ITALY: The Airbus A318 to Torino Ciao, dear reader,
I'm only two days at home, out on my return Serbia.
The next trip is already on the plan.
It is a very long time back, since my last flight Airbus on the short, if I count it in flight, almost 300!.
addition, a new airport is also in focus. No
difficult decision.
Is it just me, or feels that the planning of trips on the paper a lot easier said than in reality?.
, particularly if I'm in a slow, late Italian train and the bus transfer to the airport see disappear around the corner.
Well, I'm here writing this story, so I found a solution.
Here again the current route map:
reporter's trip flights on a larger Map Tuesday, 08/03/2010
STR (Stuttgart Airport) planned
CDG (Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport)
AF Service conducted in 1409 by Air France's
: 10.30 / / 11.50
The warm welcome Airbus A 318 on the seating card during the online check-ins on the day before my flight.
I do not try at Air France, no, the site of KLM's fast, easy, 22F, the last row window for me.
The seat backs can be adjusted.
I'm busy again on Exp.de, only about 40.00 Euro's each way for flights 1 and 2, but, as usual in the classical Airlines, this is a book with return flights, for the 3 and 4 later in August.
No need today, in the morning to be at the airport, but also with the usual rush hour on a weekday, I am facing at 08.30 clock site.
time enough to go through the terminals and for a look up.
Airberlin is good business here, it seems
surprise, my machine is already here, arrived from Paris
So I'm here with my son also been many times before, but I am not , white with this hair!.
My preferred place in Stuttgart, the bridge between Terminals 3 and 4 with this special Windows on the apron and the screens at a glance.
So it is possible to assign any flight movement directly.
No waiting at the security checkpoint in Terminal 3, then in the gate area at 09.30 clock.
My Silver Elite status allows me access to AirFrance Lounge in Stuttgart, but want no business ticket or Gold status they have a co-payment that is not worth it for me
The run-up in my plane at the gate 316
It is F-GUGP actually the A318 Airbus, Air France since 14.12.2006.
The airline currently operates 18 aircraft of this type.
route No 5 for me and the welcome, new registration.
time enough to boarding
From the ground floor
the French driver with a brief welcome during boarding, no further word from the cockpit.
Nouvelair to Monastir at the gate next to
Utilization 100%, all places are filled.
My neighbor is an arrogant, young woman from Africa, no conversation between us.
No screens, the safety demo
manually.
start of the runway 25 this morning, special colors before us
It is 10.30 clock, perfectly on time, it is cloudy and the temperature at 14 degrees.
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to fly to France for an hour now.
One man, two women in the cabin, all middle-aged and friendly so far.
The flight attendant in the rear cabin is very nice.
white clouds on the way to France
Looks like a flock of sheep during a turn in the direction of Charles de Gaulle
Security card and a snack and drinks for me
The very well-done magazine, one of the Best Airline Magazine, in my opinion, and Italy that fits.
A look into the cab, dark blue cloth seats, clean, the place feeling ok
Approaching Paris Charles-de-Gaulle
A soft landing on 26L of the 2700 meters, it is 11.40 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule.
The temperature is 19 degrees, a few clouds here in Paris.
We are waiting for the train to cross 26R
And we are not alone
We follow the Malev Boeing 737-600 to our stand
my comfortable seat
shall either be
a nice chat with the flight attendant tells me that the machine is flying directly back to Stuttgart.
My next flight is to be a new machine at least a good chance for a new registration.
goodbye to the A318
Tuesday, 03/08/2010
CDG (Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport)
TRN (Turin-Caselle-Sandro Pertini-Airport)
Service AF 1702 plans operated by Air France
: 13.15 / / 14:40
by bus to the terminal, the usual mess in Charles de Gaulle,
detours and heavy traffic.
A real surprise then follows, no security check and I get to direct the terminal 2D, the space for the next flight.
looks good in time from the Gate D62
to believe, that is Charles de Gaulle terminal 2D, a quiet place at the end toward Terminal 2B with new, clean and comfortable leather seats.
Direct view of the runway and no one else here.
This looks more like a rest area for staff. follows
The apron with the Concorde between Terminals 2 and 1
A needle in Air France colors
Another bus ride
hopefully to a new registration
is F-GUGB, an Airbus A318 in service for Air France since 07/11/2003. Route No. 6 for me on this type.
The French pilot with a nice greeting when entering.
The co-pilot closed the airplane door.
four ladies in the service here.
Three middle-aged and a younger purser.
us informed about the languages spoken on the plane.
The lady in the rear cabin is super nice and accommodating.
It feels today as a check flight.
A good number of machines at the start of the 4215-meter rail 26R. It is 13.20 clock, five minutes to plan, still a few clouds and the temperature has risen to 21 degrees.
Jat with the Boeing 737-300
Olympic
And then we turn, the web is already special, up hill, the pilots can not see the runway end.
an hour now to Turin to Geneva and Mont Blanc close to the past 31000 feet.
The car with dark blue cloth seats, clean, good feeling place.
average, which is only about 50%.
The security card
The seats, I'm adjusting back to 22F, the last row of windows, three places for me on this flight, the backrest can be.
