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Appalling ex Astraeus charter aircraft with a few non-flat business seats bolted into the front. A complicated and useless IFE unit handed to you after takeoff. BMI charges premium fares for a third rate experience, I was happy to pay Astraeus prices when they ran the service but ever since BMI took over the route and simply had the aircraft resprayed one gets a few more inches and little more for over three times the price.

Seat 4C on a BMI 757. Recline mechanism not functioning at all and no spare seats (overnight Freetown to London. Recline when it does work only takes you backwards a short distance. Apart from a wider seat, might just as well sit in economy and pay half!

The seats were good on the whole - they were the new type and yes, they are a little hard right now and will no doubt soften with age. Personally I find it hard to sleep on any airplane and was hoping it would be different on this one but still got not sleep - guess I'm just not the type who can sleep on a plane! Only complaint was cleanliness of the seat. In their upright position they are nice and clean - however, on both outbound and inbound flights when you put the seats in the lie-flat position they show a lot of dirt - I wonder what a good swab would have shown in a lab! It is not hard to put the seat in the lie-flat position, wipe with an anti-bacterial wipe and vacuum up the food waste from previous user! However service was excellent every step of the way. Particularly liked the separate queue at Manchester airport security!

Seat 1G ORD-MAN. The new seats are leather & not as comfortable as the old business seats in the sitting position-perhaps they will soften up with age. Beware of seats 1A,C,H,K as these were not fitted with personal tv's and whilst you are provided with a dvd player, you cannot use this whilst eating due to lack of space. I had a comfortable night's sleep however on the flat (but still slightly angled to the ground) bed, again a little on the hard side, but if you could get your hands on a spare duvet to lie on top of, that should make it more comfortable. The service was outstanding.