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Air Europa Passenger Reviews and Air Europa Passenger Trip Reports
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AIR EUROPA customer review : 8 March 2011 by P Lauris (UK)
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Trip Rating : 7/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
LGW-MAD-HAV return. Check-in at Gatwick very quick and easy. Flights on time. Personal IFE
system outbound to Havana - have to pay for earphones, but i-pod ones work just as well.
Different aircraft on return so just a screen at the front of the cabin, but as a night flight
wasn't too bothered. Food not great but edible.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 3 March 2011 by W Hards (UK)
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Trip Rating : 1/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Buenos Aires-LGW. Due to cancelled flight with another airline and missed connection at Buenos
Aires, we had no alternative but to get back to the UK with Air Europa. Had awful seats 27G/H
no window and 24" opposite the toilet. When we arrived onboard there was a notice saying
Toilet Out of Order. Phew - at least we won't be bothered by people visiting the loo for a 13
hr flight! How wrong I was. Just before take off a member of staff took down the sign and
promptly placed it on the washbasin. In other words the toilet was operable but there was no
water to wash hands! The inflight entertainment system was not working so I had to twiddle my
thumbs for the whole journey. To occupy my mind I worked out that the number of visits paid
to the toilet without water was between 275-300 times! I felt disgusted that people would use
a toilet without washing facilities. This should have been closed for health & safety reasons.
I mentioned it to the Spanish steward but he didn't think too much about it. I asked why
there was no hand antiseptic (like they use in hospitals) but he said "because of no water"!
He did not understand what this gel was. One couple even changed their baby's nappy in the
toilet. The seats felt uncomfortable with a lack of tilt. The only good thing about the whole
flight was the coffee.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 28 February 2011 by A Sehwerert (USA)
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Trip Rating : 9/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
The staff at JFK need to be re-trained a bit in customer relations but onboard treated
with professionalism, service as good or better than most US airlines. Food in economy was
good and it came with free wine or beer. Ground staff in Spain was great.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 14 February 2011 by Paul Van Alsten (France)
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Trip Rating : 7/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Regular flyer on CDG-VLC and ORY-PMI. Air Europa offers good value for money, even when
booking at short notice. All flights on-time so far, seat is assigned at check-in. Informative
cockpit crew, friendly and smiling stewardesses. Food and drinks for purchase - reasonable
prices, excellent coffee. On the downside the B737-800 are showing their age - tight seat
pitch, worn-out seats, greasy and dirty windows. Furthermore trying to use online check-in
often results in an error message or technical problem. I prefer Air Europa to Iberia for
crew friendliness and cheaper fares.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 7 February 2011 by P Csiki (USA)
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Trip Rating : 6/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
The flight was on time to and from Rome, food was good, plane was decent. The crew was helpful
and polite.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 7 February 2011 by Diana Ruiz (UK)
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Trip Rating : 0/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Lima - Madrid. I booked a flight with Air Europa to travel to Madrid, for a connecting flight
to London Stansted. Before we booked this flight I asked the staff in Peru and the staff at
Air Europa if there would be any problems in Madrid doing this, and were informed by both that
provided we had a visa for the country of final destination and a confirmed ticket for my
onward connecting flight to the UK. We were not planning on leaving the airport in Madrid
there would be no need for a transit visa, or a schengen visa. Upon arrival in Lima Airport
they refused to board me as they told me I need a visa to change planes in Madrid to the
Ryanair flight to London - told me that if I paid them another $148.00 USD in cash, they would
board me and put me on a connecting flight with Air Europa, Iberia or Spanair. I did not have
$148.00 USD in cash to give them -, I called my fiance and told him and he gave me his Visa
card details so we did not lose my flight. They refused to accept the Visa Card payment and
would only take a cash payment. The staff at the ticket desk were the rudest people I have
ever met. They refused to board me and told me I had lost both my outward and return flights
and all my money £700.00 and that their will be no refund. The flight was booked from the UK
by my fiance, so Air Europa in Peru told me their was nothing they can do. I was unable to
