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Taken 30 September 2006 from Birmingham, England - BHX to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands (Reina Sofia-Tenerife Sur) - TFS

Was a bit wary of flying this airline, but it's really not as bad as some other reviews make out. No major complaints in the end - flight on time on the way out and only 20 minutes late back due to a passenger having "fell down" according to the captain, not travelling and therefore having his bags removed.

Aircraft was clean both ways and not showing unreasonable wear and tear. Bit of a bumpy landing on return into Birmingham, but there was a bit of a crosswind.

No entertainment on way out, but on the return the A320 was slightly newer and they showed a movie. There was a charge for the headphones. The only downside was the food - basic to say the least, even by charter airline standards. Especially given I was told by another passenger that the flight crew had a far better meal than the passengers! Also you had to pay for a coffee / tea with the meal which is not the norm on a UK charter airline.

But overall this flight did what it said on the tin - got us out and back for a holiday in the sun with minimum fuss. Would travel on this airline again if the holiday I wanted demanded it, but my preference would be to fly with a UK charter airline in future (my preference, nothing to do with this flight experience).