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british airways from manchester

aland

2006-06-09 07:40:48

hi
bad news no more direct flights from manchester to gran canaria after feb next year
you will have to go through gatwick
does anyone know how to contact ba to voice disaproval
on the net
gave up using telephone to complain years ago

thanks

Justval

2006-06-09 07:58:42

i find that absolutely astonishing....fly with another company...

helenward

2006-06-09 09:00:11

What a shame for you. I live in the south slap bang between Heathrow and Garwich but that must be a real downer. I second Val and Rob. Try another air line. What about First Choice. They seemed to suffer with far less delays in and out of Gran Can last year - well on the day of our flight home anyway!
Helen

Justval

2006-06-09 09:20:28

thomsonfly/brittania/thomsons seem to do plenty of flights to Gran Can from Manchester, although i think sometimes the flight times are not so good.. but hey..owt is better than nowt..

aland

2006-06-09 10:11:16

thanks val and rob
but neither have seats available at easter next year

Justval

2006-06-09 10:29:57

do you have to fly from manchester or are you happy to consider alternatives? we always fly from Donny these days but that is purely because it is right on our doorstep..at a push we would fly from other airports such as EME, Manchester or Humberside.. mind you, i think from my research, most have pretty rubbish flight times to Gran Can these days...

aland

2006-06-09 10:33:17

to val and rob
thanks for the options but where i live we see the pilots faces as they land at manchester

Crockett

2006-06-09 11:48:16

I believe they're also stopping Gran Canaria from Gatwick too, from early next year, along with Fuerte. Tenerife and Lanzarote are the only two they'll still do.

Justval

2006-06-09 11:51:07

aland.. if i lived that close to the airport i wouldn't travel from anywhere else either...anyway.. so they are stopping from gatwick too? I can't understand why they would do this as Gran Can is a popular destination for us poor brits in search of a bit of sun.

aland

2006-06-09 12:38:44

i am now thinking i have upset someone at ba
i have had flights booked since dec last year to tenerife from the 2nd to the 9th december this year with nicely timed flights ]
1500 hours out 2100 hours back
so i thought it was all sorted
booked accomodation for all the last day
so can leave at 1800

and now a slight change in flights
700 outbound
1230 return

an 8 hour change

i could bloody scream aahhhhhhh

aland

2006-06-12 07:47:18

you are not going to believe this

tuesday they change the time of the flights

friday they change the flight ticket type from traveller
to economy and now you have to pay for all food and drink

ps one reason we booked the flights was free food and drink

they must really hate me

is there anything i can do ?

thanks alan

helenward

2006-06-12 09:29:52

Cancelling flights from Gatwick! Noooooooo!
Mind you, romour has it that one of the budget airlines (Easyjet?) are have got their eyes on this route.
Helen
ps good job I have no holiday planned at Anfi next year.

Gail

2006-06-12 16:35:27

Hi Alan,

Thomas cook have seats available for next year, obviously depending on when you want to go but they fly I think Wednesday and Saturday so you could fly out the Saturday after Good Friday although at the moment I would be pretty sure that the seats will be at a premium.

Let us know how you get on

Gail

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