Not quite Travelcity Direct but I travelled back with Air Atlanta Europe from TFS to MAN last year (aboard TF-ARS). The flight was delayed by 2 hours inbound from MAN due to ‘baggage problems at Manchester’. We then had to sit on the aircraft whilst the majority of the bins were taken off and unloaded next to the aircraft. I lost count of how many baggage trucks appeared with suitcases for the return journey. We then sat for nearly an hour and watched all the bins being reloaded, however there was a problem. All the bins had been filled and there was still three baggage trucks left! The Captain announced that we should be airborne soon, just awaiting the baggage handlers to throw the last couple of suitcases in the rear baggage hold. After another half hour or so all the suitcases had been loaded. I was however rather worried as the check-in staff didn’t weigh any cases and there must have been nearly 500 passengers on that plane. I knew we were over on all four of our cases and had expected to have to shell out some cash. To say that aircraft used every inch of the runway was an understatement. The captain nearly ran over the marker lights at the start of the runway positioning the beast and then the fence at the other end appeared around two seconds after the main wheels lifted off. The flight and cabin crew were not the most professional or friendy I’ve experienced although like other people of said if you book the cheapest…..
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