The pilot responds with route information
snow covered peaks during the approach here
And deep Valleys
We make a full circle and turn on final approach a
Near Turin
The center
landing on the 3300-meter path 36
The train with the mountains in the background
It is 14.40 clock, we are on time.
The temperature is 28 degrees and it has only a few clouds.
the pilot with a nice farewell, he logs on again before exiting at the gate with details on arrival, significantly above the normal standard this information. The modern airport is
Turin
competition is also
Ryanair to launch
Interesting Machines here, with the MD80 Meridiana, a new opportunity for me in October. Also
Jetran Air from Romania to the MD80 is on the apron
quick out of the terminal, I miss the first bus by a minute or so.
The next takes 15 minutes later, 5.50 € Sadem's with the Porta Nuovo station through the city.
city life
The renovated station
That is, the German railway managers see again that is not a hotel, no, the train station with restaurants, bars and shops
Trenitalia runs the € Star Italia express train on the Turin-Rome route. My Choice for fast nonstop to Milan Porta Garibaldi, 31.00 Euro's, not cheap, but comfortable, departure 16.40 clock.
The old-fashioned interior, it feels much better than it looks.
green meadows and mountains on the way
My last flight that day was canceled the day before to check one more reason my SMS from time to time. A new message
but good service from Lufthansa, it is only one message at a gate change.
The planned arrival time in Porta Garibaldi is 17.32 clock.
As usual, it seems, is the train a few minutes late,
clock at 17.45, the connection to Gallarate start for about 3.00 euro's.
Fortunately for me, on the opposite track, get off and get back in a minute.
No rush then at the end, even this train leaves the station late and gets even more delays on the way to Gallarate. Not really much, but enough that I take the bus transfer from train station to Malpensa Airport miss.
The next bus will arrive at the airport just before boarding time for my flight because it's less about 20.00 Euro's for a new Mercedes B Class with an old taxi driver, properly investing on the meter, as may the flight to . Miss
then to the airport around 19.00 clock, 30 minutes before boarding.
Tuesday, 08/03/2010
MXP (Aeroporto di Milano-Malpensa-Citta di Milano-)
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
Service Lufthansa LH 3931 of plans implemented
Contact Air: 20.10 / / 21.05
Online check-in works fine on Lufthansa's website, the price is at only about 40.00 Euro's, as a return flight booked back in October. Exp.de has the best deal.
direct to the ground floor of security control, a young man in a white mobster suit me.
In Italy does not use wallets, they take a money clip and this young man throws his in the plastic basket, along with a diamond impregnated Clock, a cute bundle of 500 - € notes is in the cart!.
Almost no waiting time and in the gate area 30 minutes before my flight. As we recognize
whether an airport is cheap or expensive?.
An interesting question, or not?.
For me, the airport security more and more used to the espresso, always something to compare.
I drink espresso anywhere, so it gives me a feel for the price level. And
Malpensa leads the field in a positive sense, a bar with a nice design, fast service, real china
and all for one euro, they will here probably thousands of these small cups each day sale!.
A walk and some pictures are still possible.
All networks side by side here
and TAM on the Non-Schengen Terminal
The Embraer Air Dolomiti, even in my schedule later this month
movement around the A-Gates
No bad news for my flight, from gate A35
The Star Alliance Fokker 100 on the apron
Olympic is also
The third new registration today?
No, it's D-AFKB, flight No. 15 for me on the Fokker 100, the second on this machine from
In action on the 12/03/1994 at Merpati Indonesia, to South America to TAM 01.07.1998, back to Asia to Mandarin from Taiwan on 07/01/2004 and from Europe on KLM Cityhopper on 09.07.2008.
at Contact Air since 03/17/2009
This airplane looks clean and new good from
Star Alliance livery
idea to switch easily between Lufthansa and Swiss operations
boarding
Comfortable seats , 18A for me, not because the last row the engines, two more places here for me.
Dark gray, hard and clean leather seats, very good legroom
The wing, the utilization is only about 50%
The cockpit crew is from Germany, the senior pilot with a friendly greeting when entering.
Two women in the car, a younger and an older blonde with black hair, both ok, but not particularly friendly or not my style,.
A look at the TAM Airbus A340-500
on the 3920 meter track 35R, it is 20.00 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule, a few clouds and still 28 degrees
start, 50 minutes now to Stuttgart made
The beautiful lakes
Clean cabin
more lakes in the north
The co-pilot with detailed information on flights, very good.
The route takes us via Bergamo and Friedrichshafen to 22,000 feet.
a snack and coffee is free. The cabin
The security card, now back with the built-in stairs
The interesting magazine with a special article
Plane spotting, what is that good!
Plane spotting for beginners
mountains and the engine
Or Lakes
We should avoid that, near Stuttgart, looks like a nuclear bomb from
a soft landing, without strong braking on runway 25, it is 20.55 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule with a few clouds and 19 degrees
Not all regional jet's 200 are related to the fleet
the bus terminal.
AirFrance with an interesting device and super nice service on the Paris-Turin route, no complaints today about Contact and F100, all the time.
Two weeks now until the next story
"Baboo from Nice with nice accompaniment.
soon, the trip
Reporter
