UK Air Travel

Wafted from paradise to Luton Airport
Massive queues for the 3-out-of-6 immigration desks open, while several planes disgorge at once. But at least that meant the bags had been delivered to the carousel by the time we got through. The posh purple-FTR shuttle bus to the airport was replaced by a red Citaro, all liveried-up so not a temporary thing.... 27 Oct 2009 04:50

Short transfer times at London City Airport - risky?
I'm looking to travel from Glasgow to Zurich, and the BA website is offering quite a decent fare through London City Airport. However the transfer times seem very short - basicially there's 35 minutes between scheduled arrival at LCY and departure of the onward flight. I'm a little concerned that there is a sign... 26 Oct 2009 19:01

Ryanair - hand baggage
Boeing 737 800. 189 passenger seats. So 189 passengers carry on hand luggage only. Will the over-head lockers contain the permitted dimension suitcases then? Experience tells me no. ... 9 Oct 2009 05:00

Alternative flights at EMA
Several observes seem to think that EZY will be pulling out of EMA at the end of the year. The airport is desperately attempting damage-limitation by saying that all their destinations (bar Venice) are covered by other operators. That's quite unusual, as the low-costs usually try to avoid that kind of duplic... 23 Sep 2009 08:49

Compensation refusal by scheduled airline - no proper reasongiven - what further action can I take
david <example(a)example.com> wrote on 19 September 2009 22:41:48 ... On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:35:25 +0100, Roland Perry <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote: [snip] It never reached the runway. And the "Departure Status" information doesn't show a gate number. Compare the same flight the following day to see wh... 19 Sep 2009 19:18

Compensation refusal by scheduled airline - no proper reason given - what further action can I take
In message <opv7b5tqoo4sppi4sq1v0k242rq6c5qtlf(a)4ax.com>, at 22:45:55 on Fri, 18 Sep 2009, david <example(a)example.com> remarked: I am partially concerned by the entry in this flight report showing that the aircraft did indeed take off -empty- from Florence at around 2 hours after its scheduled departure time (... 20 Sep 2009 06:19

Save Thirteen Euros
BMIBaby check-in at AMS this morning opened a little late, although there were plenty of staff at the desks. They were in a huddle. I suspect they were hand-copying lists (I saw one later) of pax who needed special treatment - perhaps failed to give advance notice of their passport details. I can't think what els... 7 Sep 2009 06:42

Heathrow transfer times??
Hi My wife and I have a long haul trip booked for late October departing from Manchester (MAN), with the dubious pleasure of having to connect through Heathrow (into terminal 5 - out of terminal 3). Although my trip is some time off, I was idly playing with the "Manage my Booking" page on BA's website and noti... 7 Sep 2009 16:47

RIP Sky Europe.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125179120739075441.html PRAGUE -- SkyEurope Airlines AS suspended its operations Tuesday and said it has filed for bankruptcy. The operating unit of Vienna-listed SkyEurope Holding AG said the move was "due to the lack of sufficient interim funding to finance ongoing operatio... 3 Sep 2009 08:39

Advance information
In message <Rdnuy782S7NKFA40(a)perry.co.uk>, at 16:05:26 on Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Roland Perry <roland(a)perry.co.uk> remarked: Lots of people gathering this now. For the first time Easyjet made me fill in Passport (etc) details for a flight back to the UK, and I see that BMI Baby are now saying that if you are ... 3 Sep 2009 08:39