I read somewhere last week that the Aer Arran loads from Manchester to the Isle Of Man were regularly into single figures, where as the Euromanx loads were very healthy. A bit strange..

I had a full flight going with EMX, and a 3/4 full flight coming back with Aer Arann 🙂

I imagine potential passengers may trust Eastern to actually start the service more than Alpha One.

I would!
Eastern have built a very credible reputation, something A1 should look at, with green envy eyes :p !

Wizz Air Ltd are registered as a company in the UK with operational subsidiaries in Poland and Hungary.

Oh ok smart pants :D, but it is a Hungarian flag and registration i see on their Buses ain’t it?

is G-CFAA one of the examples being sold to Swiss?

Nope, CFAB,C,D,E and H go to Swiss

full up on pizza, marshmellows and chocolate…

Pass me that bucket quick! 😮 😀

Wonderful! INN this time of year is a place id love to go to!

Yet another BA RJ100 grounded in the last 2 weeks!

Wonder if they regret letting some of them go to Swiss!

3rd Place : Easyjet

As my most used loco, i’ve never enountered major problems with them. always when my flights have been changed, they have notified me via e-mail, and if the times are inconvenient to me, they don’t mind changing it free-of-charge. They offer the “main” destinations that i enjoy in Europe, and all from me geographically nearest airport, Liverpool

2nd place : bmi LONG-HAUL

Won’t bother talking about the s/h product, but their long-haul product is second to none tranatlantic wise. I look back at those flights on WWBB as the best ever tased over the pond, and i’ve flown 4 airlines across the pond, excluding bmi. The food, entertainment, cabin crew, and comfort madw it worthwhile for me. I’m looking forward to going back to ORD with them in the summer, just i don’t hope that the 767 will operate on the day i fly :p

1st Place : SWISS

Just like Michael, i’m not puting my lastet airline in No.1, just because it was my favourite flights of 2005. I’d flown Swiss in 2004 too, and i’ve got to say their product, since the LH merge, has been impeccable. On the A343’s i got, i recieved a service which made me feel welcome, food that actually had a taste to it, entertainment that i could watch whenever i felt like, and staff that knew i was an 18 year old, a long way from home, all on my own (Get that violin out 😀 ). The A343 was comfortable enough for me to grap more than 9 hours sleep both ways, which helped!

I have a number of new airlines this year, to try, or just have tried, Air Berlin, Euromanx and Aer Arann last week, with Zoom, Air Canada, and Ted to come in the next few months, and i’ve still not decided on a carrier to take me back to Hong Kong in September, but BA are in the lead at the moment!