Review of British Airways flight Manchester → London in Economy

Airline British Airways
Flight BA1389
Class Economy
Seat --
Aircraft Airbus A321
Flight time 01:00
Take-off 20 Sep 14, 09:50
Arrival at 20 Sep 14, 10:50
BA   #62 out of 94 Airlines A minimum of 10 flight-reports within the past two years is required to appear in the rankings. 963 reviews
directorphilip2
By 3157
Published on 21st September 2014
I was getting tired of the constant calm and sunny weather, i hadn't filmed any interesting windy landings at manchester airport for quite a long time. So a week before the flight i thought forget it, i'll book a flight and do an ATC video.

I get the bus which takes 50 mins to the airport.

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Arriving at the train station area i go through the walkway to T3, it seems really bad now because you have to go in a slow lift down and then you have to go out of the building and inbetween another building and around a long corner to get back inside to get to Terminal 3.
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There was quite a big crowd at the check-in areas as ryanair and easy jet go from there.

I got 1 of my boarding passes, the machine printer broke on the 2nd pass (return flight) so i ask the ba man and tell him it's still stuck and what happens if someone gets it later (well in part 2 you'll see that on my return flight something strange happens which even shocks the woman scanning my boarding pass, so subscribe to my youtube to find that out first next week)
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Security was quick as that crowd weren't there yet and was through in 5 mins and into the noisy departure cattle holding pen.


The flight arrived late and departed a bit late because i guess of the APU inop which you'll hear in the video of the crossbleed engine start.

The cabin crew were 20-30 years old and were quite warm.


I was suprised that they don't do the paninni but you are given tiny short bread cookies or crisps instead.



Video:

Short Edited Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch'v=hp7zNG3FJks
Full with Crossbleed start
https://www.youtube.com/watch'v=AjBzW3zdHjw

Stay tuned for the return
https://www.youtube.com/user/directorphilip2

A very speedy taxi into the gate where we had to wait for the turnaround manager to turn up
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Verdict

British Airways

8.3/10
Cabin10.0
Cabin crew10.0
Entertainment/wifi8.0
Meal/catering5.0

Manchester - MAN

6.9/10
Efficiency10.0
Access6.5
Services3.5
Cleanliness7.5

London - LHR

8.8/10
Efficiency8.0
Access9.0
Services9.0
Cleanliness9.0

Conclusion

As with most uk airports there's not much in the way of free things to do anyway. so they're low scores.

Information on the route Manchester (MAN) → London (LHR)

Les contributeurs de Flight-Report ont posté 13 avis concernant 2 compagnies sur la ligne Manchester (MAN) → London (LHR).

Useful

La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est bmi avec 7.5/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 0 heures et 56 minutes.

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  • Comment 118586 by
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    Great report on one of our shorter routes - have you tried Little Red from Manchester?
    • Comment 302078 by
      directorphilip2 AUTHOR 81 Comments
      Hi thanks, Yes I tried the virgin, i've got a full flight on that on my youtube. I think i would have preferred them but with a weeks short notice it was better to go BA with the prices although normally virgin is better priced sometimes the timing isn't as good. I do like virgins walkers cookies. BA used to be good with giving you a panini, maybe the saturday crowd get less.

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