I’ve only recently heard of, or flown with, Vueling twice, once from Lisbon to Barcelona, and the second time from Barcelona to Gatwick. The ticket information, booking process was ok and the flight itself was very pleasant, the cabin crew were friendly, and I quite liked the way disembarking the plane was done in rows of 5, to stop the mad rush you get on nearly all flights. It’s good they came up with a system that makes that better. Now to the one minus point.It may be that the plane I took for my first trip was the exact same plane on the second trip a few days later, but on the first trip, while waiting on the steps to the front door, we had a chance to listen to the Port (Left) Jet Engine. It sounded like a diesel engine, clattering away. An inspector was looking around it for several minutes, putting his hand on the central spinning cone (to see if there’s any vibration I guess), but he then proceeded to pass us on the steps with an angry look on his face, to possibly inform the pilot of something related to this engine ? (I’ve never seen an inspector do that before) I’ve flown probably 60 flights over the years and have never heard a jet engine sound as rough as that in my life. I thought surely we’ll be put on a different plane ? But we weren’t, they made the flight and we all lived to tell the tale.My second flight with Vueling several days later (5/8/23), was also a fairly pleasant process, regarding boarding (this time via a tunnel, so couldn’t hear the engine from outside), in flight experience and disembarking. However this time I was sat next to the front of the port engine, and that too sounded rougher than any engine I ever heard. If I can upload a video here I will.If I book a flight again, I would try to avoid vueling, purely because I’m not sure (in my mind at least) that there’s enough concern regarding the servicing of the plane. I may be wrong, and these noises I’ve never heard before are perfectly normal, but I’d rather choose a different airline on that limited experience.
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Vueling Airlines, SA is a Spanish low-cost airline based at El Prat de Llobregat in Greater Barcelona with hubs at Barcelona–El Prat Airport and Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy.
