How long can you bear on a no-frills flight?

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One respondent to the poll, Jonathan, wrote on X: “At hour four on the 3am Wizz Air Tel Aviv to Luton in February, most of the fit young grown men forming the majority of the passengers were reduced to brace position out of a mixture of extreme discomfort and consequent exhaustion.” But Paul wrote: “Just done Sharm el Sheikh with easyJet – was absolutely fine.” “Flying is now a trial of endurance,” Peter Cooper commented with some exasperation. “Misleading pricing, complicated booking and ticketing procedures, airport car park rip-off, drop off rip-off, security queues, bag-size police, cramped economy experience, strikes, delays.” open image in gallery Majority view: X poll on no-frills flying The 24 per cent who said they would be happy with a no-frills flight of any length include two members of The Independent travel desk. I should probably note that I’m 5ft 3in so legroom tends not to be an issue.” Travel writer Natalie Wilson said: “I’m team no limit if the price is right. But Ben Bradgate, an aviation professional, said: “My industry experience is that, in reality, price is king and most leisure passengers are not prepared to pay significantly more than they have to.” A spokesperson for easyJet said: “While easyJet’s average flight time is closer to two hours our destinations further afield continue to grow in popularity and it’s great to see the vast majority of those polled are happy to fly anywhere with us for the right price.” Wizz Air said its new Airbus A321XLR aircraft would “enable us to offer unbeatable fares to customers travelling on one of our longer-range routes”.