I feel the same way. I also only once exprineced a serious EJ delay, but Swiss seems to be letting me down all the time. Just the concept of flying into LHR seems to be synonymous with delay and because EJ doesn't do that they've already got the statistical probability on their side. And then of course Gatwick has trains to many more destinations than LHR does. Swiss would have to be a lot cheaper than EJ for me to consider them.

Oh, and BTW I was looking into Manchester to London one-way flights the other day just out of interest and Swiss had one for 2500 GBP in economy class. I took the train. It would take an awful lot of complemenary coffee to justify that one.

Not EJ, but Manchester Airport are going start charging (Not a refundable deposit!) £1 to use their new trolleys on 10th April,

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/%C2%A31-tro...efundable.html

With London you either have the labyrinthine hell of Gatwick itself but the opportunity to get out by rail, or the relative ease of Heathrow followed by complete frustration at being unable to go anywhere other than the largely useless Paddington in less than 90 minutes.

You look at the public transport engineering feats of other countries, and then marvel how the UK left the world's third biggest airport with worse transport links than Zweikuhfladenwil AG.

Oh, and Swiss just don't want you buying single tickets - if you'd chosen a return, the price of both tickets together would have been less than the single. Plus, going on the tube from Kings Cross to Heathrow takes almost as long as it takes on the train from Euston to Manchester(!)

I sent a similar email to easyjet and received a very quick reply:

Dear kearney1989,

Thank you for considering easyJet.

I would like to inform that easyJet will be operating on to the Zurich-Manchester route by 28 March 2012 only. This route is being dropped for some operational reasons.

You may choose to fly to the other airports in UK such as Zurich-London Gatwick or Zurich-London Luton as there are flights available after 27th March. For the purpose, you can refer to the link mentioned below.

Timetable Link : http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/planning/

Feel free to contact us for further information.

Regards,

Parul
easyJet Customer Services

Easyjet along with other airlines abandoning routes to the North of England.. its so annoying!

It certainly is. We have resorted to checking out other routes to Southern Germany or Northern Italy to and from Manchester. Got Bergamo £60 return but you have to factor in the hassle and extra travel cost........and that it's Ryanair.

As the Chinese say "Be careful what you wish for".

I predict you will see Swiss increasing their prices now that Easyjet have pulled out of ZRH-MAN.

I write that as someone who always fly Swiss ZRH-MAN for exactly the reasons you have given.

What is this preferential treatment as ZRH you speak of?

They never seem to do it when I'm flying.

Which is why I fly to Luton and then train to St Pancras.

BMI have been taken over by the British Airways parent company - perhaps this will eliminate the codeshare flights with Swiss and BA will provide some competition in the absence of Easyjet?