Lets start this trip how its meant to go – with a snapshot – looking a British Airways UK Domestic flight between Manchester Airport and London Heathrow T5.
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Boarding: A bit of a mess if we’re honest – with no defined queues. Had to push through for priority boarding…
Aboard: It’s a British Airways Airbus A321 in UK Domestic configuration. This means every seat is for sale. I was located in Row 1, with the bulkhead in-front of me.
Go on. Hum flower duet….
The seat itself is the British Airways leather bench by B/E Aerospace… which I’ve written about plenty of times.
Thankfully, the middle seat was free – but the plane was pretty loaded, justifying the A321 today.
Flight length: 51 minutes in air according to FlightAware. Quite a nice day out for once.
Service: What would you expect on a 51 minute flight? If in the US, a cup of drink if you’re luck. Thankfully, I’m on British Airways. That means there’s breakfast and a drink.
It tasted good, with lots of bacon inside it as opposed to a rubberised bit of plastic that pretends to taste like bacon. And Diet coke tastes like diet coke without ice.
Yes. Having drinks without bucketloads of ice in it is a thing amazingly.
Arrival – Landed on 27L at Heathrow, with a non-stop taxi to Gate 501 (UK Domestic arrival gates)
Once off the plane, it was a matter of following all the signs to the transit location, and clearing Terminal 3 security (as well as AA Passport and document check).
In the bright confines of Terminal 5.
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Nice review. I really don’t know why airlines try to do food or beverage service on such short routes. It just seems stressful and I can usually last 50 minutes without a drink or sandwich.