Originally Posted by
craz
You can replace 'ElAl' with 'United'. Yep UA is having the same problems day in and day out. Same problem they run their planes to the bone and when something goes wrong no spare planes to be had. (UA had a problem the other day with its ORD-LHR flight which diverted to Goosebay, resulted in the pasengers flying to EWR and then to LHR). So LY is far from the only carrier that simply is looking for the cheapest way out of things
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-barracks.html
Are you saying the Goosebay thing highlights UA's cheapness or just their maintenance issues in general show the cheapness?
Originally Posted by
Jeff1231md
Can't complain because of the turn around. My kid was on the flight. He's comfy in a 5-Star hotel 15 min from the airport and will be on another flight tomorrow. My gripe is that once the 180 happened El Al gave no indicator online or anywhere else. It was only when my kid called on landing that I knew conclusively. Bad form El Al. Bad Form.
There's a 5 star hotel near the airport?