Last weekend I went to see my dad near Galway. This time I didn’t fly with my beloved Ryanair to Shannon but with Aer Arran direct to galway from Manchester. It’s a small ariline with small planes so I was hopeful to have a quick and trouble free trip. I did, apart from a 20 minute delay in Manchester on friday night (which is understandable) and a silly bitch on check in that made me check my small rucksack in instead of taking it on board. I quoted the size restriction from the website and that the bag was within those limits. Silly tart was having none of it. Some battles are not worth fighting though. All in all Aer arran scores 8 out of 10. From my Dads house to my office took only 4 and a half hours – amazing.