We were supposed to fly with Air Atlanta to Cyprus last October but the baggage handlers drove the crates into the doors so we had an 11 and a half hour delay but to be fair they were very good, the captain was not going to take any chances and even though everyone was extremely fed up and frustrated, they kept us informed etc. On the way back, no problems. The staff were very nice, food was about normal and although the plane wasnt the newest I'd seen (but it did have the upper deck), it stayed up without any rattles.

I was speaking to a friend on Monday who had just got back from Cyprus. Although they booked with Excel the flight was transferred to Air Atlanta. The flight out to Paphos was delayed 32 hours and when they arrived their baby buggy had not been put on board!

was looking forward to my holiday at the end of september to america but after reading some of the horrible experiences ive been reading by members travelling with air atlanta ime very worrried serves me right for joining this forum to see what they were like

Hi Blakey,
If you have booked sunchine upper deck, you will probably get SUD because on all flights, there is sunshine upper deck. It also depends on your flight code. If you have a 5A code there are 4 classes(according to literature from TCD) and if your code is EUK, there are only 3 classes as this is Air Atlanta.
I shouldnt worry unneccesarily as you seat should be where you asked for.
best wishes
Dave, Casterton743

hi casterton,
thanks very much for your reply, you have put my mind to rest. On my invoice it says 5A122, which should mean their own plane, its just we went this year only in economy(which was ok) and we had the same prefix, but the plane was not a new one.I was worried after reading another review about differences in 200/300 series, but now I know upper deck will still be there, I shall stop worrying, once again thanks
blakey

Hi Bakey,
Glad to help with the info BUT, all the aircraft are actually owned by Air Atlanta Europe, TCD just have the 5 A code BUT all the aircraft have Sunshine Upper decks whether its a 200 or 300.
best wishes
Dave, Casterton 743

Hi Everyone,
Just reading an earlier review about TCD/Air Atlanta check-in at Manchester. Instead of using the MyTravel check-in ,a brand new building has been built called "THE STATION". It not the train station as such but is a brilliant new facility with approximately 12 check-in desks and moving walkways to terminal 1 which is 300 yards away.
I first used it in June of this year and found it very good as its open,bright and airy with shops, cafe's etc and very clean.
best wishes
Dave,Casterton743

hi casterton
once again thanks for your reply, I am not worried now if they used their old or new plane as long as I am upstairs, I am just going to count down the days until my next holiday, which seems like a life time.
thanks blakey : :

Please note that this topic is for discussion about Air Atlanta only. Perhaps you may like to continue in the US forum.

Many thanks
David

Sorry David, I guess we just got carried away.
best wishes
Dave, casterton743

No problem ... give me a couple of minutes and I will transfer those posts to our America forum, so that you can feel free to carry on discussion there if you wish.

David

That would be good, thank you.

Casterton743

Hi Casterton & Blakey ... non Air Atlanta discussion now moved here:

http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=48652

David

well i see no one had had anything bad to say about air atlanta for a full week things must be looking up still keeping my fingers crossed though only 36 days to go now ha ha ha

Probably because their passengers have been stuck everywhere.
You must have heard about all the Manchester flights to Florida delayed for over 20 hours each last weekend and the beginning of this week due to a bird strike . What about the two Manchester flights today both delayed by a couple of hours to Sanford then there is their Excel flight from Newcastle to Sanford yesterday which is going today.
Worse still is their Thursday flight from Newcastle to Puerta Plata which is now scheduled for Saturday.

Just a normal week really.

Good luck.

Terry

only a couple of hours things are on the up see yipee i know i know ime just deluding myself ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

a week and half gone by now and still no new complaints my delusions are getting worse now where are my rose tinted glasses ha ha ha

I've read all the postings regarding this airline and I must admit I a bit worried. I'm flying out of Manchester (Terminal 2) on the morning of Fri 16th Sept with an EUK flight number, does anybody know what type of plane this will be?
Not looking forward to using this airline one bit!!

Riggsy,
I'd be shocked if Excel could predict which plane they'll be using on Friday 16th. They have several to choose from and it's hoped that at least one will be available for you that morning - but I wouldn't guarantee it.

You can look at http://www.caa.co.uk (civil aviation site) and select, from the upper left of the screen, the Searching CAA Databases link.

Then click on the link http://www.caa.co.uk/ginfo and when the screen offers, enter Excel in the Registered Owner field. You can repeat this excercise for Air Atlanta - but not many shown. I believe some of their planes are registered in Iceland.

This is a useful site showing the U.K. registered aircraft and their technical specifications, weights, configurations, ages, flying times and insurance requirements. There's even photo's for the anoraks.

This site only shows U.K. registered aircraft and doesn't (yet) disclose technical fault logs.