Having booked a holiday in Cyprus for my wife's 40th birthday with Olympic travel I was informed the flight was operated by Fly-jet (who).

I wasn't sure what I would get for my money. I was pleasantly surprised on my arrival at Manchester airport, the staff were very professional and the aircraft although some 16 years old had under gone a major refit.

We departed our stand 15 minutes late which by air transport timetables you cannot grumble.

The in-flight meal was standard and the Bridget Jones Dairies in flight entertainment was fair. The Captain kept us informed and the cabin crew were always happy to help.

Our return journey was delayed by 1 hour, but was no fault of Fly-jet has the plane was stood waiting while Larnaca baggage throwers were on go-slow (again).

Overall Fly-jet helped to make my holiday a very enjoyable one, but was I just lucky, Fly-jet have just one 757 aircraft flying in and out of Manchester spending approx 85-90 hours a week in the air and when something goes wrong they have no back up which does cause major problems, other than that I would rate them 8/10.