Czesc, dear reader,
I'm back in Germany for six hours.
preparations, shower and some sleep.
is now Poland on the schedule, with a city that I would like to visit for some time and a rare, at least in my log book of aircraft.
And next to it is also a new airport for me.
Here is the current route map:
reporter's trip flights on a larger map
Thursday, 27/05/2010
STR (Stuttgart-Echterdingen)
TXL (Berlin-Tegel-Otto -Lilienthal)
AB Airlines conducted from 6526 TuiFly
Scheduled: 06:25 / / 07:40
In fact, it's my mobile phone that brings me to clock 03.30 in the bed.
Very early, but if I want to achieve the first flight of the day,
no excuses here.
By car from Stuttgart, the online check-in quickly and effectively to airberlin's website on Wednesday evening.
31 A, window last row, it shows the seat map, we'll see.
The price is very good, about 30 Euro's, booked through Expedia, the cheapest option.
few minutes at the security checkpoint today, many inexperienced
leisure travelers on the road.
No, they did nothing about the "new" security provisions heard. My flight time from
sees
Where's Gate 337?.
A non-Schengen gate at the end of Terminal 3, the first flight for me here, or used by Turkish Airlines or British Airways.
Machine is in night stop here in Stuttgart, it is the planned 737-800.
surprise, D-AHFS is never ever an Airways authorization.
No, the operator is TuiFly delivered to Hapag-Lloyd on 21/05/2000 at Emirates from 03/27/2003 to 03/15/2006, then back to Hapag-Lloyd. Hapag
is renamed TuiFly 15.02.2007 and various sources show the machine also currently still at TuiFly.
But she is here in Emirates colors.
flight No. 48 for me to type this, the second on that plane.
25 active databases show TuiFly 737-800 in the fleet.
is in the departure area, a screen with the latest news and what I see?.
delays and canceled flights on two Berlin airports because of a strike of ground staff.
But here is the boarding time.
The cabin crew are ok, two women and two men. The
Purser introduces the cabin crew by name, a nice touch.
The cabin is newly equipped with sleek leather Recaro seats.
The load factor is actually at 90% and 31 A Last of the series, windows,
three places for me.
The cockpit crew is from Germany, the pilot with a nice welcome during boarding. He tells the
me well-known history of Tegel and announces a delay.
Security card with little sign TuiFly
A look into the dark cabin
On the way to the web 25 with a Bulgarian Air Charter McDonnellDouglas on the apron.
We recondition three engines on the parallel taxiway and take an earlier entry, not at the end of the runway.
Light rain here at 13 degrees.
also Abflugweg is unusual, a very fast start and immediately a sharp right turn directly over the city, only ten minutes late.
The altitude is 25,000 feet, the clouds, the flight time is 55 minutes of Erfurt and Leipzig.
water, coffee and a sandwich is offered at no cost.
The co-pilot in the flight logs with more detailed information.
Low clouds over Berlin, the ground is visible only shortly before landing on the 3023 meter track 08L.
only 9 degrees and cloudy, not a pleasant welcome in Berlin.
It is 07.30 clock and thus 10 minutes before the scheduled arrival time.
Parked on the ramp near the entrance to the web 08, far from the terminal.
more than ten minutes of waiting time to a staircase on Fugzeug and a few minutes then comes to a bus.
A final picture from my seat
D-AHFS on the tarmac at Tegel
Goodbye, D-AHFS
in Terminal C, up the stairs to the gate area, no further security check here .
Thursday, 27/05/2010
TXL (Berlin-Tegel Otto Lilienthal)
GDN (Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport)
Service Airlines AB 8496 conducted by LGW
scheduled airline Walter
: 09.10 / / 10:20 Most
Flights have small delays, but a huge number of passengers here.
Terminal C is not my favorite place, a short, uncomfortable seats here.
C45 is the gate for my flight to Poland
The price is back at about 30, - €'s booked at Expedia together with the first flight.
A Continental Boeing 757-200 and a group of non-working handlers
Boarding begins a few minutes late to a bus arrives
and it seems that the staff wants to show us how hard it is to work on the ramp .
30 minutes in the bus with the door open, 8 degrees and light rain.
What we do at the time ? Be curtailed.
A nice young woman from the U.S. is also on track for a short visit to Gdansk. We
an interesting conversation about the strike, our travels and have another.
This machine is on the run since arriving from Stuttgart.
Looks good, does not it?.
It is D-ABQH, the proposed Dash 8-400, a new entry in my logbook, flight No. 9 on this type.
Since 30/05/2009 at LGW at work on Emirates flights.
LGW operates 10 aircraft of this type,
The company is privately owned, all scheduled flights operate under the Emirates code.
A direct view during of boarding
We see the little stickers, operator LGW
A close look at the propeller
It's actually a Q400
The German pilot with a detailed and friendly welcome during the boarding.
