Review easyJet Basel - Edinburgh

Paul‘s Flight Report
easyJet
Flight: EZS1231
BSL - EDI / Airbus A320neo
Flight Time: 1 hr 45 min.
Economy Class

General Impression: 🐑🐑🐑🐑

Before the Flight :
Check-in Process: online
Security Control : 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
Lounge: with Priority Pass 🐑🐑🐑🐑
Information: 🐑🐑🐑
Boarding @ Gate: 🐑🐑🐑
Staff @ these points: 🐑🐑🐑🐑
Boarding in Cabin: 🐑🐑🐑
Welcome Drinks: N/A
Punctuality: 🐑🐑🐑🐑 on time
During the Flight :
Food presentation: 🐑🐑🐑
Food quality: 🐑🐑🐑🐑
Drinks: 🐑🐑🐑
Service Procedure: 🐑🐑🐑
Amenity Kit: N/A shorthaul
Entertainment System: 🐑
Seat Quality: 🐑🐑🐑🌿
Legroom: 🐑🐑🐑
Lavatories: 🐑🐑🐑
Cleanliness: 🐑🐑🐑🐑
General Atmosphere: 🐑🐑🐑🐑
Announcement Pilots: 🐑🐑🐑🌿
Announcement Cabin: 🐑🐑🐑🐑🌿
Cabin Crew: 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
After the Flight:
De-Boarding: 🐑🐑🐑
Baggage Delivery: N/A, no bags checked
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🐑 = bad, a lot of work needs to be done
🐑🐑 = poor, you will be busy with corrections
🐑🐑🐑 = good & normal, nothing special
🐑🐑🐑🐑 = high level, but the icing on the cake is missing
🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 = topnotch, leave me here!
🌿= Half a Point/sheep
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On the Ground:
We did check-in online 3 days prior our departure date.
As we were going to Edinburgh for a weekend trip, we were traveling with hand luggage only.
We arrived 2 hours prior departure at the parking lot of the airport.
There was simply no queue at the Security Check and we were through in no time.
Staff was very friendly, efficient and helpful.
As we had a little more than an hour until indicated boarding time, we went to the Skyview Lounge with our Priority Pass. The lounge belongs to Swissport and is somewhat an Aspire Lounge.
The lounge itself is massive in size and there are many seating options. They even have a terrace overlooking the apron.
Food and drink selection is rather basic. They offered some noodles with either cheddar cheese or tomato sauce, some salads and sweets. Food quality was okay and the drink selection was fine. Soft drinks, beer, wine as well as a small bar were available.

Staff at the gate was okay. No announcements were done for boarding and the line for Speedy Boarding was massive as everyone buying the bigger hand luggage also gets speedy boarding.

At the aircraft door we were greeted by the cabin manager and another cabin crew member. The crew was super friendly and present whilst boarding.

Inflight:
The seats are the regular slime line seats within recline. The legroom is okay for a short haul aircraft.

Announcement from the cockpit were okay and the announcements from the cabin crew were good. Right speed, clear and understandable.

After take off, the crew started with the inflight service.
Service is against payment but EasyJet offers a great selection of drinks and food for a very reasonable price. Sandwiches for example are 6.25CHF which is half the price from Swiss.
As prices were more than okay, we decided for a hot Croque Monsieur toast, some Tapas as well as an Apérol Spritz.
The quality of the food was good and it was tasty. Presentation was good as well and not on the cheap side.
After the F&B service the crew passed with duty free.
The cabin crew on this flight is as super welcoming and friendly.
Every single cabin crew member was friendly, helpful and interacted with the customers. They had a smile on their face and were going the extra mile.
They showed real passion for what they do.
The EasyJet Airbus A320 has no airplane inflight entertainment system.
The safety demonstration is done manually.
There is a magazine as well as the F&B brochure in the seat pocket.
There was no WiFi.
Summary:
All in all a very good flight with EasyJet. A nice and welcoming cabin crew, delicious and affordable food and definitely no, but absolutely no difference to legacy carries in Economy nowadays.
Based on this flight and our experience we would choose EasyJet again for future travels.
Notes:
- Paul the Sheep does not get any benefits from the Hotels/Airlines etc.
- Paul will always pay for the services in order to be able to rate freely and truly about the experiences.
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