You may feel 2025 has not been the best of years. Yet for British travellers who like to fly, it has been easily the best yet since 2019 – the golden year for low fares and wide horizons. I have mostly flown on the usual suspects once again. In ascending order of frequency, I enjoyed safe, professional flights on Jet2, British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair. One of these made the “worst flights” list, but only because the plane didn’t take off.
I have also experienced a number of carriers for the first time: HiSky of Romania, Middle East Airlines of Lebanon and most notably the Global Airlines maiden flight from Glasgow to New York JFK. And I surrendered A$75 (£35) at the gate to Virgin Australia – yes, my cabin baggage was seriously over the limit.
