British Airways using propeller aircraft between Gatwick and Glasgow this summer

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• Jimmy6 says:

  14 Feb14 February 10:03

  Not as bad as sitting next to the engines on a Bombardier CRJ, but in any case I don’t get out of bed before 9am so doesn’t affect me 😉

• Ryan says:

  14 Feb14 February 10:24

  A flood of EU261 claims await.

  Incredibly unreliable, at least to and from BHD from EDI & GLA.

• Frances says:

  14 Feb14 February 10:41

  It is kind of ridiculous that the only BA flights Gatwick from Scotland is at scary o’clock in the morning. It’s always been a pain point for me travelling. Having to go down the night before to get an early connection, means you have to go down a full day before if you want to go with BA. OR go to LHR the night before, and shlep over to Gatwick for a hotel.
  Or you use easy jet and have to pick up your luggage which means a long connection time.
  I’m definitely checking more airlines for different options than BA these days. no incentive at all to keep using them.

  • Alan says:

    14 Feb14 February 20:19

    Yep KLM or Qatar from EDI much more appealing!

• Greg says:

  14 Feb14 February 10:56

  I used to fly BA Cardiff to Paris on a 9 seater prop plane back in the early 90s. I think the seating configuration was 1:1

  Bristol had a much bigger prop plane but the thrill of BA’s little baby was fantastic.

  They even had trolley service which had to move back for a passenger to use the toilet.

• Nick says:

  14 Feb14 February 10:58

  Amusing seeing the comments, ATRs are nothing at all like the props of old, they’re solidly built and look and feel quite smart in the flesh. They can actually be quite fun to fly on, faster taxiing and take off like a rocket. A thousand people a day use them on Emerald between the UK and Ireland, all safely.

  Hand baggage won’t be an issue if people read (and follow) the size instructions, only if they try it on with bigger bags. Hold baggage shouldn’t be an issue – it isn’t for the DUB connections which are on the same aircraft – but let’s see in reality.

  The thing I can’t explain is the block time… they’re slower than an A320 but not that slow!

  • JDB says:

    14 Feb14 February 11:15

    Apparently the reason is not only the overall speed but the impact that and size has on routing and spacing.

  • Bmr Benjamin says:

    14 Feb14 February 11:53

    Agree. Fly regularly on the ATR Birmingham to Dublin on Aer Lingus and it’s not that bad – just remember they board from the back so the best seats are close to the tail a many people grab front row and then we’re miffed at the delays getting off.

    Lockers overhead are small though – my regular cabin bag only just fits and coats etc usually won’t go up. Seats are fairly snug too – and you can basically only get two cases in across three rows of seats so they fill up fast.

• Gareth Oakley says:

  14 Feb14 February 11:09

  At least you can get to Gatwick by plane from Glasgow (grumbles about no connections from MAN…)

• Tony says:

  14 Feb14 February 11:27

  EasyJet must be quaking in their boots….faced with this competition!

• the_real_a says:

  14 Feb14 February 11:54

  Flew the Saab to Isle of Man many times, its great fun especially on a windy day. I don’t get the hate!

  • Martin says:

    15 Feb15 February 07:48

    I think it was an Eastern Airways plane, on lease to Cityflyer – so in full BA colours. Flew on it from LCY to ABZ, then on to LSI, for a fun day of all-Saab flying.

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