Review of Transavia flight from Dublin to Paris in Economy

TO - Transavia

Flight taken on 26 July 2015

TO3861

Dublin Paris

DUB

ORY

19:55 01h 50m 22:45

Model Boeing 737-800

Class Economy

Seat 3A

Hy everyone, welcome on my return flight from Ireland!
I chose to fly with the French low-cost Airline Transavia, which offers a very good price, 25€! I have also a good experience of this airline on my last trip to Barcelona, so I can't hesitate.
I was at Bray (20km south Dublin), so it wasn't very easy to join the Airport. To begin I took the DART, the Dublin's regional train, at Bray Station. It cost me 3.70€ for a 45 minutes ride, with free wifi. Fortunately the DART wasn't too busy.

I left the DART at Tara Street's station.

Let's have a walk now!

Irish weather…

O'Connel Street

The Spire

And the Air Link's Bus Stop. I waited only five minutes and I was on the bus 747 to Dublin Airport, very wet!

The bus was comfortable and in just 20 minutes I was at the Airport. It's a good way to join it, not too expensive (6€).

Transavia's flights depart on Terminal 1, the older one.

I arrived very soon, so check in wasn't open.

Flight on time (that's wrong, he will arrive one hour late…)

I decided to have diner on the food court, located on the first floor.

FR

Check-in opened two hours before departure. Web check-in wasn't available on this flight.

Staff was friendly (no Swissport fortunately!!)

Security check was busy, but it could be worst.

Duty Free

Airport was enjoyable, with lots of shops.
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Flybe

A300-600F Fedex

Now let's go to my boarding gate on the Ryanair boarding zone.

Some publicity…

15 minutes later, I was on my boarding gate. Dublin Airport is big!
Spotting time :)
B737-800 Ryanair

A320 Aer Lingus

Avro RJ85 Cityjet

Concourse is very enjoyable with a lot of seats.

A321-200 SAS

B737-400F Air Contractors

ATR42-300 Stobart Air

Ryanair again

But Aer Lingus is also here!

My flight is already expected on time…

Ryanair flight to Beauvais Airport

Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Luxair

A320 British Airways

Ryanair

Weather is bad

A300-600F Fedex

ATR72-200 Stobart Air

There is no jet bridge so boarding will be done very quickly.

ATR72-600 Aer Lingus Regional

Ryanair VS Aer Lingus, two big enemies!

Stobart Air is leaving.

My Aircraft is landing, it's a Boeing 737-800 (F-GZHO). He is only 0.5 years old!

Boarding will start soon on gate 112.

B787-8 Ethiopian Airlines from LAX to ADD. He does a stop at Dublin Airport.

Boarding started at 20h15, 50 minutes late. We had to board quickly because Paris Orly Airport closed at 23h30.

B737-800 Ryanair

CFMI CFM56-7B27

Welcome was good. Cabin crew was very Young.

Then the captain spoke and explained why the Aircraft was late. Indeed, our Aircraft had to wait one hour passengers at Tel Aviv Airport on the previous flight because safety check was busy… He expect a 1h20 flight and an arrival just before Orly closing time.

B777-300ER Emirates

Irish weather again!

Sky interior

B737-800 Ryanair

Avro RJ85 Cityjet

ATR72-600 Aer Lingus Regional

Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Flybe

A319 British Airways

Emirates

Aer Lingus land on T2.

TO3861, cleared to take-off.

Sunset was beautiful.

BOB. Not bad but quite expensive (less than Aer Lingus).

Space was good, and cabin modern.

Some pictures before our descent.

We arrived at gate at 23h15, 30 minutes late.

French Boarder Police was busy and our policeman rude…

Luggage Delivery

Then I went to the kiss and fly and went back home.

Thank you for reading and happy New Year!

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Product ratings

Airline

Transavia 7.9

Cabin8.0 / 10
Cabin crew10.0 / 10
Entertainment/wifi6.0 / 10
Buy-on-board menu7.5 / 10

Departure airport

Dublin - DUB7.5

Efficiency6.5 / 10
Access7.5 / 10
Services8.0 / 10
Cleanliness8.0 / 10

Arrival Airport

Paris - ORY4.5

Efficiency3.0 / 10
Access5.0 / 10
Services5.0 / 10
Cleanliness5.0 / 10

Conclusion

Flight was good. Cabin was comfortable and cabin crew friendly. The only problem was our late arrival...

I advise you to fly with Transavia. It's a good deal.

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Comments (3)

watchbird 2016-01-02 13:35:18

Thanks for sharing this FR!

The pleasure of being a little stressed over the closing time of Orly is a classic for a number of passengers using low-costs inbound Orly late in the day... I had the pleasure of an arrival in CDG T3 at 2am instead of Orly 11pm once. I was coming back from Budapest and it was due to a hard landing by the Transavia crew in Budapest! It was no fun at all but Transavia France did a good job in paying us the legal fee (much higher than the fare...) and the taxi expenses we incurred on that night.

In consequence I would not be totally against booking with them again... I somehow owe them some cash :-).

Hopefully it turned out better for your flight.

nicobcn 2016-01-02 20:49:17

Thank you for your comment!

My flight experience was much better than yours! You didn't have chance... Easyjet and Vueling have often the same problem.

NGO85 2016-01-06 23:32:11

Thanks for sharing this FR with us!

Good thing you spotted all those RJ85s, they are going to die soon as WX goes Russian. I have never heard of Stobart Air before, is it a new carrier?

Ryanair VS Aer Lingus, two big enemies!!”

- The race to see who can be more LCC?^^

The seat pitch looks pretty tight, but I guess this is a LCC so that is kind of expected. Getting a new plane with BSI is always a nice treat when flying a LCC.

Getting a good crew also helps, but for a fairly short flight TO looks like a reasonable LCC.