December 3, 2003 at 11:58 pm
I took a day trip to Dublin the other Saturday 22/11. Decided to fly BA as they were about half the price of Ryanair, BMI & Aer Lingus when I booked about 3 weeks ahead.
Outbound flight was only half full Boeing 737-400 G-GBTA. Departed on time at 0630 and took off to the east through some very bumpy cloud (not suprising as the rain was pouring down). After making a series of turns we headed west towards Dublin. Service was excellent but food was nothing special. We arrived 5 minutes ahead of schedule at 0745.
After a nice day I returned to the airport and proceeded straight to departures as I had already checked in at LGW for both flights.
Return flight had just 7 of us on board using Boeing 737-300 G-LGTF. Departed on time at 2030. The service was fantastic with so few of us to serve . Arrived back 25 minutes early at 2125.
I was very suprised that there were so few of us travelling back but then thinking about it who wants to travel at that time on a Saturday night.