Air Transat

...holiday in Canada, flying with Air Transat. This was an airline I'd not heard of before, and in fact I didn't know I'd even booked with them, because I'd booked through a website called Globespan.com, and thought they were the actual airline. As I have now discovered, Air Transat are actually a charter airline, and you book with them via travel agents, including Globespan. Despite being a charter airline, they have a scheduled service throughout ...
...Air Transat also fly out of various Belgian, French, German, Irish, Italian, Dutch and Portugese airports, as well as north American and central American airports. ----------Frequency--------- Frequency of flights depends upon the airports and the time of year - for example, at the moment flights from Birmingham to Toronto are every 3 days, flights from London to Toronto are daily, but to Vancouver are only 3 or 4 days a week. You can search their ...

kam76 02.06.2005 · Read full review
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...travel home to the UK. Air Transat. So off to my trusty computer I went and searched for the website. Air Transat has a web site, primarily aimed at the Canadian passenger a bi-lingual country. The opening page offers a choice of viewing language: English or French. On the main homepage, is the heading “Travelling from Europe” and five country links. France, Italy, Germany Holland and UK. Clicking on the UK link takes you to Globespan, ...
...Rail) and proceeded to the Air Transat check in point. The airline representative welcomed me with a smile, courtesy, and politeness asking the usual questions: Did I pack my baggage myself? Did I leave my baggage unattended at any time? Etc. and wished me a good flight. Looking good I thought and proceeded to venture into the chaos of the Gatwick departure lounge. Due to the combining the Manchester and Gatwick flights embarkation was delayed 1 ...

melodysparks 31.05.2004 · Read full review
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...travelling to Canad recently was Air Transat. In all honesty, we had no dealing with them apart from getting on and off the plane, as everything was pre-booked and pre-paid with the travel operators beforehand. We arrived and booked in just over 3 hours before the flight left Gatwick for Canada, and this was smooth and painless, despite an employee going through the line saying they had overbooked and did anyone want to volunteer to postpone their ...
...right up until we left Air Transat's care. To sum up, everything they did was lovely and of high efficiency. They are a budget airline in many ways, so I am aware of limitations and that certain standards may not be the same as other, more expensive airlines. The food wasn't great, and the TVs were shared. There were limits on the service only because there were narrow aisles and only a certain speed they could serve the food, but no one else on ...

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...the the Canadian charter company's Air Transat were offering the best deal and I booked with them. Apart from saving money the other advantage of flying Air Transat was that I could fly to Vancouver without having to change planes (I'm a strong believer that if you don't change planes you have more chance of getting your luggage at the other end and less chance of being delayed). Although I was going to Victoria it was much cheaper to get a ferry ...
...11th. Being a charter Air Transat could not help me change the flight seat (and I understand this from the booking conditions) so I had no choice but to buy a new ticket from Air Transat. Well unless you left earth for a day you will know that September 11th was the awful terrorist attack on America. There I was stood with my Air Canada boarding card for my connection to Vancouver (a treat from a friend) when all flights were cancelled. Air Canada ...

nicolasreed 24.09.2001 (12.10.2001) · Read full review
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Normally, my parents book flights well in advance, and up until now we have always flown British Airways. This Summer, however, we left it much later before booking a holiday, partly because many people say it is cheaper to book late, and partly because we had already booked a flight to Rome in October, making the Summer holiday slightly less important (normally we stay at home during October and have our main holiday in Summer). However it soon ...
...decent holiday at any price, when we went to numerous travel agents with no luck. Finally, we settled with what was probably the best option, which was a charter flight with AirTransat to Toronto, Canada (Departing from Glasgow, A bit over 2 hours away from where I live in Aberdeen). I was not looking forward to the flight as I'd heard that you had to pay for drinks, that you had to purchase the headphones and that the seats were cramped (which ...

CC2000 13.08.2001 (02.11.2001) · Read full review
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...was coming to Canada it was day-time all flight long and the weather was good so the plane rode through comfortably. This airline does care about safety, thats for sure; i saw that much. Air Transat is overall a preety good airline. Hope You enjoy Air Transat! ...

bestmastervarun 29.10.2004 · Read full review
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I survived AirTransat--but barely. In order to get a cheap flight between London and Toronto, I bought a ticket that was part of a charter flight block. Most of the passengers were on a package holiday. Check-in was chaos in Toronto. One passenger almost got in a fight with an AirTransat employee when he found out about the excess baggage charge and the extra line he had to stand in. I had to do this too (the charge and the line, not the fight). ...
...my baby on the flight (which I refused to do). A supervisor came and spoke to me. I politely told her I would continue to nurse my child, and I would call the Canadian authorities when I returned. They eventually left me alone without treating me like a hijacker. Once in London I tried to get a return ticket on the major British airline, but it was three times more expensive. So. . . the return check-in at Gatwick was, if possible, even worse than ...

mamabliss 24.06.2000 · Read full review
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For the first time, I was travelling to Vancouver Canada on my own to visit Family, so obviously I was looking forward to it. I was travelling on flight TS503 from London Gatwick (LGW) to Vancouver (YVR). The flight was scheduled to depart at 16:05 GMT and arrive at 17:55 PT. Arriving at Gatwick always puts me in a Holiday mood, so I made sure to be there at 13:00, the time suggested by the airline. Unfortunately, the check in queue was so long ...
...Duty Free before I had to board the plane. This was due to only 4 check in assistants dealing with 325 passengers. Organised, eh?! The plane looked and seemed nice - Airbus A300-200 and was decorated nicely. Shame we couldn't have had seat back TV's, but what do I expect from a no-frills airline?! The seat seemed comfortable at first, but 5 hours later, that was no way the case! At least I had a view out of my window, which is worth the extra 7pounds ...

