Welcome to a fairly grey day here at Edinburgh airport.
I'm just about to fly down to London. Tomorrow,
I'm taking part in a strategy day and then the day after,
I'm speaking at a conference.
And I thought it was high time I did another the trip report.
Today I'm flying to Gatwick with EasyJet. Fancy joining me.
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Like all UK airports Edinburgh's car park charge are absolutely sky high.
That's why I'm here in the long stay car park and I'm going to have to get a bus
to the terminal. I do find it a bit hypocritical of these airports.
They say the charges are so high to discourage people from bringing their cars.
They want to encourage us to use public transport,
but they are the ones that are allowing gigantic gas guzzling aircraft to land
every 30 seconds.
One of the best investments I ever made was an EasyJet Plus card.
That means I can allocate my seats for free,
but most importantly Fast Track security.
After security, it's the usual route march through the shops.
This is typical of UK airports and you can't buy fast track through the shops.
When I got to the gate, our ride for the day was just arriving.
An Airbus A319.
This aircraft had the old styleEasyJet seats, not the new slim line ones.
So the seat pitch is a little bit tight.
As we taxied out to the runway,
I caught sight of one of EasyJet's newest planes, and A320neo.
Funnily enough,
I flew back from Dubrovnik in this very aircraft just a few days before this
Great views of the three Forth bridges as we climbed out.
Looking
through the Bistro menu,
I spotted my favorite cold meat Tapas snack box,
one of the best things on the menu.
But I wasn't that hungry today and to be honest,
the rest of the selection is pretty standard Low cost airline fare.
So I went for black coffee,
sparkling water and Paprika Pringles.
Time to chill and just watch the world go by.
Well,
that was a great flight down to Gatwick with EasyJet bang on time and no
turbulence, which is just how I like it. Now,
I know a lot of low cost airlines get a bad press. Some of them deservedly so,
especially Ryanair, but you know what? I can't fault EasyJet.
That's about the 70th flight in a row that I've had,
which has been bang on time. No problems at all.
So I'm a happy traveller at the moment. If you enjoyed this episode or RogVLOG,
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