Thanks , David,
I had read that in the Hand Luggage post but phoned Globespan to confirm. Although I explained it was just one holdall, customer servivices at Globespan insisted they needed to know exactly how many components there were and that I must have clearance beforehand. They could not tell me whether or not each individual piece of the equipment counted. I had thought that as the holdall was of a reasonable size it would not matter if there was 1 or 101 pieces inside.

First time using this website - thankful for any information. Globespan really seem to be getting a dreadful rap (rightly deserved from that I see) We are flying out of Hamilton, Ont. at beginning of September to Stansted. Looking at the arrivals/departures on the website, they seem to be improving with their on-times.

Has anyone who has flown this route with them recently found they are improving? Are they still putting in extra stops to refuel? Are they still having problems with seating, food, staff etc.

Flew to Alicante with Globespan, both flights left on time and landed early. Booked flight,accomodation and transfers and had no problems at all. Would use them again.

Hi Laudan

Thank you for your reply. I was wondering though if anyone had any experience with them, good or bad, on their long haul flights.

Thanks
Anne

I have only flown once with Globespan which was Glasgow to Prague.
Have to say found them first class and wouldn't hesitate to use them again.

Hi,
Flew with flyglobspan from (teeside) Durham teesvalley to Faro, algarve, had no trouble at all. hand luggage not weighed at either airport and we arrived and returned half an hour early, flights left spot on time. Food and drink reasonable on sale and cabin crew all very good. Would not hesitate to use them agin.
Theresa

Just back from Benidorm with Globespan. Flight was 15 mins late leaving going out, but arrived on time. Bang on time leaving at 23.20 last night and arrived on time.

Good service, spirits are £3, a can of mixer 70p, tea £1.60, soup £2 and a sandwich £3.

We also booked hotel and transfers with them which were very efficient. The coach arrived 15 mins early for the return.

The baggage allowance is 20 kgs including hand luggage. We had everything weighed on the way out at Aberdeen although my God-daughter, who went out on the same fight the week before, only had her case weighed.

I watched the check in staff on the way back and the guy on one desk was weighing everything while the girl on the other desk only weighed the cases. You can buy extra baggage on the website at £25 for 10 kgs or pay £5 per kg if you are over.

Going with them again at Xmas.

luci

FlyGlobespan have pulled out of Aberdeen from all routes except Tenerife and Malaga for the winter season. They have blamed the high cost of fees by BAA at Aberdeen although BAA deny this and blame low passenger numbers.

I am one of the casualties and have had to transfer my flight to Edinburgh which is a 3-1/2 hour journey. We did however receive a refund of 50% of the fare.

luci

Outbound: Stansted-Hamilton 18 / 8 /07
Flight 90 minutes late.
Total chaos at check-in after check-in desks changed to 2 adjacent positions. Staff gave pax conflicting instructions as to their particular desk, no-one seeming to know what was happening and no-one seemed to be in charge. The result was that both queues became one large group.
Check-in staff dealing with premium pax did not initially know baggage allowance, having to phone someone to find out.
Despite premium economy and business class terms listing priority boarding there was no order of loading, all pax being boarded simultaneously.
Inbound: Hamilton - Stansted 1 / 9 / 07
Both aircraft had 2 seats immediately in front of one of the emergency exits. Presumably this is allowed by regulations but I have never seen it before and the configuration would certainly cause problems in the event of an emergency evacuation.
This flight was only one of 3 Globespan aircraft arriving on time but was delayed outbound because the aircraft, although being on ground for several hours, was not refuelled until passengers had boarded and were strapped in for departure. How can any airline allow this to happen?
Broken headphone socket on my seat prevented me from receiving the entertainment service for which I had paid. The adjacent seat controls were faulty allowing the occupant to receive only channel 5 (music). Cabin staff were totally uninterested in the faults so presumably they were carried over to subsequent flights.
The premium economy service for which I had paid was no better than other airlines economy service, in some parts, worse. It compares very unfavourably with premium economy of other airlines. The owner of the Ontario leisure business with whom I stayed has been told by the travel agent which handles many of his client's bookings that he, and other agents, have stopped taking Globespan bookings because of their frequent delays and passenger complaints.
As I live in Norfolk Stansted is very convenient for me but my experience of Globespan standards mean that for future Toronto flights I will make the longer journey to Gatwick and use the flights operated by Canadian Affair.

Flyglobespan is to suspend all London Stansted operation with effect from October 2007.

No reason stated in particular as yet, and there are a few rumours floating around. Compoetition out of Stansted and the development of regional operations outside London (and the initial bases of Glasgow and Edinburgh) most likely has influenced decision.

Nivsy

dandvb ...you get what you pay for!

Do Flyglobespan let you pool luggage ??? , 8 of us are travelling giving a total allowance of 160kgs , we intend to take only 5 cases between us - therefore well under 160kgs , but i'll be mighty p'eed off if they charged us because one of the cases was 22kgs or the like.

Can anyone please clarify ???

Thanks

I'm flying with Flyglobespan next month to Toronto in business class from Dublin via Shannon.

Has anyone else done this route before and if so what should I expect.

Before anyone beraits me, I've never flown business class before in my life so don't know what to expect whatsoever.

Cheers in advance.

As from 1 st November Flyglobespan are pulling out of Stansted due the the increase in charges being put on them by the airport. They say that because of the increases they are being charged they are having to pass these onto the customer therefore making their flights too expensive.

Ian 1873, I have flown with Globespan now on four occasions and everytime have been allowed to pool our luggage, generally I have found the airline to be fine, I have this time booked almost a year in advance with them on their Gasgow-Sanford sevice (flying September 2008) and I must admit I am now a little nervous as to what comeback I will have should the airline for whatever reason not be able to fullfill this flight as every other part of my holiday, accom, car, etc all fit in with my flight dates.

Thanks Flem , we've booked a year in advance also (flying August 2008) , we've booked Villa with them as well , only the car has been booked seperately.

I've used Globespan no probs to Europe in the past , but concerned having read some of the comments regarding there transatlantic service.

Always seem to find it is the small minority who have complaints that post on forums, In my opinion the vast majority whose flight goes unhindered never write about how well it went. I booked them through a travel agent who sems to rate there sevice and neither Globespan or the travel agent have let me down before so here's hoping.

just had a e-mail from fly globespan,terrible flight time changes from durham to allicante ,21st oct supposed to leave at 2.30 pm,now leaving at21.20pm arriving in allicante at 01.15 the next day,and coming back on 28th supposed to leave ay 19.30 pm now leaving at01.50 the next day and arriving at 03.50 am(taking my parents abroad for the 1st time ever,there 72 and 73 ,not verry happy with these changes,but dont think i can do anything about it?)

GSM now dropping the Manchester -Cape Town service. Looks as if they have been having further technical probloems with B767 and 757 aircraft. With the withdrawal of some ABZ sectors GSM once again dont seem to be getting great publicity of late.

Nivsy