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At the moment Global reminds me of one those random holiday charter airlines that would pop up for a few seasons using second hand aircraft often leased from someone else, before the big low cost carriers took that market away. Fair play they got it off the ground but we’d need to see a lot more...

I went through a French egates in February at both St Pancras and Gare du Nord. As far as I know, France has always allowed UK and other selected countries like the US to use designated PARAFE egates. The ones for non-EU have someone (who appears to be an immigration assistant or suchlike)...

I recall flying on an easyJet service with an ex-GB Airways A320 out of Manchester to Tenerife but I don’t think they did end up flying out of Heathrow. It was the first time I’d ever flown easyJet out of Manchester, they didn’t have much of a presence before that. This article at the time...

They just need better PIS/software onboard their trains, SBB in Switzerland handles this perfectly with services crossing language borders reversing the order of French/German/Italian announcements in different areas etc even having auto announcements about catering and disruption doing the...

I had a bit of run in with an LNER guard last year saying I shouldn’t be on his service when they’d cancelled the service after and I even had an email from Trainline (it was a business booking) saying I could use my ticket on the service before (the one I was on) or two services after. He...

Pretty much every journey I’ve ever done with them across multiple countries has involved some sort of seating issue which you’re on your own to sort out. People sitting (or sleeping) in your seat when you join mid-journey or even right from the origin in one case, people sitting in the seat...

I used to think the old Blackpool North - Hazel Grove service before full electrification seemed a weird terminus to the uninitiated, not many outside that part of GM could locate Hazel Grove on a map.

I used to commute every day from Blackpool North in 2017 - 2018 and actually early in the morning at that time they used to leave the doors open and it was very chill. Very different vibe to the weekends etc.

Yes I am no fan of their policy of deliberately splitting people which they used to lie about. I always pay extra for a specific seat and it’s annoying when you‘ve paid extra and find yourself getting asked to swap or made to a feel like you are stopping someone sitting next to their travelling...

Having moved from Scotrail (Glasgow) land to Northern/EMR land recently it‘s so refreshing to be able use buy and use e-tickets simply and without worrying. I’ve also noticed that the vast majority of passengers seem to have (e)-tickets and the guard just whizzes through. It’s quite a contrast...

I flew them from Newquay to Edinburgh back in 2023 and they accepted any photo ID. It’s now their policy for UK domestic (but not flights to/from ROI).

Although TUI is flying 737 MAXs from the UK to Cape Verde already which are pretty similar in comfort level. I do think the new Wizz Air Gatwick to Riyadh at 7 hours sounds worse.

I was on a completely full coach today including families with kids and it was so peaceful, just a few people having quiet conversation and everyone using headphones. I remember thinking it was the first time in ages it‘s ever been like this although it used to be the norm.

As someone who often travels Queen Street to Charing Cross it is rather annoying and plenty of people use the North Clyde line to cross town in the same way they use the Subway to go from Buchanan Street to St Georges Cross.

I think Flix UK will continue to grow, their booking experience is far more modern than megabus. I mean I don't think there is a market they have entered where haven't ended up as the dominant or second largest operator of long distance coach services, the megabus Europe operations ended up in...

I completely agree, there’s even one or two cafes near me that try to get everyone to book, even for breakfast! Ditto bars just for drinks. I actually think we’ve developed a bit of an obsession with booking in the UK since Covid. The first question walking into somewhere is always if you have...

B&B Hotels are all over Europe including in the UK now as they took over the German brand Pentahotel which has/had about 5 or so UK hotels. I’m staying in the Inverness one next month.

That seems interesting given that M&S Simply Food is focused on having on airport stores. The Tesco Express inside Glasgow Airport became an M&S a couple years ago, somewhat ironically. Perhaps we will see Sainsbury‘s in more airports in future.

You could also considering using InterRegional Express for a category of service between Regional Express and InterCity as exists in some parts of Germany.

Oh I get that about Switzerland although I never saw much control on the other borders so I still suspect they are highly focused on Italy. The French also seem to do more checks on that border than others. 1726572182 I can well imagine! When I lived in Munich in 2014-2015 my friend forgot her...