take my flight to Madrid and lost Ryanair flights to London. The whole thing has cost over
£1000.00, and I was stranded at the Airport with all my bags etc with no money to get home and
no flight to the UK for our wedding. We have had to cancel the wedding as we do not have
another £1000.00 for me to travel to the UK. Beware before you book flights with Air Europa
they are the worst airline we have ever dealt with, and have the rudest staff of any airline.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 22 January 2011 by Tracy Bedwell (UK)
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Trip Rating : 0/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Worst airline I have ever travelled on. Not enough check in staff, 3 hour delay, no help in
catching the connecting flight. Lost our luggage and still haven't sorted it out a month later
- not heard a thing. Flight crew unprofessional and rude, aircraft old and filthy, food
appalling. The after service call centre in Mallorca the worst I have ever dealt with.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 14 January 2011 by David Maler (France)
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Trip Rating : 1/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Paris to Madrid economy class, aircraft arrived with 1h 45 hour delay at Paris to pick up
passengers, then we were rushed into the aircraft to avoid the 2 hour delay penalty. Once
seated, it took an extra 45 minutes to take off, as the pilot said it did not have clearance
from Madrid control tower. Why rushing the passengers into the airplane then? In the end we
landed with almost 3 hour delay, no compensation, food or drink offered during the flight,
staff extremely unpleasant and unprofessional, chatting loudly between themselves at the back
of the plane. The aircraft was dirty, it really felt like a very poor airline, I would not
recommend it at all.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 14 January 2011 by A Martin (UK)
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Trip Rating : 1/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
A very poor airline which offers poor value for money and would certainly not recommend.
London-Gatwick to Madrid and back. Check-in is very slow with massive queues at the airport.
Boarding ok but could have been much more organised. Their aircraft are a right mess and
showing their age, very uncomfortable even for a short flight. The cabin crew are not at all
good.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 10 January 2011 by F Vladimir (Russia)
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Trip Rating : 1/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Buenos Aires-Madrid. The original ticket was through Madrid to Rome, and I wanted to disembark
in Madrid instead of going all the way to Rome, for which they charged me EUR 70, but it took
them 40 minutes at the check-in to execute it. Nearly missed the flight. The service onboard
was very bad and inattentive. Most of ground and onboard staff speaks Spanish and poor
English. I had the feeling throughout that they are barely on top of things they are doing so
any request a bit out of ordinary causes problems. I had no major issues, but overall it was
the worst flight I ever had.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 5 January 2011 by B Whitaker (UK)
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Trip Rating : 0/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
London Gatwick to Buenos Aires (via Madrid) 4.5 hours late with no explanation given at all.
Air Europa changed my return flight by 3 hours -again with no explanation. Flight was in the
early hours so left in the airport with no ground staff from Air Europa at all. The service
is appalling. The planes themselves are not set up for long-haul. Many of the seats do not
recline nor do many of the screens for on board entertainment work. You have to pay for
headphones or bring your own. The food was beyond awful and the air hosts could not tell me
what the food was (it was hard to identify and I am not a meat eater). I was told to 'just
try it or leave it, not their responsibility to know what the food was'!. For me the most
worrying element was the lack of safety. We descended and landed with the air hosts standing
up and chatting. Some of the overhead lockers were not shut and passengers were not asked to
have seats upright or tables put away. Seat belts were not checked at any point.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 31 December 2010 by M Zea (Spain)
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Trip Rating : 0/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Business |
Business class CDG-AGP being the second leg of the flight from NRT. The flight was canceled
due to heavy snow. Till here everything understandable. The company didn't offer us business
class seats for the flight next day until I complained and made some noise. Air Europa didn't
offer us hotel and left us sleeping in the terminal without any support - no hotel, no food,
nothing. The ground staff didn't give us any explanation or made any official announcement -
so all passengers running from one side to another. I can understand/accept a flight cancelled
by weather but it's unacceptable that they left us hanging in the airport in such conditions.
