Excel Airways
We were told at various intervals that we would be returning to Manc Airport, from the hotel that they dumped us in, in couple of hours to make our journey to Tenerife. (original flight time 7.55am 1.9.06). It was only at 11.00pm on 1.9.06 were we told that it was because the crew had run out of flying hours, and wouldnt be going until the following day. There was no mention of technical faults of any kind at any point.
As for the baggage situation - that was probably caused by not checking people onto the aircraft and just letting people run from the boarding gate to the trolley bus to take us to the aircraft then to run at great speed and without regard for other passengers safety onto the aircraft to 'sit where you like' as previously told by an Excel representative !
We had 10mins contact with Excel throughout the whole delay ...