Bonjour, dear reader,
fly a week without is on the beautiful summer weather in Central Europe quite enjoyable.
But then I will fly a bit more again very nice!.
Here is the current cards:
reporter's trip flights on a larger map
My schedule for today actually shows for July 12.
A good friend decides to go with me, a good number of other friends will also be on the flight. As we reach
Paris-Charles de Gaulle is now a sufficient buffer time for the scheduled flights?. We will
Mulhouse-Paris-Mulhouse assume booked early enough as the domestic airport in France is not too expensive and interesting aircraft.
Well, the airline will fly us across the channel, takes care good care of their customers.
I get an SMS and will also call that the proposed aircraft for the date has changed on the Airbus A321.
is now I do know what this happened day with the planned machine.
There is an extra flight from Paris to Johannesburg to Paris to pick up friends from the football World Cup from South Africa, on Sunday / Monday.
What now?.
Some polls, my friend booked for the 05.07. and my schedule lets you do as well.
The German Air France call center tells me that it is not possible to book the flight.
AirFrance But Paris does this for free and change the flights Paris-London-Paris.
Unfortunately, not for the separate booking Mulhouse-Paris-Mulhouse, I cancel the flights and book them again.
No penalty for tax refund at Air France, the original posting is only quasi taxes and fees, ok so far.
Enough history, on we go with the story!.
Monday, 07/05/2010
MLH (€-airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg)
CDG (Aeroport-Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Service AirFrance conducted planned 3281 of Regional CAE
: 06.50 / / 08:00
Online check-in at Air France does not offer a seat map, but there are also KLM.
From previous experience, I try it there and it is possible to change seats. 20A, window last row, in the end the two places for me
at a workload of nearly 100%.
The price is around 90.00 Euro's, Routes 1 and 4 together booked via the Airport Exp
Our meeting place is at 05.45 clock, that is 04.15 clock,
to make my way, 1 hour, 30 minutes is standard for this route.
My cell phone is calling me to clock 03.15, very early, but soon enough?.
fog on the Black Forest, fog.
It's July, but it was fog, expect a lot more truck traffic than I am and then in Freiburg than I already should be at the airport.
A short phone call and on the highway up the Rhine Valley.
My friend logs by SMS, it's about 06.15 clock through security.
And I park the car, a five minute wait at the slow control and I'm at the gate begins as a boarding.
Well, we took advantage of the time perfectly, or not?.
Other participants are not nervous, no!.
A look at the screen is possible, Gate 1 today
The apron with our machine at fingers
If there Pobleme, this would be my choice for a replacement aircraft,
Hello and MD90
F-HBXJ and an orange start in the background
Does anyone remember how a new plane smell?. The Embraer 170 is
proposed here, the first at the European skies on 30.06.2010, only five days after delivery we will fly this machine.
route No. 4 for me so far only in this type and a very new registration.
One out of 10 in the fleet of regional
A look at the modern terminal equipped
The good-looking car with dark blue leather seats, clean, modern, good sense of place.
And the slim security card
I like this style
The cockpit crew is from France, the pilot, a warm welcome during boarding.
3000 meters now, 3900 feet is the full length of the train
We turn to the 15, it is 06.50 clock, time, only 35 minutes after my arrival at the airport here.
Light cloud cover, and already 20 degrees, so early in the morning
A sunny start
two, well, make business-friendly ladies in the cabin of the job
clouds over the Rhine Valley
And someone tells me that this is the Mont Blanc in the background is
water / tea / coffee and a brioche is the free service here.
A curve on the approach to Paris Charles-de-Gaulle
landing on 26L of the 2700 meters, it is 07.50 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule, also sun and 17 degrees.
We are waiting for a launch of the train 26R
It goes on Terminal along great device here?
Yes, it looks
Parked on the ramp at Terminal2G
my seat during the disembarkation
Bye-Bye F-HBXJ
The nose in detail
Monday, 05/07/2010
CDG (Paris-Aeroport-Charles-de-Gaulle)
LHR (London Heathrow Airport)
AF service planned and conducted in 1980 by Air France
: 10.05 / / 10.25
Online check-in working again with the seat map on the website of KLM, the price is about € 40.00's book Exp together with via route No. 3
If someone use this terminal and a link from another Terminal, then please allow plenty of time.
