MyTravel

Advantages: Cheap, lots of routes
Disadvantages: Cramped in economy, sometines early arrival times

...family have now flown with Mytravel half a dozen times to and from Canada. I have just booked my 84-year-old mother to come to the UK next June. We always book through Canadian Affair online. The first thing to say is that the fares are incredibly low, as little as £199 or less return in economy. However, we always travel in their "Premiair Gold" cabin, because the economy seats are very cramped. Even then it is exceptionally good value. My mother ...
...summer, with a few flights around Christmas and Easter. The planes are used on winter sun routes at other times. I would certainly recommend Mytravel Premiair Gold on transatlantic flights, and probably anywhere else they fly, although I think comfort would be an issue for many people in economy. ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Poor service, cramped conditions, often very low baggage allowance

After making the decision to go to Las Vegas for our summer holiday, my boyfriend and I set about looking for the best (and most convenient) flights available. To travel for a week in June we were looking the region of £500-£600 for direct flights with Virgin, BA et al, and even flights which included lengthy transfers were around £450. It's easy to seen then, why we were so impressed when we stumbled across My Travel Airways, who were offering ...
...Las Vegas for the bargain basement price of £264 including all taxes. We'd heard of My Travel (formerly Airtours) before and had flown with their budget-airline arm, My Travel Lite on a couple of occasions before, so were happy to book with them. We read the small print looking for the 'catch', but couldn't find one, other than the fact that that this flight-only arrangement didn't provide a meal. That said, however, on booking, we found that we ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap seats and lots of routes
Disadvantages: Poor service and terrible safety demo

MyTravel Airlines used to be called Airtours (and British Airtours before that), but was rebranded in 2002 after Airtours group was taken over by the MyTravel group. They are a charter airline that operate out of the UK, mainly to European and other short haul destinations. In January my partner and I travelled with them from London Gatwick to Las Palmas (Gran Canaria). We booked a late deal over the phone through Airtours and got our entire holiday ...
...opt out of flying with MyTravel again! All in all, the seats were cheap and cheerful, with drinks and snacks sold on board at good prices. Both flights left on time. The service, however, was minimal and unfriendly, more like a budget airline service than a leading charter company. The safety procedures video was a joke... ... Read review

Advantages: Price
Disadvantages: Nearly EVERYTHING else

Ended up on MyTravel Airlines as a result of booking through Canadian Affair from Toronto to London. Checkin was not advertised ... had to march up and down the hall a couple times to find who was checking them in. Checkin was straightforward and as a seasoned air traveller, it was as it should be, even if the agents weren't the friendliest people in the world. Departure was delayed due to late arriving aircraft on the inbound flight from London. ...
...by rows, people just swarmed the boarding area. The aircraft, an A330 was bright modern and clean. That's where the advantages ended. In the configuration chosen by MyTravel, it was 3 - 3 - 3 across ... that's 9 seats where most airlines use 2-4-2 i.e. 8 across. So, unless you are fortunate and sit beside two very skinny people, you are going to feel cramped sideways. On this flight, I had an average male sitting next to me who had his elbow in ... Read review

Advantages: Comfy, extra service quality
Disadvantages: flight times and jet speed

MyTravel Airways (MYT) is the new name for Airtours, a Manchester-based company that has provided holidays for many years. However now they're going bankrupt as they've found that by expanding, they've got too big for their own good by taking over any company they see fit. MYT was our choice to fly to Orlando, Florida last year. It was a lovely July day when we arrived at Manchester Airport, fresh from a stay at the Manchester Holiday Inn. We had ...
...before to Orlando with the company, and economy is too much for a long flight. As we walked into the dedicated check-in area at manchester for MYT, there were massive queues for MYT051 (Our flight). 5 desks were open, and full of people sorting out their details. we joined the queue at the back, and a MYT rep came by, offering free drinks for people in the queues as they'd had a technical fault and were only just getting back to speed. She then ... Read review