iambigbrother2 03.08.2004 · Read full review
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Most people are attracted to Air Transat based on price. Fair enough, their flights are always much cheaper than the scheduled airlines, and slightly cheaper than Canada 3000 (but not much). But for the money saved, there is a big compromise. Check-in has usually been painless for me, so long as you keep the luggage under the sacred 20kg limit, or else expect to either cry or pay (or both). I usually keep an extra carry-on bag hidden from them on ...
...still fly Air Transat now and then, but only because I am cheap when it comes to transatlantic flights. Canada 3000 is somewhat better (although still rude), and Virgin Atlantic is by far the best (even if it means driving from NYC to Toronto!). But Air Transat...be warned. ...

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...Canada last year and flew Air Transat there and back. The flights gave me two very different experiences of the company. From what I can gather Air Transat is a charter airline based in Canada that also do some scheduled flights. I flew out in a chartered Airbus. It was brand new and the staff were obviously very excited to be on it. The airhostesses could only speak pigeon English- odd for a Canadian airline flying to and from the UK. They were ...
...it was a dry flight due to the nature of company I was working for, but the coke and orange juice kept on coming. All in all outbound was 8/10. The homeward flight was totally different. This time the aircraft was a knackered old Tri-star. The seats were worn out and very rickety. The toilet doors didn't close properly. Basically the plane was a shed. I doubt the galley was working properly because the food served was either burnt or cold. The staff, ...

pishton 21.07.2000 · Read full review
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...great reviews before flying with air transat so I was a bit worried but there was no reason for it! Both flights were great, left on time, food was edible and staff was friendly! I would highly recommend reserving a seat (even though it costs $20) unless you want to be stuck in the middle seat for 8 hours! I was upset when I found out there were no window seats left (even when checking in 4 hours early!) but was able to convince the boarding crew ...
...trip and I will fly Air Transat again if I get the opportunity! Paid $450 incl taxes/fees for flight to Germany. Every other airline was at least $300 more. Flights were smooth & landings were amazing. Was very pleased! :) Don't forget to bring your own headphones, theirs ($2) sucked! lol ...

jesstoday 08.06.2009 · Read full review
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I flew with Air Transat from Newcastle Airport for the first time to get me on my 6 week adventure to Canada. So how did I find them? Outbound Our outbound journey we arrived at Newcastle 2 hours before check in and sailed through very quickly, was very impressed with the service at the airport. The flight itself took off about 30 minutes late but with a tail wind we got into Toronto at exactly the right time, unfortunately I can't guarantee tail ...
...up for so long! Air Transat The facilities on Air transat were basic, only couple of large TV screens so if you wanted to watch a movie it is a bit hard to see, but in my opinion I can read on the flight or listen to music and catch a movie anytime so this didn't bother me. The food, well its airplane food never the best and have to say the chicken pasta on the return I took one look, one bite, then left it, not the best but I don't think any airplane ...

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...visit my American girlfriend via Air Transat, a French Canadian airline flying various routes from Europe to Canada. My first option would have been to go to Seattle, as it is closer to my girlfriends city. The prices in the high season are really expensive. I got this flight for 381GBP including taxes. The customer service was excellent. The plane was well staffed and the attentiveness high. The duty free was very cheap as well. I was so pleased ...
...for 375GBP with Thomas Cook in Vancouver. The only minor drawbacks are: You have to book through a travel agent, although it appears as though you can book online at the web site (www.transat.com); also there is a stopover in Calgary that is a bit tedious. The flights are only available in the Spring and Summer...the scheduled airlines are too competitive in the Low season. So, if you are having trouble getting a decent deal to the western United ...

Bentley2000 26.07.2000 · Read full review
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...£329. I have travelled with Air Transat to Canada in the past and recently on our family trip to Canada i travelled with Air Canada whilst my parents travelled with Air Transat. For the same duration trip my ticket cost £585 whilst my parents were just £329 each!! My ticket was nearly the same price as theirs put together. You would hope that the service and facilities on offer with such a hefty price tag would overcome the empty pocket but after ...
...than leaving from Heathrow with Air Canada. After overcoming the drive at the airport the only differences i could see apart from the services from the two different airports was the baggage allowance. With economy at Air Canada i took 46kg checked baggage and 10Kg On-board, whereas in Air Transat (that is sometimes known as Thomas Cook in recent times) allows 20Kg checked baggage and 5Kg on-board per person. To be frank i couldnt get 46Kg worth ...

paven.est1991 09.07.2009 · Read full review
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We fly with Air Transat to Calgary last month on a flight that goes from Gatwick - Calgary-Vancouver. We left very promptly from Gatwick and paid extra to choose our seats. We choose row 11 which I might warn you only has 1 window sort of behind you and otherwise a blank wall - so not the best for views but it is one row back from the exit which they use to get on and off the plane so great for getting off quickly and easily. The leg room is possibly ...
...the flights are cheaper than Air Canada for example. I found the food to be really basic, some pretty awful chicken and rice on the way out and pasta with tomato sauce and a few vegetables coming back. On a positive note I found the staff helpful and friendly and they did seem to come around reasonably frequently with water or orange juice (you have to pay for soft drinks or alcohol). Also the films shown were reasonably up to date (for UK people) ...

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