It is back!
The annual awards for my travel year!
As always, the first is for airlines. I flew with Eurowings for the first time – between Edinburgh and both Düsseldorf and Köln. If I have understood correctly it is part of Lufthansa, and it serves the cheap and cheerful market to compete with the likes of Ryanair and the rest.
I used Ryanair several times as well, so it was easy to make a direct comparison. They transported me to Gdańsk, and back to Edinburgh from Poznań and Wrocław.
My first flight with Eurowings was quite unpleasant as a result of a delay caused entirely by Edinburgh Airport, so I cannot count that against the airline. The other big issue was that the fattest man in Germany was in the seat next to me and to say he put the squeeze on me would be an understatement.
That said, my choice is Eurowings for my 2024 award. Perhaps the only reason is that my palate has become a bit “jaded” when it comes to Ryanair and I enjoyed trying something a little different.
ⓒ iain taylor, 2024
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