I'm Spanish and I will avoid Air Europa like the plague - not even a low cost company.Old
planes, old seats, everything looking early 90's.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 20 December 2010 by L Sipila (France)
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Trip Rating : 8/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Business |
Paris to Lima in Business because of their unbeatable price, and pleasantly surprised by the
level of service. CDG-MAD a codeshare by Air France, whose Business Class service is below all
standards, just normal economy. Business lounge in Madrid is very basic, but onboard young
and cheerful crew, who were attentive and smiling. Excellent meals with Spanish flavours and
some of their best wines. Comfortable reclining seats allowed a nice sleep. Similarly
pleasant experience on the return flight.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 9 December 2010 by D Baigent (UK)
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Trip Rating : 0/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Air Europa overbooked the flight and my pregnant wife is now trapped in Argentina and unable
to return home for a minimum of 24 hours. Staff are being very unhelpful with arranging
alternative flights although other flights are leaving today. Please do not book with this airline.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 29 November 2010 by Luis Villalba (Spain)
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Trip Rating : 1/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Barcelona Miami-Barcelona. Based on a decent experience a year ago flying to Argentina,
decided to fly them again. Now I regret it. BCN-MIA was uneventful; nothing worth mentioning
except confirming what others have already written about their old B767s (old, no flight
entertainment, tight seats etc) - crew did smile at times, which made me think that they make
an effort to differentiate themselves from Iberia. Flight back a complete nightmare:
Completely incompetent check-in staff at MIA airport, 1.5 hr delay in Miami, late boarding and
departure without explanation. Thirsty and hungry passengers had to wait about an additional
1.5hrs after take off to have dinner served as crew were busy with duty free sales. By landing
1 hour late in Madrid, a significant portion of passengers lost their connections. About 20 of
us were connecting to Barcelona, and when arriving to passport control section we were told we
needed to pick our baggage (they were supposed to go directly to Barcelona?). With tons of
baggage, connecting passengers had to stroll through Terminal buildings 1 and 2. When we
finally arrived at the customer service center in T2, an airline employee got us all BCN
passengers together and told us everything was prepared for us to continue our journey with
local low cost carrier Vueling since their next flight wouldn't leave until 9pm. At first this
seemed like a decent solution, but when I asked her if Vueling would accept our 2+ baggages
(based on ticket allowance travelling to US) she hesitated and rushed to call Vueling. When
she came back, she said the answer was no - since Vueling accepted 1 baggage/20k per person
and that either we paid our baggage excess with Vueling or we fly with them 5hrs later.
Frustrated we took our chances and gave it a shot at Vueling, who thankfully checked in the
totality of our baggage without charges and who brought us back home 5 hours later than
expected. Next time I will be very willing to pay 100 EUR more to travel with other carriers.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 24 November 2010 by T Rampia (Greece)
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Trip Rating : 0/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Madrid to Las Palmas. 3 hours delay, poor information of what is happening. What upset me most
is the fact that there was hardly no information of what is happening and it was only in
Spanish. I wouldn't travel with them again. The last drop was when my daughter's suitcase
arrived broken as well.
AIR EUROPA customer review : 23 November 2010 by Martin Ricoy (Spain)
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Trip Rating : 0/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Madrid to Gatwick, 21st November, showed up in T-1 in Barajas 2hrs before departure, to find a
line for check in that in conservative estimates was at least 150 metres long and with at
least 600 people. Air Europa has a considerable number of flights to South America, all
leaving around midday, most passengers show up three to four hours ahead of travel. After 1.5
hours we were only halfway through the line, I went to the counter to see what they planned
only to be dismissed with poor manners. At 20 min. before departure Air Europa started to call
all passengers to Gatwick to step forward, it turned out that more than one hundred people
were in the same predicament, they frantically started giving out boarding passes to all
involved, massive disorganization, many highly upset. Needless to say the flight left late,
never again.
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