My view of the chassis and the cab
Dark blue leather seats, clean and comfortable.
My seat is 18A in the third to last row, the utilization is at 80% and here again, two seats for me.
few minutes late because of the strike.
It is 09.40 clock, 30 minutes to plan and we start from the 2428-meter rail 08R. The flight time is one hour, no route information.
altitude 23 000 feet.
A man and a woman in the cab, arrogant, indifferent, nothing special here.
Now that I call a nice magazine cover, airberlin well done!.
The security card
The co-pilot will respond with further information on the flight.
There is water and coffee and a muffin.
In flight near Danzig
over the suburbs
Railways in view
Shortly before touchdown, hard-29th at the 2800 meter track
It is 10.30 clock, only ten Minutes late.
The weather is not really better than in Berlin, 10 degrees and cloudy.
Also Wizzair flies to Gdansk
My engine on the ramp
freighter in the background
bye D-ABQH
Recorded off the bus
rapidly from the baggage area and on the way to the bus stop.
The check-in for my flight later in the afternoon is not yet open.
Not a good marking here, this is more of a big construction site as an airport. With local support, I think
the right bus, three zlotys to the central station.
The water front with the "Crane"
nice old houses in the ul Mariacka
On the way to the port
A look into a nice little road
Ah, this is Elzbieta from Gdansk!
Another view of the waterfront
The "Green Goal"
The "Dlugi Targ"
And the "Main Town Hall"
The "Crane" in detail
traffic around around the central station
Central Station
The bus is on time and 3 zlotys later I'm back on the site, called
Gdansk airport.
Thursday, 27/05/2010
GDN (Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport)
FRA (Frankfurt-Rhein-Main)
Service LO carried out planned 355 of LOT Polish Airlines
: 15.30 / / 17:15
This Booking is through Ebookers for about 40th - €'s.
The company points to any airline reservation confirmation code.
LOT offers online check-in for flights from Poland to Germany but not for me, without the confirmation code.
The terminal is very small, and the LOT check-in area.
Fortunately for me, no waiting time, the young staff is super friendly. 21 D window is back row, without a request from me, the system knows me and I have this space allocated to two more places for me.
The employee looks for a brief conversation on the incoming flight from Warsaw, on time until now.
SAS on his way to Stockholm taken from the first floor of the Publikumsbreich, the place is full of people.
No delay for my arriving flight
Twice Wizz on the apron
The Embraer 145 in service with LOT more
Wizz No. 3 at the landing
LOT Embraer
starts through security to wait a few minutes.
What a small gate area, I feel like an old and dirty train station.
No display panel or broken in the departure area.
Hard to believe, a men's room with two booths for the entire Schengen area.
An ever-growing queue in front of the ladies' room. The duty free shop
roughly the same size as my garage and not welcoming, small coffee bar.
And this, despite two well-utilized Wizz Air Airbus A320 flights at the same time, Lufthansa to Munich and my flight to Frankfurt.
Is my machine in the approach?
Yes, she is here at the landing
rolling on the taxiway
Behind the Wizzair
It is SP-LIB, as planned, an Embraer 175, again new entry in my logbook, only Flight No. 2 on this type. In use at LOT
since the 30.05.2006. One out of ten in the fleet.
to parking on the apron
Wizz we pushed back
SAS just arrived from Copenhagen
By bus to the plane of gate 5, lucky, no rain during my time in the city and no more rain during boarding.
Nice colors with a classic touch
Yes, there is LOT
The cabin
leather seats in mixed colors, comfortable, very good sense of space, clean.
utilization is about 60%.
Two men and a woman in the cabin, very nice about everything, I had an interesting conversation about flying with the flight attendants.
11 is the path to start at 15.30 clock at 12 degrees and rain.
The flight time is one hour and 30 minutes.
The cockpit crew is from Poland, the pilot with a short but detailed information during the flight. No Place
details that altitude is 26,000 feet.
A look at the safety card
And the current magazine
Above the Clouds
A further look into the cabin
This is the service with LOT, do not ask me what that is!
Much better weather in Frankfurt, slightly cloudy and 17 degrees.
landing on the 4,000-meter track 25R at 17.05 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule.
Lufthansa's Airbus A380 in Frankfurt
Parked at the gate
Without luggage I'm in the audience area in minutes, still too late for the first possible ICE to Stuttgart, but only 30 minutes later, the next is already planned.
by ICE and the light rail to Stuttgart airport to my car and home at 21.00 clock.
Danzig is a very interesting city, gives me a historical sense, I should probably revisit.
Airberlin / TuiFly is ok, LGW with a weaker standard, in terms of value for money but provides the best experience LOT here, highly recommended.
Now I have exactly seven hours for the other preparations the next day to shower and get some sleep.
short nights are probably standard for me. The Friday
then brings the story
"The rare Boeing 717 from Barcelona to Marseille.
soon, the trip
Reporter
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