Zdravo, dear reader,
the City of Belgrade and Serbia, the country itself are, for some time on my destination list.
And this in conjunction with flights to Jat, the national airline
brings me to book this trip in early April.
The land, the airport and the airline, all new entries in my logbook.
Jat's financial situation is not the best but they are in business and I hope it stays that way for a long time.
rumors tell me that Turkish Airlines is ready to participate in the company.
Two weeks after I got my home office reached again, it's time for some votes and the journey to start.
How about an espresso with a friend in Belgrade.
Here is the current route map:
reporter's trip flights on a larger map
Saturday, 07/31/2010
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
VIE (Vienna International Airport)
service done 4U 2758 Designed by German Wings
: 06.40 / / 07:55
Two flights Jat and acceptable prices show me the way to go early to Vienna to reach the second flight of the day match.
A nice surprise online check-in is on German Wings now have three days a before departure.
No questions, done as soon as possible to 25F, the very welcome window seat in the back row.
The rule does, in the end the three places for me to leave
the backrest be adjusted.
average, which is about 80%.
Another surprise is the price at about 20.00 €'s here for a flight early in the morning during school holidays the first weekend in southern Germany, no complaints.
I've booked via Fly.de to keep the costs as low as possible.
Boarding is also printed for 06.10 clock, the phone knows the way and called me at 04.00 clock.
No traffic on the street and around the airport, on the ground to clock 05.45.
The first wave of flights has already been through security, no waiting time for me, therefore, in Terminal 3 and shortly thereafter at the gate.
Always good for a mess, two joining to Vienna within ten minutes of my Gate 322
Close to the KLM Fokker 70 on the finger gate upstairs
Comfortable seats here
Boarding starts perfectly on time I am in the second bus, as usual
Well, who likes this advertising?.
Registration, D-AKNM is on the way since 28/9/1999, first for U.S. Air and since 12.01.2005 for German Wings. A current of 30 locomotives in the fleet.
Under the wing
I should go before the staircase is removed!
The cockpit crew is from Germany. The pilot with a brief welcome when boarding.
We have a waiting period to start the engines,
jam near Vienna, now it's holiday time, or not?. The cabin
light gray leather seats, clean so far, which place is feeling ok.
The security card
And the Sky-bistro, not a free service
Nouvelair from Monastir prevents us from access to the web 07
The start is slow and flat, it seems we have enough time to reach Vienna.
07.00 clock, 20 minutes late now, no clouds and 12 degrees.
1 hour to fly to Vienna.
two younger, one older, in each Central European women in the service.
Ok so far, but not particularly friendly or not my style.
fog over the Neckar Valley
east of Munich
The co-pilot will respond with further information in a nice kind
The route takes us further from Salzburg and Linz 31000 feet.
A sharp curve on the final approach
and a soft landing on the 3,600-meter track 34, it is 07.55 clock, we are now on time. The weather is not as good as in Stuttgart, but no rain or thunderstorms, so ok, cloudy and 16 degrees.
Austrian Arrows and probably never finished, new terminal
something big
my seat during the disembarkation
closed the door we go
Parked on the apron and the bus to the terminal .
OK to check-in for the next flight.
Saturday, 07/31/2010
VIE (Vienna International Airport)
BEG Belgrade ( Nikola Tesla Airport)
Service JU 315 plans carried out by Jat Airways
: 10.45 / / 12:05
in the visiting area in a few minutes.
check-in area 2, old-fashioned right here in VIE.
A good number of passengers traveling, especially for a
SunExpress flight to Izmir.
to wait 30 minutes for a young Austrian woman in uniform comes to the counter and prepared for this.
I am the first passenger to check in then.
The price for this route is 60.00 Euro's, booked via Lastminute.de the best deal here.
Jat is a classical company, no online or automated check-in.
"window, last row is always been my preferred place, "I say the one in name, Portuguese.
" Unfortunately, all window seats in the rear cabin already occupied, "
I see later on my paper, the security number 25, that means a good number of transfers from previous arrivals, the flight with a Austrian flight number.
"How about 13A, the emergency exit row, which is ok for them".
Well, in this case, it makes very good work, the place is free next to me.
In the passenger area in front of control then, just a few minutes later.
Who's probably the number 1?.
Something blue comes to the gates
almost no wait at the passport and security control, the right time for me.
Some of the new terminal gates are open, nice design here
I call seats under Austrian style
The apron with EVA from Taiwan
My flight shows Boarding, but Rostov, from the same gate D67 , is not ready
The whole area here on the ground floor is crowded, comfortable seats, no chance.
flights to Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Tirana, each gate occupied and passengers everywhere.
Certainly not the place for a longer stay.
the bus next to this beautiful 767
The planned ATR72, YU-ALS is a very elderly specimen, first in use from 10/17/1989 for the Karair in Finland, from 01/12/1995 for Finnair, 26.08.2005 to Estonia for Airlines and Jat since 19.06.2007.
Four machines are currently in the Jat fleet.
A new entry in my logbook and flight No. 18 on the ATR72
No rear staircase looks today
Under the wing
good use of
The propeller
Yes, it Jat is!.
More Austrian terminal
We wait at the entrance to runway 29, 3,500 meters to start
The cabin
The cloth seats are very worn, not really clean and smell that way.
