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Fly Baboo a Swiss airline will start services to Geneva form 25 October, www.flybaboo.com.
Haven't checked out their ski carriage costs.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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looks like not bad value, just compared with my easyjet flights in January and Baboo is only £8 rtn more expensive. good option if going straight from work on friday if you work in the city.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Flights times could be a bit tricky, interesting mix of French and English on the English version. Up to 2 bags allowed in 20kg hold allowance,
The best bit!
"5.8 Enjoy carrying your ski equipment on board for free
Restricted to one ski equipment per person; equipment (skis, poles and boots) must be stored in an appropriate bag."
the flight I just looked up was £78 per person - much cheaper than Swiss for the equivalent flight times
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Fri 25-09-09 16:53; edited 1 time in total
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Just tried flights for the EoSB - not there, but the timetable hasn't been updated yet. one to keep any eye on
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I love London city. But do we trust this mob?
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stoatsbrother, dunno yet, but very interested.
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stoatsbrother, been around since 2003, Swiss based airline fly mainly to Italy and France, and a few other places, trust them as much as you would any airline, They get good reviews www.airlinequality.com/Forum/baboo.htm. I'll be booking my flights with them.
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stoatsbrother, They are great have used them a lot out of Geneva to other destinations. Food and drinks are also good!!!
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I have flown on them several times in Europe. My experiences have all been favourable. They are one of the better lower cost airlines.
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radar, snowandtrek, casnbs, Thanks - that is really reassuring and the kind of info snowHeads is great for 
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stoatsbrother, I sincerely hope that they are as good as reputed but a friend was unlucky enough to have her Nice-Geneva leg cancelled three trips in a row (over about 4 months) and the customer service following wasn't exemplary. She will only use Easyjet now.
Part of the problem of course is that they aren't running large numbers of flights to each destination, nor do they have a huge fleet. So if something doesn't go according to plan, it's that much harder for them to accommodate it.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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stoatsbrother, I've use them a lot out of Nice mainly ... They are an excellent airline, not 'Low-Cost' at all. Depends what aircraft they use though ... props are quite small. Schedule can go to pot as they have such a small fleet but that happens with big guys as well. 
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under a new name, I must have used them 20 times ..maybe more ... never had a flight cancelled. Can you warn us when your friend books to fly next with anyone ? 
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You know it makes sense.
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dirt cheap flights! the only drawback (deal breaker for me) is that they fly back from Geneva at 17h05 on sundays which means that you do a half day skiing at best as opposed to the 9pm BA flight that leaves you the whole day to ski
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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snowforever, and no Saturday flights, or at least not for the Saturdays in March I was looking at. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hurtle, they operate Monday to Friday and Sunday
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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radar, yes, indeed, but the rental I'm looking at is, unfortunately, Saturday to Saturday.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hurtle, 
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Hurtle, someone helpfully suggested, on another thread, the Novotel in Ferney Voltaire on Saturday night for a Sunday flight - they apparently do a shuttle bus to the airport. But two nights in the Novotel...... 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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pam w, thanks. Not sure...
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Hurtle, not such a bad idea. Arrive Friday, get up early, into ski kit in Novotel, be on slopes by 08h30 chasing lifties on THEIR way to work. ON Saturday, ski till last lift closes, enjoy restful meal in Geneva (there are nice restaurants near the airport, sleep the sleep of the well skied skier and catch a flight home the next day. Doesn't sound too bad to me...
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Kel, I read that as your ski kit is in addition to your 2 bags - it doesn't say it's part of your 20kg hold alllowance.
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Doesn't sound too bad to me...
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under a new name, when you put it like that, no it doesn't! Particularly if you had convivial company to share the car hire, meals, etc. We have friends who fly out to visit us from City airport - he raves about it - it's such an easy and short train ride from their home in Romford (mind you, it would take more than proximity to City airport to persuade me to live in Romford).
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Hurtle, I was going to add that we are thinking of doing Friday night in the Ibis at Geneva Airport a bit cheaper than Novotel, and they also have a shuttle bus
holidayloverxx, Agree with you, the appropriate bag I read as ski/snowboard one
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The Stars Hotel at Ferney is probably a lot cheaper than either - and within a short taxi ride or short walking distance (though not a very pleasant walk) to the terminal.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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just checked - 45/50 euros a room.
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Hey great news! And BA is flying this route too. Lots of competition then - good!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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firebug, BA Heathrow or Gatwick to Geneva only nothing form City, don't forget that you have to pay extra for Ski's.
Having looked at the first week of January, both Swiss (from City) and BA (from Gatwick) are a lot more.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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radar, BA will be flying from city as of Dec 16th (I think?)  Prices looked OK but not as cheap as Baboo. Ski carriage is a good point for most ppl.
I wonder if Air France will start the route again this winter. They made a massive screw-up of it last season and as a result it was mega-cheap, I can't believe they made much money.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Ba flights to geneva are way cheaper from heathrow. I'd rather save the money and commute to heathrow!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowforever, true! but I live near City so I can get there for 2 quid in 45 minutes on the DLR, and you can get there ridiculously late for your flight and still make it. 20 mins is our record. Heathrow is huge and slow, and the saving in the flight is not always less than the cost of getting there. It really depends where you're coming from though. 
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i work in canary wharf so i would usually take the jubilee/waterloo then heathrow express to get there quickest (heathrow express is pricey) otherwise i would take the picadilly line and it costs £4 or so. The difference in price though is much higher than the commuting price
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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firebug, BA from 14 December London City to Geneva, didn't show when I was looking,thanks
Air France won't be back their loads weren't that good, I still find it strange that they don't do Lyon either
snowforever, think fly baboo are cheaper
Maybe we should have a Canary Wharf get together
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Now if I could get flights from City on the way out (another Wharf-worker) and to Heathrow on the way back (v convenient given I live in Richmond) with free ski carriage I'd be a happy bunny.
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Sideshow_Bob, you can't have it all, but nearly BA out London City and back to Heathrow
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Sideshow_Bob, pssst - Swiss
or don't they fly in and out of LHR any more?
Last edited by After all it is free  on Tue 29-09-09 18:14; edited 1 time in total
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I do prefer City though - the time factor makes a big difference for me.
Air France was hilarious. The website didn't work properly for at least five months - you had to ring them up to book. We had some ridiculously cheap flights as a result. Then, when you got there, the kiosks never worked, so they would station very charming French staff next to each one with a printout of the passenger manifest, who would tick you off and sort out your paperwork. Fortunately this didn't take long as the plane was rarely more than a quarter full. We knew it couldn't last! I was hoping they'd be back though.
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Arno, they did a route swap with BA when they were both in One World
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