T2G is a newly built area for regional flights
far from the other terminals.
The passport control takes place in T2G, place in a very small area for bus transfer to T2E.
Our flight from Gate E53 looks from time
The huge machine from behind
The stern and the registration of the bus
It's F-HPJB, one in the 3 Airbus A380-800 now use at Air France.
delivered on 10.02.2010, not as new as the previous machine, but all other than old-fashioned.
first for me that first time on the Airbus A380.
The beautiful and well-dimensioned gate
The sun is so bright to make it nearly impossible for good pictures
The nose
Modern monitors at the gate
We are not alone on this flight, another friend had booked that day in advance.
We meet him at the gate.
A view from the other side
a good conversation about our subject can pass the waiting time soon.
Perfect for the Airbus A380
We say goodbye, our friend takes the upper deck on the way and we remain on the main deck for the window seats
No question, this is really the A380
Looks like a toy truck from
Impressive engines
Specifically
And again, no question, these are the right tires for our plane
Well in at the door to the machine
A view from my seat 34A, main deck, all the seats filled around us.
It was the last open window, when I checked in, my friend is also on the main deck, more in the rear Part of the cabin
Two young women who "do not ask me what kind of aircraft I've flown" types next to me, well
to photograph for me.
Dark, blue-gray cloth seats, clean, comfortable, good feeling place.
"Bienvenue a bord"
I did not count the flight attendants. The staff at the main deck is ok but nothing special.
utilization is at 100%, so it looks to discover there is no free space, are also on the waiting list at the gate screen name still appears.
Another slim security card
The cockpit crew is from France, the pilot with a very friendly welcome during boarding.
What an enormous wings
Very spacious room feeling
Airbus A little on the way to the station
A look at the terminal
Near the entrance to the 4200 m track 27L.
It is 10.20 clock, 15 minutes later than the flight plan, light clouds and 18 degrees
The rear camera
Continental before us
Ukraine International is waiting for us
On the way for the 45 minute London-Heathrow
Delta Skyteam just landed
What an easy start
like a much smaller plane
through the clouds
water, coffee and tea is free. More clouds ahead
On the approach to London Heathrow with a friendly adoption by the pilot
We go deeper
No Preference for large equipment, hold
The cabin is very quiet, like other previously reported have.
With my seat directly over the wing and the landing gear I can feel every technical detail right.
Not bad, but I did not expect so directly on this modern tool.
Even in flight, shaking the Machine such as a much smaller plane, it does not feel like to fly the Airbus A380.
from short landing
Well, that all flaps
Setting up is hard, heavy work for the chassis at this great weight.
A look through the wing
Strong brakes
We are on the 3901 meter track 27R. It is 10.30 clock in Great Britain, 11.30 clock in Germany, five minutes after the flight plan.
The temperature is 18 degrees, only light cloud cover
"Au revoir"
my comfortable seat when getting
Air France from making this flight, significantly more than standard, it is an Airbus A380 flight certificate at the door, thanks to my friends, I have not noticed it.
LHR Terminal 4 is not as well prepared as CDG.
The finger to the main deck can not connect, all passengers must get off on the stairs and through the upper deck
Monday, 07/05/2010
LHR (London Heathrow Airport)
CDG (Aeroport -Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
AF service planned and conducted in 1981 by Air France
: 12.50 / / 15:05
No entry check here, a door leads directly into a security checkpoint and continued to the gates in Terminal 4
five minutes waiting time.
Many passengers look around us, amazing how much the same way we take and make the two flights together.
LHR T4, with its low ceiling is not my favorite place, with this large number of passengers around us simply not to find a comfortable seat.
Starbucks brings us to a coffee and tea, plenty of time before returning for another pleasant conversation.
screen with our flight back to Paris, the price actually unbelievable, 40.00 Euro's.
