Transavia

Dublin to Paris with Transavia recently. It was quite cheap as it was very last minute and with the departure time of 19.55 it allowed me to get a full days work done before I went. However, I checked in online only to find that when it came to boarding that the system in the airport had not been updated as such and that those of us (the majority it has to be said) who thought we had checked in were not and so had to be manually checked in which took almost an hour. This isn't really the fault of the airline, they blamed the airport, but there was too much confusion in the run up to the point where they opened the flight. The ground staff could see there was an issue and should have opened boarding earlier. The result of which was those with boarding cards issued in the airport got on the plane and were sitting on it for over an hour before the doors closed. Moreover when we eventually took off over an hour late we landed in Orly as the busses were leaving for Paris. No trains, no nothing which meant hanging about waiting to get into the as a result of this it was nearly one am before I got tomy hotel. The flight itself was fine, it's pretty cramped in that spotless cabin with the Boeing Sky Interior, thankfully it was a short flight! The menu range was ok but a little limited looking. The cabin crew did a good job considering they looked like they were out of patience waiting to go, and handled a fairly drunk passenger who managed to smuggle two bottles of Guinness onboard with aplomb.

I was flying a few days ago from Athens to Amsterdam with Transavia. No problem with the flight, on time, staff ok but not as friendly as expected. But before departure I received the usual email to check in, which I did (of course I had to pay 4 euros more to change my seat) - and when I received my confirmation I realized that this was for my return flight. (I have no idea how they managed to do this, it's supposed that I couldn't check in for my return flight yet, only 24 hours before). So I had to do it all over again. Anyway, yesterday I was flying back from Amsterdam. Once aboard I realized that this was not a Transavia airplane. The staff told me that the flight would be operated by Corendon. Has anyone heard of them before? Well, I hadn't. For me it's important to know a few things about an airline before I fly, concerning the safety in the first place of course. I was so frustrated. They could at least use a KLM airplane which would be acceptable since it's basically the same company. But they can't make passengers fly with an unknown airline. I'm very dissapointed and will avoid to fly with Transavia again. To be fair though I have to say that Corendon Airlines flight was very good, the staff super friendly and polite and it was my first time to fly with a woman pilot

Flew Transavia from Rotterdam-The Hague to Girona,. Friendly staff, on time departure and early arrival. Clean cabin and inflight entertainment app is handy and convenient.

It was a good flight, no problems whatsoever. The cabin crew were very friendly, if you had a problem they came in a second. The seats where comfortable in my opinion. Food could be better though, but I would recommend this airline.

Rotterdam to Palma and paid for a seat with extra legroom (Emergency Exit). Good flight, on time, good seats. On return leg paid for extra legroom in row, 1 but these were not worth the money – not much legroom and narrower seats due to the tables being folded into the armrests. Overall a good recommendation. Rotterdam a brilliant airport.

Very nice flight with from Orly to Dublin. Orly was very convenient to use and Transavia were not strict on hand luggage allowance and staff were very friendly. Flight departed about 40 minutes late with a flight time of 1 hour and 25 minutes. I would recommend Transavia and their fares from Paris are very competitive at 35 euros each way.

Transavia's baggage-checking equipment broke and delayed many from checking into their flights. When finally fixed my group were given 2 options: leave luggage in Paris or don't get on the flight. No offer to see the luggage through to the next destination and no concern for this group's (primarily elderly) ability to reach their next destination. They could not leave their luggage and were stranded in a foreign country's airport. $1,000+ later flights have been purchased but not before this company declares they are free from blame even though it was their equipment that delayed over 100 people. Will never use them again.

Transavia does the job but there is no fun, pleasure or convenience. Extremely early departure from Schiphol (before 6am) and extremely late and delayed return from Faro (around 10 pm: with no explanation or apologies). Crew just ok, seating cramped (is that plastic they have covered the seats in? terrible), cabin hot and stuffy with tons of screaming kids. Transavia is obviously very concerned about luggage and changes its policies on that regularly. The latest is that it will accept certain size of bags on board but others may or may not make it depending on the actual situation. Those bags may be taken in at the gate and transported in the hold at no extra cost. This is especially frustrating as luggage handling at Schiphol is terrible. Common practice there is to offload a few suitcases to be able to (I guess) report on time 'bag delivery' then wait for over 45 minutes to get the rest of the bags out. I am also so annoyed by the self promotion of Transavia in their inflight magazine: they cant stop talking about how they have spent a fortune on restyling logos, livery and uniforms but passenger comfort is not mentioned. If you are low cost, we hate to see you invest money but not on things that are important to us. Final issue: Transavia finally joined the 'earning miles' scheme of KLM but despite code sharing with KLM on most flights it has its own rules that are totally not transparent. You can earn miles but only on fare types that no one has ever heard off (Transavia does not offer a choice of fares) and segments don't count: it's basically useless.

We were delayed for 2 and a half hours on a Barcelona to Amsterdam flight. This delay incurred unforeseen additional costs in the airport departures area. Buying food and drink is expensive when the kids say they are hungry. Onboard the "operational excuse" apology for the delay was brief (technical problems). Then the cabin crew quickly got on with the more important business of selling expensive drinks and food to tired and delayed passengers. The 3 hr rule means that compensation is not possible in this case. I will contact Transavia to determine why a courtesy goodwill drink is not offered to passengers in these circumstances.

Lisbon-Eindhoven. Computer problems in Lisbon caused quite a long cue at baggage drop but no delay in the end. It would be nice if Transavia tells passengers on their boarding passes that they have to go to the - badly sign- posted - terminal 2 in Lisbon. It turned out we had to take a bus. Crew on board friendly and efficient. Paid 15 euros for seats 2E and F with more leg space. Still limited because of pantry wall. Emergency-exit seat offers more leg room. Transavia doesn't have an iPhone app for storing boarding pass in pass book which is rather old fashioned these days.