Austrian was a great carrier to fly short haul with, but since COVID they've cut down on their onboard service, we used to get drinks (including alcoholic), snacks, etc all included as part of the ticket price, now all that is an add-on. You just get a chocolate and some water as part of the complimentary service in short haul Economy, there isn't much standing them out from other European carriers. They are a great carrier to fly long haul with though.
Yes you can pre-order meals for short haul Economy, including schnitzel.
The imaginatively named "Vienna Lounge" has to be one of the best contract lounges out there. Decent food and drink selection, plenty of seats with a variety of layouts, excellent showers (BA - take note!) and an outdoor terrace for fans of "fresh" air, as you say.
There is a few countries where Easyjet are not big or present. I think Sweden, Ireland and Poland.
ROI would mean you have basically a single major airport in the country (Dublin) and you are being in direct competion with RyanAir on the UK-Dublin routes.
I seem to recall Easyjet served Knock for a short while.
Not much use outside the ski season...
Harsh. South terminal is absolutely horrendous past security, but North terminal is okay. Luton and Stansted are almost as bad and ate generally more difficult to get to
Stansted was really busy the other day past security, now where to sit. Luton depends on how busy but its been quiet on Saturday evenings.
Used North Terminal last year and it was amazing. Cleared check-in and security in 25 minutes!
No, not the terminal issues, but travelling via Gatwick or any London airport from where I live is a non-starter.
Usually T3 is the quickest through security and they have a nice, quiet waiting area upstairs with the little cafe; great if downstairs is packed, and on return the flights are generally small EU flights (easyjet/ryanair) meaning you probably won't end up behind the jumbo's from the Middle East/Asia and hellishly long passport queues. Much prefer T3 than 1, except it's a 10' walk from the station, but it can be done outside avoiding the elevators and crowds going to the car-parks, the only downside of T3 I've noticed is the shops, eg Boots, are smaller and not as well stocked and stuff you need due to the 100ml/1l limits (toothpaste, antiseptics etc to take with you) go quickly.
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I think there's a mixed response to disruption across the aviation industry, just like there is across rail operators. I've found easyjet to be okay, much better than some of the other budget operators. Inevitably the smaller the base the airline has at the airport the worse the in-person response, although they aren't bad at getting messaging out via the app.Bad day at Manchester Airport today after a power failure in the early hours.
Power is said to be back, but there are consequential problems.
T1, T2 currently suspended; T3 is open but delays are likely.
Overall at least 60 flight cancellations and as many delayed, at 1500 Sunday.
Looks like the baggage and security systems are affected.
I often think the aviation response to large-scale disruption is just as bad as rail's, but with less accountability.
The information systems just can't cope, and there are conflicting messages from the airport and individual airlines, who only look after their own interests.
Back to normal tomorrow, the airport CEO says.
TUI has deferred some flights to Monday, and will pay 1 day pro-rata compensation, whatever that is.
easyJet, who had many cancellations, said it could only carry passengers with hand baggage, as hold bags couldn't be processed.
Manchester Airport latest: Manchester Airport boss sorry for 'difficult day' after power-cut chaos
Passengers travelling through Terminals 1 and 2 have been hit by delays after the outage hit, affecting baggage and security systems.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Derry to Edinburgh was served by Ryanair before.Easyjet has announced flights from Derry (Northern Ireland) to Liverpool and Edinburgh.
EasyJet to fly from Derry for first time with launch of new routes
Low-cost airline easyJet has announced it will fly from City of Derry Airport for the first time with the introduction of new two routes later this year.
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Limited legroom (unless in the front or emergency exit rows) and no recline. It's not particularly comfortable for long flights.
Think that is almost a matter of luck. The slimline seats have less padding but the slimness means there's marginally more kneeroom.
Haha, as if! No chance. Progress on installing such 'luxuries' seems very slow across Europe; they are standard features in the US and many other parts of the world, but in Europe only 'legacy' carriers have them, and even then geographic coverage for WiFi is patchy (there's often no connection over the sea) and plug sockets often don't work or the crew forget to activate them.
WiFi is fitted to every BA short haul plane, and USB sockets are fitted to the majority. Thought it was standard in 2024.
Much to my frustration, it isn't. None of the Embraer LCY fleet has it, despite currently undergoing a refresh to fit densified seating - goes to show where BA's priorities lie...
Again, frustratingly not. Lots of the older aircraft don't have it (e.g. some of the G-EUOx, G-EUPx, G-MIDx and G-GATx series aircraft). And as mentioned, even for those that do have it, I find myself having to remind the crew to switch the power on half the time. Given that it's a clear point of differentiation you'd have thought they'd maximise the use of the facility, but seemingly not.
Effectively two similarly sized queues - speedy boarding and regular boarding. You want to be reasonably early in the speedy boarding queue if you want to get anything in the overhead lockers near where you're sitting.
I thought there would be acres of space now they are charging for carry ons.
Ahh, I've almost always had the A320s which have had both, including a lot of NEOs which had WiFi.
Easyjet don't do wifi or sockets. Norwegian is the only economy operator I can think of that does do wifi.
