VS3043 LHR-MAN 8 OCT 14 (Upper Class)

This is a Trip Report from the Upper Class cabin

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Having just arrived from LAX on VS8, see Trip Report, we now had a 6 hour layover until our Little Red flight to Manchester.

Transfer to Terminal 2 via Flight Connections was very quick. We shared the bus with 1 other passenger. Immigration and security were empty so we were soon in the Aer Lingus lounge.

We managed to find 2 very comfortable armchairs with footstools overlooking the runway so, at least we had a decent outlook for the afternoon..

Food on offer was Red pepper soup and rolls, Danish pastries etc and cheese and biscuits as well as the bar so we were well set up.


Flight was called and we were soon on board with probably about a half load. Push back was a few minutes early. We then taxied to the runway and that's when the problems arose. Captain reported that there were 12 aircraft ahead of us and we could be 20 mins or more. Forty minutes later we moved and eventually took off an hour after leaving the stand. It seems the delays were the result of the airport being closed temporarily because of bad weather in the Heathrow area.

Flight was then uneventful and we finally arrived in Manchester about 40 min late.

At baggage claim there were about 2 dozen waiting for luggage so does illustrate LR problems over lack of international transfer passengers

David

Thanks for the TR and, especially, the photographs of the T2 Aer Lingus lounge.

NV

Thanks very much - the lounge looks good, so thanks for the pictures.

Just arrived home after using the same flight this evening.
Fortunately not held as long as you were, only about 20 minutes to take off, but still arrived in decent time. Flight was pretty full and crew as usual managed to serve everyone with a drink!
This was was my first time outbound from T2 and I was suitably impressed. Priority channel was very busy but they did draft in some extra staff to try and speed things up.
The Lounge is ok, rather underwhelmed by the food on offer, cream of chicken soup being the only substantial item, but it was comfortable and the welcome was warm and friendly. Certainly an improvement on a Costa voucher in T1!
It is a real shame that the service is being dropped but I do understand the economics, not every plane has been as full as this evenings. Great for us to spread out but not if you need to make a profit!