British European

I was really sorry to hear that other dooyoo’ers hadn’t enjoyed flying with British European; as a, fairly, regular user, around 6 times per year, I rate them very highly and comparable only to the only other good low cost airline I’ve been on, Jet2. The premise is simple; stack ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap. People do not fly on BE, or any other low cost airline, for the luxury, only for the price. This is what anyone wanting to fly with any budget airline must remember. Even if you paid £200 for a ticket, there’s bound to be someone on the plane who paid peanuts and got a really good deal, just by booking earlier. Another dooyoo’er thought it was ...

To be a little different FlyBe as British European are now known (www.flybe.com)they have come up with a simple idea. Low Fares, Seats allocated, pay for inflight drinks and snacks and if you are transferring through any other airport they can usually check the luggage all the way to your final destination. Anyway I flew from Belfast City Airport (2miles from the city centre)to Birmingham for a day trip so they checked us in for the return journey as well. The flight out was in a small Dash8 plane with 37 seats , it was a bit bumpy but fine. The flight was on time leaving and arriving, I had a coffee for £1.50 and my day return which was on a special offer cost only ...

I have flown with Ryanair and Go, both the up and coming discount airlines. Recently I needed to fly from Bristol to Belfast, the times offered by Go to get there were either too early or too late. I such all over, looking at almost every airline, flying from The West, London, Midlands. I suddenly came across a company called British European. Who are they I thought, I had never heard of them. Now they flow from Bristol (Great) and landed in Belfast (Great) and they landed in Belfast City airport not the Internatinal Airport (Fantastic). So sould I or shouldn't I. Well I booked anyway. While waiting at the airport there was a slight delay, ...