To be honest nearly all the charter airlines are the same and give the same service, although First choice do give a superior product to the rest even compared to traditional scheduled airlines on their long haul services.

However wilag you must have been unfortunate to have had crew that couldn’t have been bothered on your flights as you say, but all airlines have crew like this in one way or another. As for the state of the aircraft then i can’t comment but it was probably due for its heavy clean or may have had a short turnaround before your flight after ariving from another earlier in the morning because usually i have found there aircraft to be clean and tidy despite the amount of flights they sometimes do during the day in the summer season.

Gd little report. I’ve got to say though, you will most likely be on a 757 again for your flight to Egypt as FCA’s 767s are all full on schedule for long haul flights only.

It could be a rebrand of their image, probably to re-promote their self as it looks to be a new logo on the new website and they have added an easier to use online self booking section which will help attract more passengers at least. I’m sure that they will keep the Astraeus name though.

Nope shes over three years old this one;) But to be honest i think it looks ok.

Hi,
On the subject of this, if you select to book online check-in priority boarding on arrival to Dublin airport would you be able to stay airside and wait for another flight like a connecting flight without going through arrivals and back through security? As everytime i have arrived in Dublin on a Ryanair flight you walk by the departure gate and the passengers ready to board your aircraft.

Thanks.

I really dont mind it, i think the tail looks and more bold and clean compared to the standard design.

I suspect the BA franchise department won’t be too impressed when they see this.

I don’t think that they will be too bothered afterall it is only temporary just for the summer season. Not much point spending the extra money on a full repaint of the aircraft just for 5- 6 months that it wil be leased for.

FCA (First Choice) operate the A321 from East Midlands to Florida…

I’ve seen them when I was flying with easyJet and I’ve talked to the guy who’s done this flight:)

FCA operate the 767-300 from EMA-Florida and the A321 on their shorthaul charter flights. If they did ever operate the A321 from EMA to Florida then they would of had to stop to re-fuel a couple of times. The 757 has been used a few times on some longhaukl routes by FCA to cover for a tech aircraft but this is very rare and even this has to stop to re-fuel.