Some of the Mediterranean holiday hotspots have very busy airports during the summer season with not a jet bridge in sight (HER, CFU, MLA, FNC etc.)
Jump to postCould also be that STN is further away from LHR than LGW is (and on the other side of London / the M25), therefore capturing a slightly different market
Jump to postAre airlines giving up insisting that devices are in flight mode? On my last two flights (Ryanair and Wizz) various passengers have been chatting away on voice and video calls right the way through take off until the point when the signal cuts out. Makes me wonder - now that lots of passengers have ...
Jump to postAre BA short of Airbus narrowbodies? I’ve seen that they have an old DAT A321 operating for them at the moment - and that’s on top of the various Finnair-operated BA flights. Is a shortage of planes a problem that BA are trying to fix, or is it more cost-effective for them to operate all these lease...
Jump to postThe link seems to work fine for me - though “SMS in private aviation” still sounds like a dodgy workaround to me
Jump to postAre there many more examples of this from around the world? ie. An airline flying from one destination to three or four airports serving the same city?
Jump to postI’ve noticed that from May 2024, BA will serve NCE from London Heathrow, Gatwick, City and Stansted.
Are there any other BA destinations served from three or four different London airports?
jetwet1 wrote:I would say the LH 340-600's would be the last of them.
Well, as of today it seems their flights are bookable again - some right up until the end of March 2025! Not sure what that was all about… must have been a lot of changes to the schedules.
Jump to postI just found it strange because bookings for after October 2024 have been available for a while now (back in December I made a Ryanair booking for late November 2024) - which shows as a perfectly fine booking in the Ryanair app but is no longer a bookable flight.
Jump to postI have been looking at various flights to different destinations for January 2025 on the Ryanair site / app over the past few days but now there are no flights showing after the end of October 2024 (to seemingly any destination). Is something wrong with the site?
Jump to postI get what is being asked here. For lots of other airlines, flight “FR1005” (example) is always a morning flight from London Stansted to Bucharest. For Southwest, flight “WN100” could be a flight from anywhere to anywhere on any given day. It definitely feels strange to someone like me, based in Eur...
Jump to postJust booked myself onto a short Luxair hop later in the year (LCY to LUX and return).
Wondering - what’s the inflight service like? Couldn’t seem to find a definitive answer as to what we can expect.
Thanks!
How rare are Dornier 328s? I think BA/Sunair are still flying some in Europe.
Jump to post1p wasn’t the cheapest. You could get it for €0.01 also. But they always tried to get you with credit Card fees at that time, before it was made illegal . The only card they’d take for payment without a fee was a Halifax Electron iirc. Needless to say, opened a Halifax Electron account with £10 in ...
Jump to postI hop all over Europe and pay very little for the vast majority of my flights (rarely over £50 return per adult ticket and often for as little as £20 return - sometimes even less). I know that this comes without baggage fees etc but I usually make day trips or short overnight visits so don’t end up ...
Jump to postI live in London, the city with the most commercial air passenger traffic in Europe. Competition between airlines is brutal here. I will probably give most of my business to a mix of Easyjet, Ryanair and Wizzair. Same in 2024 as for the last 10 years Price and schedule are what matter... and I see ...
Jump to postBut I was told that LGW is only for union jacks with fat beer bellies who only want to head to an unlimited alcohol resort in CUN or Spain…. Based on this information I predict the service will flop! Then you are rather foolish for listening to such rubbish. Gatwick is a thriving airport with a wid...
Jump to postConfusing! But thank you… and there was me hoping for another FR-group livery!
Jump to postI know that Ryanair rebranded Ryanair Sun to “Buzz” a few years ago, but whilst clicking through some random flights for next year I’ve spotted some that are labelled as “operated by Ryanair Sun”. Others say “operated by Buzz”. Is this a mistake? (And if so, why would it only be on some Buzz-operate...
Jump to postI guess that if a brand refresh is coming, it just didn’t make sense to paint brand new aircraft in the full, old colourscheme. Sort of like BA did many years ago when they introduced the first version of World Tails.
Jump to postIt’s interesting that the white “temporary livery” adds the word ‘Airways’.
Jump to postThere must be some nice aerial views from approaching aircraft right now.
Jump to postHave the liquid restrictions been dropped in Manchester security yet? If not then is there any idea when they will be? The last article I saw (a few weeks ago) suggested that all major U.K. airports should have scrapped the rule “by 2024”… but not sure if that really means “by 2024” or “by the end ...
Jump to postAny idea why Wizz Air specifically announces that they don’t take payments from cards like Monzo / Revolut? Loads of Europeans (or maybe just Brits?) use those for their travels these days.
