I remember with great affection the Iberia snake buses that were once common place at the Spanish charter airports. You would be piled in and get so close to people you could see their tan peeling away and smell their deodarant letting them down! Oh the memories!!

And what about my comments regarding the flexibility that the 757 gives tour operators to arrange charter flights from regional airports that cannot support A330 or 763. The 757 unlike the 321 is an ER aircraft that can operate long-haul from regional airports and profitably!!!

I dont dislike Airbus, I like the A330 and love the A300 and the A310. However, for an inclusive tour airline an all A321 fleet would mean abandoning a lot of regional UK departure points or operating with 60 seats haha!

Also aiprots like Samos and Mykonos would be unable to be operated profitably. Also the 757 has ER capability, invaluable to a charter airline as it can fly to Sanford, albeit with a stop, making long-haul flights from regional airports a reality!!!!

I love those Dash8s in BA colours, see them at MAN all the time!

Correct, the 757 is more suited to charter flight operating from small regional airports like LBA and into hot/high/short runways which serve some Med holiday destinations, the smeller Greek Isles and GIB being perfect examples of where the 757 outperforms the 321

The 321 is OK for routes from MAN to TFS or LGW to PMI but it would struggle on a hot day with a full load out of LBA. The 321 is a runway munching, underpowered overstretched ugly thing!!