Britannia Airways - BAL > Reviews

Advantages: Food was nice
Disadvantages: Cramped with no legroom and no width

...first time I’d flown with Britannia Airways and thought I’d expect the same sort of cramped leg room you get with other charter airlines; I was wrong. It’s worse! Booking and Tickets: Let me start from the beginning. Our flights were booked by James Villa holidays from Birmingham to Malaga as part of our villa holiday. We could have got the flights cheaper, and from East Midlands, with EasyJet but we would have had to pay a surcharge for the ... Read review

Advantages: Good punctuality record
Disadvantages: poor leg room

...that I have flown with Britannia airways more then ten times and I feel they are a great airline. I am currently a member of staff for 'the world of tui' which is the company who own Britannia airways. The main reason I am writing this review is to give both my personal view and to clear up some contradictory information contained in previous reviews. Britannia airways is one of the longest established charter airlines in the UK, it dates back ... Read review

Advantages: good food
Disadvantages: no little extras

...the internet for £159 with Britannia Airways. She then went into the local travel agents and asked them if they had the same flight still available at the same cost. They checked and yes it was still available. There wasn't even any hidden extra costs. We only booked this through the travel agents because we wanted transport to the airport, this in the long run saved us money. Booking through the internet doesn't give you transport to the airport. The ... Read review

Advantages: On time, not bad for a holiday airline
Disadvantages: Poor food, cramped

Britannia Airways are one of the biggest package holiday airlines in Britain and most of their passengers are customers of Thomson Holidays. We go Thomson most years when off on our summer hols so I’ve used Britannia a several times now. I’ll be honest from the start, Britannia are not a patch on British Airways. But it is unfair to compare the two airlines as Britannia operate on a much tighter budget than British Airways. If you compare the ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap flight, no delays, clean plane
Disadvantages: Flight attendents, food was awful, do not have scheduled flights

Flew with Britannia from Gatwick to Orlando a while ago and the memory of the trip still wrangles! We had an early flight which wasn't a problem. Arrived well in advance of the take off time and had the usual delay with checkin. The checkin staff were gestapo like in their hunt for items not on the "acceptable" list. I presented my tickets, handed over my luggage and started the process of checking in. Now came the fun part. I had assumed ... Read review

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: small seats, rude staff etc

...the unfortunate experience of flying Britannia for my honeymoon this year. 9 1/2 hours with them is a living hell. ~~~Thompson ~~~ Britannia are owned by Thompson but their flights are also used by other tour operators. If you are with another tour operator you feel like a second class citizen, even before you get on the plane. Upgraded seats are available on their long haul flights but they are only really available to Thompson customers. If ... Read review

Advantages: On-time, Good food, Caring staff, Good aircraft
Disadvantages: No leg room

...I accept entirely that Britannia (which is Thomsons Airline) are no worse than all the other charter airlines but why don't they make the Britannia service the best in the market? The food is ok - standard airline food. The staff are pleasant and helpful. The planes seem well cared for. The flight are generally on-time. But there's no legroom! I love holidays but dread the flights. I'm 6'3" and have to spend the whole flight with my legs ... Read review

Advantages: reliable service
Disadvantages: Cramped space

I have used Britannia Airways on many occasions over the last 10+ years as I generally book family holidays through the tour operator Thomson / Portland and Britannia are their major contracted airline. I returned from my most recent holiday last Sunday having spent 2 weeks in Ibiza. We travelled from our local aiport at Leeds / Bradford with evening flights to and from Ibiza. On the outward journey we were delayed 20 minutes due to the previous ... Read review

Advantages: I had a holiday at the other end
Disadvantages: I happened to travel with Britannia

The flight was an unbearable four hours to Dalaman (Turkey) and what an awful start and end to what was, otherwise - thankfully - a great holiday. Talk about battery humans! They had far too many of us crammed into seat spaces that were too small for even the smallest of bums (which I don't have, but I suggest even Kate Moss would have been hard pushed to tolerate this!) If it hadn't been hapening to me, I would have laughed, assuming it was a description ... Read review

Advantages: None come to mind
Disadvantages: Attitude of airline

I have travelled on this airline a number of times as I have gone on my spring holidays with Portland.I have flown to Menorca whichnthankfully is not a long flight.We first travelled with them 4 years ago my son was 9 and this was our first time to Menorca.We went and was checked in by Brittania staff no smoking fine and together yes.I boarded and could not believe it we were seperated my son was across the aisle with strangers.He was brave and I ... Read review

Advantages: nice food, on time flight, polite hostesses
Disadvantages: not much leg space

...and we flew out with britannia airline. I've flown with other airlines before and this is the first time that i have been with britannia. The flight to Benidorm and back home again was on time, which i was glad as half the time they are usually late when i've been away on holiday. The air hostesses were very polite when boarding the plane, chatting and smiling. usually when setting off you get a hard boiled sweet, but we didn't get one this ... Read review

Advantages: We arrived in one piece!
Disadvantages: Cramped flight, no extras, poor service

For the first time in 4 years, my partner and I decided to make the long journey across the pond to Florida to see some family. I am a great believer in bargains and always like to save money where I can so when I found our flights to Florida for only £226.00 return each, I was over the moon!!! All the other prices I had found ranged between £400.00 - £800.00! The flights I had found were on the internet so we did not have a chance to talk to ... Read review