Jump to postI’ve noticed that some of the TUI 787s are looking more and more ropey on the outside - patchwork paint jobs that in some cases still show the painting over of “Thomson” with TUI, and colours that are ever more faded. Is TUI planning a livery refresh at some point, or have they just prioritised the...
Jump to postI just think it can’t look good to passengers boarding these aircraft.
Any other major airlines at the moment whose fleet generally looks tatty from the outside?
So my initial questions from 10 months ago remain… are they letting these slip because there’s a brand refresh coming, or do they not have the cash to paint them at the moment? I noticed this summer season that TUI U.K. even had at least one 737 flying around in a very faded rendition of the OLD TUI...
Jump to postSitting onboard Jet2’s G-GDFJ ready to depart and it made me wonder - are some 737s not able to have winglets fitted for some reason? I assumed Jet2 had them on all of their -800s, but apparently not this one. Why might that be? Considering there are -300s out there with winglets fitted, I would ass...
Jump to postI have a feeling there must be plenty of these oddities at Istanbul - not that I can think of any specific examples off the top of my head!
Jump to postrutankrd wrote:Probably UR-CQE an AN26 semi resident used for adhoc cargo related to the automotive industry
The last few flights I've been on (not UA admittedly, I'm in Euope) have had boarding efficiently managed by the passengers themselves... Most people seem to have realised that with assigned seats they no longer need to stand in a queue at the gate. So sit down and play 'chicken'. Try to be the last...
Jump to postHi all, Just looking out of the window of the Travelodge Birmingham Airport (amazing hotel for spotting if you call ahead and ask for floor 6 facing the airport) and there is a mystery Antonov nose poking out from behind one of the cargo buildings. I want to say it's an Antonov 24 but not 100% sure....
Jump to postWhy would they choose to reverse in and drive out though? Surely that takes up the same amount of ramp space as the more conventional nose-in parking?
Jump to postImmediately after Christmas is a time that springs to mind? Well, that’s when all the package holiday adverts start springing up anyway…
I also find the best summer deals tend to be as far in advance as possible (a whole year in advance if possible).
How long before some prat tries to pay for them and their partner to upgrade to this area of the plane even though their kids are also on the booking…?
Jump to postYou can see the new “M” on their site:
https://letsmonarch.co.uk/
Make sure to check-in as early as you can, preferably online. That way there's still plenty of space available to put all of you together. If you wait for the last moment to check-in you have to accept whatever is still available, which most likely won't be together. With Jet2 you can check-in onli...
Jump to postThanks! The baby will be on my lap anyway and I’m pretty sure they’re obliged to sit the 5-year old with an adult, so that’s all that really matters.
Jump to postHi all, I’m flying with Jet2 in October from STN to HER and back. We’re an extended family group of adults, teenagers, one young child and one baby. We haven’t paid for advance seat assignments as they seemed quite pricey and wonder if we can “get away” with not doing so - the thought being that we ...
Jump to postTurkmenistan Airlines and Uzbekistan Airways have also not resumed service to Amritsar. I wonder when these airlines will resume service in the future, considering that they both operated to Amritsar for a long time before flights were suspended. Their market was mostly people connecting from the U...
Jump to postIt’s an interesting question but could probably be answered with “how long is a piece of string?”
Way too many variables here… but I’m interested to see what others say! Maybe someone can throw together some fantasy aircraft based on new technologies?
Info about the interior of this aircraft:
https://www.airbelgium.com/en/airbus-a3 ... l-classes/
I stopped watching Sam Chui because he was hiding his sponsorships and I think that's dishonest. Does he disclose his sponsorships now? Same here! I mainly stick with Noel or Josh… but as others have mentioned, I’m getting a bit bored of all the business / first class reviews. As someone whose over...
Jump to postWas the J2000 a Virgin seat or a recovered Alitalia one? I seem to recall that Virgin had a angled lie flat seat before the herringbone. Alitalia. I remember being given a cabin & cockpit tour when we landed in Orlando in 2003. The Cabin crew explained that the Upper Class seats on the Gatwick-...
Jump to postThis year so far…
Best = Klasjet (a 737-300 business jet leased in to cover an Eastern Airways ATR72 flight).
Worst = WizzAir. To be fair there was absolutely nothing wrong with the flights at all - I just resent the seat assignment fee being significantly more expensive than the tickets themselves!
Related question… which airport currently has the biggest number of different airlines serving it?
Jump to postI like the little “Flying’s for all” sticker on the Loganair plane too. Looks great!
Jump to postI’m one of those who prefer flying airlines where the seats don’t recline - that way you have a guaranteed amount of space that can’t be reduced by someone else improving their own comfort (that’s the way my brain sees it). On longer flights there’s nothing more infuriating than someone in front lyi...
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