Viking Airlines

[Rusland 17]

Originally Posted by chamby

I am not bothered at all by the poor reveiws I have seen. I'm putting them down to the fact that there are some people who find fault too easily.

Or perhaps it's that there are still some people for whom simply getting from A to B in one piece with their luggage isn't enough.

[aidoair]

As for MAN summer based a/c. It will be a 737300.

Yep and a 737-800 too so depends on the date you are travelling...

[jthaill]

egypt

Hi

Im flying to egypt in may - its a 5 hr flight so will s film or 2 be shown?

Cheers

[Allimal]

I flew to Egypt last year with Viking. They do show a film but pack a headset to listen unless you want to pay £3 for their cheap headphones!!
Otherwise the flight was great and the pilot landed in horrible conditions so that means I give him a massive plus that he made us all cheer when the last passengers got onboard (20mins late having held us up!) which I thought was good fun.. nothing like shaming the late arrivals

[martbuck]

Egypt

I have just booked a flight to Egypt from East Midlands next Easter for 20 people. The flight is advertised on Travel Republic as departing on Wednesday 6 hours 40 minutes going and 4 hours 15 minutes return. When I look on the Viking website, there is no record of them flying from East Midlands to Egypt. I booked this asits £120 cheaper than Thomas Cook.
Can anybody tell me if this is a new route for next year, is the journey time correct, and is there entertainment on board ?

[leisurelad]

Hi, if your flight shows as follows then this is correct, dont forget that egypt is 2hrs ahead !!

East Midlands/Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh/East Midlands
Wed 13 Apr 2011
Wed 20 Apr 2011

1315-2055
0900-1215

VIK2231
VIK2232

[donna79rob]

Lanzarote

Does anyone know what will be used for the Viking flight to Lanzarote on 8th April from Manchester? My husband is 6'6'' and I'm large (may need a belt extension) and I'm now in a flap after reading reviews about unhelpful staff!! We plan on getting there early for check in so advice about seating would be fantastic!! Also travelling with a 5 year old (for the first time) so was wondering about entertainment

[TSR2]

If your flight number is VIK241, the flight last week was operated by a Viking Hellas Airbus A320.
Can't offer advice on seating but for your 5 year old I would suggest a portable DVD player or a Nintendo DS.

[donna79rob]

That's the one!! Thanks - his unfortunate addiction to the DS will pay off!!

[badger831]

We're flying with KISS from Manchester to Lanzarote in December 2010. What is the likely aircraft for this route? Is it part of the old XL fleet? Will there be a film onboard? Will it be liveried in KISS or VIKING?

Thanks ahead of your responses

[TSR2]

badger831

Kiss Flights is a seat-only Tour Operator NOT an airline. They use Viking, Pegasus, Freebird, Koral Blue and Saga Airlines for their flights.

See my post above for the current aircraft used on the Manchester to Lanzarote route.

[zloog]

Hello all. We are due to fly to Kefalonia in June with Viking and I have a couple of questions:

What aircraft is used for this route? Our flight number is VIK363 & VIK364
We have booked the Gold service, anyone used this yet?

Many thanks

S

[Katbeth1]

You're right, it isnt enough to get from A-B in one piece when you've paid £400 for a flight which is 6 hours delayed on the way out and 2 1/2 hours delayed on the way home. On top of this, we sat on an emergency exit and as we took off, the emergency exit door was making a really loud noise, like wind being sucked out. We brought it to the attention of the stewardess who said oh dont worry, its probably just the seal around the door!!!!!!!!!!!!

On top of this, it was well over 2 hours before the cabin crew got round to bringing the drinks trolley out - not good when it was really warm on the plane!! I agreed with previous posts, although the plane looked fairly new, the standards or cleanliness on board were appalling. Again we mentioned this to the crew but there was a bit of a language barrier and nothing was done.

We flew to Sharm from Manchester and whilst on holiday, met a couple that had flown from Gatwick with Viking. They too had been delayed.

I complained to Viking about losing 8 1/2 hours of my time due to their delays and all I got back was a 3 sentence generic response.

I would never, ever fly this airline again. If you havent booked with them yet, I suggest you dont!

[lolatstupidpax]

you gotta laugh at them...

When you book with a charter airline, you should always be prepared for a delay.

To pay charter and expect a scheduled airline service with a higher number of crew to serve you more quickly, is just a tad stupid.

You complained to the crew that the aircraft was not as clean as you would have liked......37,000 ft in the air with 200 pax on board, what did you expect as a response? "im so sorry sir, i'll just get the hoover!"

lol

[sam1993]

zloog, These flights are due to be operated by a Boeing 737-800.

[plumponpies]

Katbeth 1, delays happen to all airlines.....period. There is an old saying which i suggest you bare in mind for the future. "Time to spare, go by air."

As for your other comments. If you want a 1st class service, you're gonna have to pay more than £400 for a return flight to SSH!!

[kclover]

I couldn't agree more with what was said above! A delay shouldn't put you off flying with an airline especially if it's cheap! you shouldn't be telling people to avoid them either, there's plenty positive feedback from viking passengers it's just doesn't go noticed because all people will write about is something negative. Go Thomas cook or monarch next time and expect a delay! Some people are so narrow minded it's unreal, it's not the golden age of flying anymore, what do you expect?

[Todders]

I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience mostly for the service and cleanliness unfortunately sometimes when you are running behind schedule the cleaning is done as quickly as poss. so as to try and get you on your way as soon as we can. This is not common place but an unfortunate turn of events. Airline's incur delays, that is the nature of the game because we have to operate our aircraft and crews at the absolute max capacity we can if we are to make any money in this business because unfortunately people expect to get there family to ssh on less than it would cost to take a train from man to london.

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[stue]

Spot on!

[plumponpies]

So thats February's results....