Stop lecturing LBAboy. The charter airline meals used to help take ones mind off the cramped seating, now there is nothing to set them apart from
Ryaniar and Easyjet.

They are losing customers hand over fist to the no-frills carriers who are flying to all the same destinations as the charters ALC, AGP, PMI etc.

My point is if the charter airlines bought back the meals they would have the edge over the competition and perhaps people would be more inclined to book once again with these fading carriers!

The good things you heard probably date as far back as 96. From there on it has been staedily downhill.

Cant help thinking they were trying to emulate the no-frills carriers and the awful MYT and trying to increase market share, what happened was that although people travel to visit relatives or for a stag do or for a weekend away were more than pleased with the no-frills and cheap fares but when they took their annual holiday to the sun, they expected not to have to pay for an in-flight meal and a bus transfer when they had always had these and at no extra cost in the past.

The charter carriers should have stayed true to themselves and continued to make improvements to service levels, they should have kept their frozen breakfasts, which were cheap to produce and kept the cost of a transfer in the price of the package.

The tour ops often moan that no=frills airlines have nicked all therecustomers but they tried to emulate them by turning their packages into like ‘do it yourslef’ holidays anyway, so people just decided “well, Thomson charge for coach in resort and youve to pay for meals, so we might as well go with easyjey and do it ourselves anyway”

I resent people who get free upgrades, but there again most of the pax in business and first are getting it free seen as their companies pick up the tag.

Yes, I agree with your criteria. I couldnt care less about PTVs, why is this used as a yardstick to measure service levels? Its nowt but rubbish shown anyway, I would rather have a paper or book.

Unofortunatley with the rise of the no frills concept, I consider myself very lucky to be sat in the relative discomfort of a proper airlines economy cabin.

Your right about the cost of economy plus seats. Id rather save and go business class than fork out the extra for economyplus.

haha. Seriously though I thought Luton was a cheap alternative for London. Perhaps the airport want to discourage light aircraft and concentrate on keeping Easyjet sweet.

I prefered Luton when it was the home of the charter flight with Court Line and then BY and MON. Full of Lorraine Chase clones coming in from Malaga with Spanish donkeys and castanets!!