Aero Maleth Diversion
Let's see, people got injured due to turbulence, and you lot run amok about cabin service as regards food and beverage?
Here's tuppence, go and rent a clue.
Here's tuppence, go and rent a clue.
If that had not been the case, I suspect that the way this thread has gone would have been very different.
Have your tuppence back!
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A friend of mine flew out on Maleth from Gatwick saying it was one of the worst flights she has ever been on (she is a very experienced traveller), the food was awful and very few drinks and of course no IFE. She contacted me saying this was not what she expected from P&O and dreading the return flight.
Not sure what she expected for a charter flight on a cheap cruise holiday. Perhaps next time she should book with a more upmarket cruise line, and fly on a scheduled service, and pay accordingly !
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I would have thought that if additional engineering work was required, the aircraft would have positioned to somewhere other than MAN.
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To clarify, food quality is down to P&O, not Maleth, and drink service in the economy cabin is restricted on both TUI and Maleth flights.
Not sure what she expected for a charter flight on a cheap cruise holiday. Perhaps next time she should book with a more upmarket cruise line, and fly on a scheduled service, and pay accordingly !
Not sure what she expected for a charter flight on a cheap cruise holiday. Perhaps next time she should book with a more upmarket cruise line, and fly on a scheduled service, and pay accordingly !
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we’re on P&O’s Arvia as I text this, the bottom line is P&O’s operational management is an absolute shambles, we currently have 24 outstanding “concerns” after the first of two weeks cruise. I honestly believe that it’s P&O’s lack of ability to organise that putting these flight operations under distress. P&O screwed up big time and Maleth are carrying the can, and it’s obviously now highlighting safety concerns, latest apparently was a crew out of hours so ships been stuck in Antigua because we had to wait until 01.30 to unload pax for the flight back…place looked like a refugee camp and our Tortola stop has been cancelled. Use P&O at your peril!!
Basically, P&O have more passenger berths available than there are flight seats. Given the hole they were in, P&O options were virtually none. Aero Maleth were their only option, and an expensive one at that.
In all honesty, I'm not sure how P&O can get out of this mess.
It appears that they will soon start selling cruise only fares, but given the cost of scheduled flights, these new fares will need to be very cheap indeed.
But, cruise ships make money at 60/70% capacity, so P&O perhaps aren't too worried. Carnival plc may have a different point of view!
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Hi, I read a lot about passengers and P&O troubles with logistics. What about the flight ? Have details emerged, like when / where the turbulence struck ?
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I spoke to some people on our last day on board Britannia (2nd Dec) who had just paid £600pp to stay onboard for another 2 weeks - whilst I suspect this was a "one-off" to sell remaining cabins and not indicative of future pricing, that was a bargain and I was tempted!
It looks like the poor people who were stuck in Bermuda over xmas at P&O/Maleth or an insurer's expense are now finally en-route back to MAN.
It looks like the poor people who were stuck in Bermuda over xmas at P&O/Maleth or an insurer's expense are now finally en-route back to MAN.
Misbehave onboard and there's a fairly good chance you'll be booted off at the next port and left to make your way home at your own expense - for those not aware this happens on a fairly regular basis - I heard that a few were treated as such (being expelled in Madeira) on Britannia's "positioning" transatlantic cruise (from Southampton base to Barbados) for the current winter season.
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I guess they were drowning their sorrows, not that I am in anyway condoning inappropriate behaviour.
Misbehave onboard and there's a fairly good chance you'll be booted off at the next port and left to make your way home at your own expense - for those not aware this happens on a fairly regular basis - I heard that a few were treated as such (being expelled in Madeira) on Britannia's "positioning" transatlantic cruise (from Southampton base to Barbados) for the current winter season.
Misbehave onboard and there's a fairly good chance you'll be booted off at the next port and left to make your way home at your own expense - for those not aware this happens on a fairly regular basis - I heard that a few were treated as such (being expelled in Madeira) on Britannia's "positioning" transatlantic cruise (from Southampton base to Barbados) for the current winter season.
There is an interesting little squabble on the forums caused by the knock on to this on the following weeks flight, where passengers are claiming that the outbound crew to Antigua (delayed), then turned around flew the return. Seems somewhat illegal and highly unlikely to me.
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Does anyone have any info on Maleth 9H-MFS that had the diversion last week, last flight was from Bermuda to Manchester empty and was supposed to position from Manchester to Gatwick @17.00 today but it doesn’t look like it happened, is there still a question mark over this airframe?