Thank you, Stylo777.
I am pretty sure I will have a nice trip with LX, and I am happy to complete the last leg to Baires in a Lufthansa 747-400.
What I was curious about was the comfort/ service offered by Air Comet. Taking into account that talk about "charter configuration", I didn't want to risk 11-12 hours flight between MAD-EZE with poor leg room and I went for Swiss instead.
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1254 times:
HA flies "regularly scheduled" Charter flights from ANC-HNL-ANC, for Hawaiian Vacations . . . I've flown their 763s several times, they are the same a/c used in scheduled revenue service. The a/c are great, the cabin crews are awesome, the service top notch, the destination of course exceptional.
It pays to check with the Charter company or with the airline when booking these "regularly scheduled" charters. It was simple enough to do with HA and these ANC-HNL flights. One short phone call, and it was confirmed, no configuration changes for the Hawaiian Vacations charters.
Il75 From Argentina, joined May 2001, 260 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1098 times:
Yes, ANCflyer. I could have phoned to Spain and tried to find out. But I was in a hurry since there were a few seats available and I had to make a decision.
In any case, I am not completely sure your good experience of HA can be transferred automatically to all mixed charter /scheduled flights airlines. I will now try to find out what they are like and give them a try next time. It could save me some SEK
Emptyarm From Norway, joined Jan 2007, 169 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1055 times:
Air Comet's A340's are OK about comfort; both of them are ex-VS (delivered 1993) and the only disadvantage is IFE.
The rest of their long haul fleet (2 A310's with a really uncomfortable charter configuration), is used mainly in the SDQ, JFK and VVI (stopping in TFS for refuelling) routes.
All the other routes (EZE, SCL, LIM and BOG) are usually served by the ex-VS A340's.
Il75 From Argentina, joined May 2001, 260 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 934 times:
Thanks, Emptyarm.
That was good news. Next time I hope I have the chance to fly with them. I can live without a top IFE, probably not the case with my kid, but I consider sitting comfort in such a long flight is crucial.
Incidentally, twice the last year I have had problems with the IFE (in an IB A346 and AR744) with no audio signal on my own rest and/or my seat row. And I survived thanks to a good book, my laptop and some hour sleep.
I welcome Air Comet flighs since the offer of non-stop flight between Buenos Aires and Europe is very thin.
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 883 times:
Quoting Il75 (Reply 5): In any case, I am not completely sure your good experience of HA can be transferred automatically to all mixed charter /scheduled flights airlines.
You're quite correct.
I thought sharing my experience would allow folks to see that not every Charter flight is going to have 30 inch pitch in Y, a bag of peanuts and a half can of cola for a 10 hour ride.
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