Short-hop flights from UK with large(ish!) plane?

[8LouiseCambs8]

I’m a nervous flyer and looking to book a getaway on a short flight, which will be my first in a few years.

The main thing I struggle with is feeling claustrophobic and therefore would love to avoid a very small plane.

Can anyone recommend flights approx 1 hour from the midlands (UK) that tend to have the 3x3 seat planes (rather than the 2x2 seat prop planes)?

Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Amsterdam appeal but open to suggestions :)

Thanks so much!

Paris?

Some of the Birmingham to Dublin Aer Lingus flights. Ryanair are almost all (all?) 737's so 3-3.

All EasyJet flights from Birmingham operate on Airbus A320 family jet aircraft which have 3+3 cabin configurations & feel reasonably spacious.

All Ryanair flights from Birmingham & East Midlands operate on Boeing 737 aircraft with the same seating layout. The cabin is a bit smaller than the A320 so don’t feel quite as spacious.

All Jet2 flights & TUI European flights operate on either 737 or A320.

Enjoy your trip, wherever you decide to go.

Thanks so much for your help @LIZS @CyberStrider @SpottedDonkey .

I have a lot of great options there and hadn’t thought of the difference in cabin between the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. Off to browse some flights!

Amsterdam and Milan both super short and nice

Geneva's a nice short flight too.

All the Ryanair and easyJet flights I’ve been on (and it’s quite a lot!) have been 3x3 and 30+ rows of seats.

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Agreed...

If you fly Ryanair, Easyjet, BA mainline you'll be 3/3 by default.

There may well be a minor difference on internal canin dimensions (specifically cabin width) between a 737 and something out of the A320 family but it's not a lot.

TBH if you are only looking for 1 hour airborne ( that translates to roughly 1 hour 30 min scheduled gate to gate) from the UK.midlands you're really constrained to UK domestic or at a stretch somewhere like Dublin, Amsterdam, maybe Brussels or Paris.

P.S. for @8LouiseCambs8 - I'm maybe stating the obvious here but the following does get missed by some flyers:

Times on the timetables/booking sites are the local times at point of departure and arrival respectively, so a flight at say at 0900 (local time) UK arriving 1200 (local time) somewhere in adjacent Europe is only a 2 hour flight, not 3..remembering that might open up some options.

Do you mean propeller planes? No regular uk airline uses them

why bot Eurostar?

emerald air does, if booking aer lingus avoid the emerald air flights.

You can also make sure to book an aisle seat and maybe an exit row.

Logan Air do!

Because the OP is looking for exposure to flying..

@Koazy

As a couple of PPs have pointed out there are at least airlines operating turboprops in the UK

Yes but not mainstream. I was just saying that she’s no need to worry if booking one of the usual suspects.

edit Ignore me. I didn’t realise aer lingus have a contract with emerald.

I travel a lot and the vast majority of European flights are 3x3. I can only time I can remember doing a 2×2 was to Scotland years ago.

So I'd just work out where you want go first and then double check the seat configuration when you actually book. On SkyScanner you can select your departure airport, and then type and select 'Everywhere' to see all the places you can fly to.

Train to Edinburgh ?

Beware of London City - a lot of the BA flights there are smaller planes, 2 x 2 or 2 x 1.

They certainly use prop planes! I think the airline to guernsey does as well.

Once you are airborne the difference of a 60 minute or 90 minute flight won’t really matter. How about Copenhagen, flight is a bit longer but it’s lovely

Cork. Lots of beautiful scenery within a few miles, a cracking city with lots of night life, and a lit cheaper than Dublin.