ConstantFlyer1 - 28/10/2011 11:18 GMT
As a regular business traveller around Europe, I travel on my fair share of carriers, legacy, low-cost and local alike. As you'd expect, there are good and bad in each category. I often need to fly to cities and towns other than the capital in many countries, and therefore tend to (have to) use the lo-cos disproportionately more.
Wizz Air has pleasantly surprised me on several occasions. It is clearly a lo-co, and the seats seem to be a bit packed in, but everything else I've experienced about the airline has been a breath of fresh air. The website is very good; they have an 'annual membership' scheme; the destinations are just what I need; and frequency is reasonable.
I'm no fan of Luton Airport, or the often early morning departure times, but at the prices they offer, I can force myself. Service on board is excellent. The cabin crew (mostly born since the fall of communism) are far from the traditional image of Eastern Europeans. Helpful, smiling and keen to be of assistance, I've found.
