Airlines > United Kingdom Airlines

Advantages: Cheap but not cheerful
Disadvantages: Offer you no support if things go wrong

...Since we travelled with Air 2000, they have since become First Choice Flights. As Air 2000 they were quite surprisingly an award winning UK airline. Every year, the airline's 29 aircraft make on average 30,000 flights from fifteen airports in the UK and Ireland. Air 2000 started on 11 April 1987 and is the UK's 3rd largest charter airline. The airline flies from Manchester, London Gatwick, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow, East Midlands, ...
...and South Africa. Air 2000/ First Choice are part of First Choice Holidays. This includes Sovereign, Hayes & Jarvis. Portland and Unijet . Therefore if you book with any of these agents, more than likely you will be flying with this airline. The airline flies to Dubai, Greece, Cyprus to name but a few. The planes include the Airbus 320 and the Boeing 757. **** OUR HOLIDAY BEGINS ***** In 2003, my family and I booked a two-week holiday to Cyprus ... Read review

Advantages: fair value for money
Disadvantages: delayed, tired staff

Air Southwest !! Was it their fault? Air Southwest operate internal flights from Plymouth, Newquay, Bristol and Leeds Bradford. They also have flights to Manchester, Newcastle, Dublin, Cork, Jersey, London, Glasgow and Chambury. The flight my partner and I caught last week-end was the WOW480 flight from Bristol to Leeds Bradford. WOW is was not ! I have travelled to Leeds on several occassions but via road not air. However, after the rises in ...
...now explaining that due to air - traffic congestion above we wouldn't be taking off until 10am!!!! So much for flying being quicker. An hour flight apparantly, 10.05 and we on the plane, on the runway, on a stand still. I had to laugh though - reading my stars from my recently purchased New mag, it said "It's true, you're trapped. You have soaring ideals, adventurous plans and worthy ambitions, but you're stuck in a rut" During the wait I had chance ... Read review

Advantages: Use local airports in Wales & South West, reasonably priced fare providing you book early
Disadvantages: As a small airline it is getting short shrift from Brussels on take off and landing slots, sometimes resulting in delays

...but as its name suggests, Air Wales is the Welsh national carrier, although at the moment, slightly unfairly, their services are restricted to departures from South Wales and the South West. The company was started around two years ago by a local businessmen to provide a service designed to compete with the trains and ferries, and also to try and breath some life back into once highly industrialised areas. Forget BMI Baby, Air Wales really is the ...
...Prices were relatively competitive and Air Wales offered deals that included 1 or 2 night stays in Ireland’s fair city. The minute size of the flights meant that all those shorties who had dreamt of becoming air hostesses were now in with a chance, as originally Air Wales stipulation was that all cabin staff had to be a maximum of 5’2”. You also have the advantage, if living fairly close to these airports of cheaper parking. At Swansea, an airport ... Read review

Advantages: Prompt departures, good inflight service
Disadvantages: They don't always get it right!!

...system. If you book Airtours holiday plus you get 4 free drinks vouchers for use on board which come in very handy, if you haven't got holiday plus or you have more than 4 drinks you have to pay. Drinks and snacks on the aircraft are quite expensive so it is well worth smuggling your own on-board!! Overall they are a good airline and are well worth flying with, as with all airlines you can have bad experiences but the good experiences make it really ... Read review

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About 3 years ago we went on holiday to America we had a flight with British Caledonia. The flight we were on was 9 hours long so you would think the plane would be nice and relaxing but it wasn't. Mums in a wheelchair so we had a seat right by the toilets, which was not very nice because of the smells. The isles were very narrow so when anyone walk past they would nock you and then the toilet door would hit your knees. The seats were very tight ... Read review