Qantas and Malaysia close to our gate
output 6 for Paris
clearance
Such a beautiful machine
The small plane Malaysia
When boarding starts back for the upper deck flight to Paris,
A388 route No. 2
The enormous wings
At the door to the machine
No, that is not our seats
Neither this
The emergency exit row for me, 91K, no windows on the upper deck free, but this place is ok, to see the cabin in flight closer
A young man from France at the window seat, theoretically, in this series, there is no window. He does not speak German
remains and no English, I'm not really in perfect French, so behave our conversation.
The place of the flight attendant, a lot nicer than on the first flight in the Main Deck.
average, which is again seen at near 100% to around there is no free space
The cabin ceiling
The rear camera
We are an early entrance take the path 27L and like a much smaller machine, we do not use the full 3658 meters.
What an impressive and powerful starts.
It is 13.15 clock, 25 minutes to plan, 14.15 clock in Germany,
the temperature is again 18 degrees with light cloud.
50 minutes now to Paris.
the French driver with a very nice welcome, the same style as on the first flight. My monitor
With Flight Details
some turbulence along the way, it feels again not like the Airbus A380, more like a much smaller plane, as we move.
Go down the stairs and up
A look into the cabin
The pilot logs on again when we start the approach to Paris in a friendly kind
A snack, water, coffee and tea is free.
clouds ahead
landing on the 2700 meter track 27R, it is 15.15 clock, cloudy
ten minutes of schedule, the sky and the temperature is 22 degrees.
The cab when getting
The last rows in the bridge
clearance
The small man builds up a great machine
The old-fashioned jumbo in the background
A look in the mirror
again from the gate
Japan Airlines in green
It is not possible to remain in the security area of Terminal 2E without a boarding pass.
We decide to walk around a bit to explore the terminal and take a coffee break.
There is a free bus between the terminals,
something for us in this very warm weather.
Monday, 07/05/2010
CDG (Aeroport-Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
MLH (€-airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg)
service Air France AF carried out planned 3288 of Regional CAE
: 19.20 / / 20:25
The fare for this route is approximately 90.00 €'s.
It is time then to take the bus to the terminal 2G, also the terminal of the arrival of the morning.
My first start here
It looks new and well-groomed, the device in different colors, such as this meeting place for the Navette shuttle.
No one at the security checkpoint, I track the traffic on the apron.
Well, it looks like when it's time for the gate, G30 today.
A view of the central waiting area, fresh colors and good design, along with a good number of passengers for the Air France regional flights.
We would be with the Embraer jet No. 500, which is parked on the ramp?.
We go to our gate and closer at this particular specimen, it is an Embraer 170, as on our flight plan
even more different colors here close to the gates, a good idea, in my view
And yes, this is our machine to MLH
The nose in detail
The golden number
Air France by Regional looks good
A new registration for me, F-HBXC, flight No. 5 here.
since Working for the regional 07.12.2008.
The last row, 20A again on this flight, the load is at about 90% and the aisle seat is vacant again.
Dark blue leather seats in the cabin, clean, good feeling place.
the pilot with a nice welcome during boarding.
Not far to the station and start from the 26R, on time in the sun and 25 degrees.
The flight time is 45 minutes
Two friendly ladies on this flight. About Le Bourget
A panoramic flight near the city center
Directly above the city
What a beautiful view
CDG And in the other direction
A sponge and drinks on offer. The slim
security card
And the clean cabin
flaps for the approach to MLH
led all my recent landings in MLH south
up the Rhine valley, not today, some curves and then right in front of the city for a landing on the track 33, ten minutes plan, with lots of sunshine and 26 degrees.
old-fashioned cargo equipment on the apron
Cute pilots here.
A brief conversation and a look into the modern cockpit
off the plane and in the public area without delay.
A last coffee / tea together in the car grill and bar on the way home.
Well really 1 hour, 35 minutes, I was planning on tomorrow.
highlights?. Sure, the Airbus A380, very comfortable from my point of view, but both Embraer Jets were something special.
two days in the office now and then to fly again
"The Embraer 195 to Edinburgh"
coming soon.
soon,
the TRIP REPORTER
