Zoom or GlobeSpan?

[Ctwizzy]

I found cheap flights on zoom and globespan, well not cheap but cheaper than ive seen elsewhere.


Just wondering how zoom are? Any horror stories or is it a good airline?
How about globespan? They fly out of hamilton and not out of a major airport so im iffy.

[Talamasca]

It's a basic charter airline. Don't expect your own personal TV or anything. It gets you from A to B without crashing. I used them last year and it was fine. Most flights aren't non-stop direct though (Toronto>London involves a stopover in Montreal) so that adds a little to the travel time. You can pay a bit more and go for their comfort class or whatever it's called.

[89fan]

I found cheap flights on zoom and globespan, well not cheap but cheaper than ive seen elsewhere.


Just wondering how zoom are? Any horror stories or is it a good airline?
How about globespan? They fly out of hamilton and not out of a major airport so im iffy.

I live in Hamilton and a few weeks ago they had to call back the same plane twice. I think it was on fire, or something like that. It was all over our local news.

Here is 1 link.

http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/207274

[HighFlyer]

If you have to choose from either of them, go with Zoom's 767's. Flying overseas in a single-aisle 757 is just dreadful.

[b166er1337]

I flew from Liverpool to NYC on flyglobespan last month. It was a pleasant experience...

but as any budget airlines, you gotta pay for drinks/snacks/food.

[Ctwizzy]

Globespan is a total of $200 cheaper over both flights and allows for a lot more luggage 50kg vs the 20kg zoom allows.

So im unsure.

[GSD]

I live in Hamilton and a few weeks ago they had to call back the same plane twice. I think it was on fire, or something like that. It was all over our local news.

Here is 1 link.

http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/207274

Here is another link of a dodgy Globespan engine test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGJMprf4yO4

That's scary. My wife flew with them last week to Glasgow and back from Manchester for $443 coming back in premium. Plane was fairly empty slightly delayed and not much difference in premium class. I didn't see no 50kg allowance though. Zoom does have price match guarantee read the fine print though.

[Ctwizzy]

Ill pay the extra charge and fly zoom.