Apparently yesterdays TCD flight only went out this am, 21 hours late.

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David HT Mod

21 hours late where from rachie??????????????

21 hours late where from rachie??????????????

It was from Gatwick today. Should have gone yesterday.

dan2004 said......Actually todays flight went out only 2 hours late as they managed to get it out of KLM maintainance in Luxembourg. So they have set off on the same day today.

Dan your accuracy is still dodgy. It was 10 minutes short of FOUR hours late. You are right about it being the same day though.

Pete

well the manchester flights seems to be leaving on time well to florida they are to europe they have a had a few delays

Eh, Mark,

Couldn't determine your meaning from that last post.
Mike

from manchester to florida they seem to have started departing on time but to europe they still having a few delays

Must say a word or two re: A.A....My other half flew to DALAMAN with them and said that all aspects of both the outward & inward journeys were excellent.... 1 hr. delay going out (due to two passengers arguing about not sitting together, thereby plane lost its take off slot) return flight 30 min. early... comfortable JUMBO JET both ways, good helpful & pleasant crew.... far different from her last flight that was with........AIR SCANDIC ....WAKI

Pleas help me I am goin to Tenerife South on 7th october booked through excel but flying outbound with air atlanta. Has anyone done this journey before??? This holiday has had loads of problems before we have even got there a 19 hr delay would just be the icing on the cake

Could somebody tell me what planes the above compamy is operating out of EMA to Rhodes on a Saturday.

We flew with Air Scandic in July to Rhodes and guess were some of lucky ones, we only had minor delays.

Checked EMA website this morning and the flight is delayed until 12.45.

We fly 1 October back to Rhodes, booked again with Kosmar, tickets have come this morning with EUK code.

Please could some kind person let me know.

Regards
Sarah

Just checked again and the delay has moved to 13.45.

Getting paranoid now.

Sarah

your airline will be air atlanta oops silly me u already know have you tried what plane forum further down the page just put in your flight number and someone usually tells you what type of plane it is

LINK to what aircraft

http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=47950

wizard

I have just booked my step sisters flight to dalaman on flight EUK501 departing gatwick 1145 3/10. i have 2 Qs im hoping you guys can help me with
1/ Where can i find out what time she is due to arrive in DLM (need it to book transfers and can only guess at 4 hours)
2/ What is the puctuality like on this route???

Thanks in advance

Leigh-Anne

Leighanne...a few posts back i wrote that my wife flew to Dalaman & had a great flight ...this was EUK 501 from Gatwick& back.... if you are arranging transfers dont worry as the person picking them up will be aware of the landing times even if the plane is delayed so no problem should arise, just to be sure ask the transfer person you book with to check with the airport for the arrival time..... hope they get the JUMBO JET both ways... WAKI.....

Many thanks Wakiraki - Seen your posts. Can live with small delays - Keeping my fingers crossed for her

Cheers

LA

I think the East Midlands flights are the old Air Scandic ones, now under EUK. Think they may still be oeprated by Viking Airlines as they were when it was Air Scandic. Punctuality has vastly improved since Air Scandics departure!

Well after all my worries concerning AAE here is a summary of my experiences last week. On 16th Sept we were due to check in at T2 Manchester and take off at 7:55am heading for Tenerife. Despite my ticket saying we were to check into T2, I knew from reading various postings on this board that all AAE flights now check in at the newly built Station Check-in and as a result we were the first passengers to check in as all the others were busy in T2 trying to find their way to 'The Station'.
At the check-in desk we were handed a letter saying that our plane had technical difficulties and we would therefore be flying with a different Airline 'Air Pulmantur' and the flight would now be departing at 8:30 from T1. We made our way to T1 and after expecting to board our plane around 8am, we finally boarded the 747-200 plane at 10:40am. After 30 minutes sitting stationary we were informed by the Spanish crew who could barely be understood (not their fault) that they were waiting for cargo to be loaded onto the plane. After another 15 minutes we were then informed that the had troublewith closing the cargo door. After a further 15 minutes we finally took off, flight itself was OK, however the food was not too good and we had no entertainment or information from the flight crew. We finally touched down in Tenerife around 3:30. At least we got there safe!

Return Journey:

Due to the scare at Manchester airport on the morning of our return we fully expected delays. Our flight was due to leave at 12:20, in the end we took off just after 2pm on an Air Atlanta branded 747-200 series. Although the plane was old and not the cleanest I've ever seen, we had new leather seats that were extremely comfortable, plenty of leg room, the cabin crew were excellent as was the food and we had regular updates from the captain as well as a real-time flight info display (maps/speed) etc on the main screens. I could not complain about return journey on the Air Atlanta plane, one of the best flights we've ever had.
All in all it seems its luck of the draw with this airline, due to our experiences with the outbound journey I probably would not book with AA/Excel again but if they can get their aircract which in turn would hopefully reduce the delays I wouldn't be put off booking again.

last sentence should read.............

if they can get their aircraft updated/regularly serviced