Let us imagine how many takeoffs and landings made this machine already.
On the web, it is 11:00 clock, 15 minutes after the plan is still cloudy and the temperature rose to 24 degrees.
No details on the flight here.
The cockpit crew is from Serbia, with a brief information of the pilot in flight.
The security card
And the magazine
One man, one woman in the cabin, both very experienced and friendly, yes, in a special style.
lakes after takeoff
The free service, and to drink
lot of clouds around Belgrade, altitude 21 000 feet, we reach Serbia from Hungary
Low clouds below
landing
We leave the 3400 meter track 12 at 12.30 clock, 25 minutes late with heavy clouds and humid 23 degrees
The terminal
my seat during the disembarkation
And the cabin
My engine on the ramp
by bus to the terminal a few minutes at the passport control and then I'm in Serbia.
What now?.
A friend with whom I am in contact for some time, show me the "Aeronautical Museum," that should be the goal.
He received me on arrival.
It works at first, on to this huge number of people collecting them, I go to the floor and will try for the return flight to check in the afternoon.
Done with a very good looking, young employees in the business-switch in a minute and back down to the ground floor.
Well, is it ok with less waiting and my friend greets me in Belgrade. The
Museum is within walking distance from the terminal.
Looks like something from a science fiction film of
No fence, we go between aircraft
The entrance
The gardens, hard to believe that all these machines have been here off easy after Serbian Air Force in Dayton was committed to the peace agreement of all activities.
The planes were brought here and no one cares more about it.
military equipment from various countries, including from Iraq until a few weeks ago
The interior, well maintained
already an amazing Building
guns
Looks like the real thing from
unit of the former Serbian Air Force
A MiG21
addition to the buildings are still more machines off
The Mil Mi 8, in my logbook
Very close to the planes and helicopters
We take a Coke in the small museum's restaurant, that can be expanded, perhaps with a gift shop and the like, then we go back to the terminal.
An espresso and good conversation later, it is already time for me to leave Belgrade.
The museum is a sure tip for all interested visitors to Belgrade's flight.
Saturday, 31/07/2010
BEG (Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport)
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
Service JU 346 plans carried out by Jat Airways
: 16.20 / / 18:10
The old terminal
The identification and security check is in the new terminal, Gate C5 for me
A view from the terminal annex to the main building
Fly.de the business now accounts for about 80.00 Euro's.
I should be something for once flying
Lufthansa Gate C6 is delayed nearly two hours and with an extra security check at an entrance to two gates, we imagine how long the queue.
Both flights will now start at the same time.
Well, this machine looks parked not unrealistic from
The modern glass finger
Jat with a startup ATR72
And also a Jat Boeing 737-300 is on its way
I am too slow with my camera. In the background of this picture the only remaining Boeing 737-200 at the gate.
YU-ANP from Aviogenex, still the Jat-way charter flights
The flight plan shows the 737-300 for my route.
YU-ANI is a new entry in my logbook, flight No. 42 on the 737-300.
The machine has been in use since 12/17/1985, one of the oldest, active 737-300 is as far as I know. Jat
at first, then in the leasing of Constellation from 1.5.1996, on 10.18.1996 to Africa to Cameroon Airlines, back in Europe on Air Malta from the 05/04/1997, again at Jat from 13/02/1998.
to return to Africa on 05.29.1998 Tunis Air, to 31.10.1999 and on 01/12/2005 MAT Macedonian back to Jat.
And again to Africa on 11.05.2009 on Air Ivori back at Jat on 02/01/2010.
One of nine in the fleet. Antique
Seats checked in, I have for 21A, but there is also the 22nd row
average, which is close to 100%.
With the OK of a flight attendant I am 22F, the last row of windows, three places for me, the rule works again.
also let the seat back is
adjust quickly to the station 30th It is 17.00 clock, 40 minutes late, the temperature is 24 degrees and it is cloudy.
But luck, as no thunderstorms on the weather forecast
The cabin with blue, old-fashioned cloth seats, the place is feeling ok.
retro style with this brown armrests
The seat back
The security card
Two experienced women, one older and one younger man in the cabin, where all friendly.
We leave the clouds, no information about the flight time
The service is good, sandwiches, pastries and drinks
better weather near Austria
The cockpit crew is from Serbia, in Belgrade, I see a white-haired pilot when walking around the machine.
A brief information on flights, only in Serbian.
over Austria with low mountains
Bavaria with some lakes
west of Munich
A curve to the airport
On final of the Neckar, with the city in the background
A soft landing on runway 25, it is 18.30 clock, still 20 minutes late.
The weather is very nice, sunny and 29 degrees. ok
Blue and Swiss Air on the ramp
Blue Air to launch
my seat during the disembarkation
Parked on the tarmac near the terminal
Always good for pictures under the wing
bye Jat
by bus to the terminal and in the queue for passport control.
Incredibly, 30 minutes here previous arrivals from Turkey.
Officials examine each card in detail.
by length, without incident and on the way home.
Serbia is an interesting and little known country,
should I attend again.
Jat operates old aircraft and if I remember all these things in the museum, with pictures and schedules on the DC10, the DC9 and the Boeing 727, around the world,
a very interesting company.
Two weeks now until the next story
"The short Airbus and a new chance for the Fokker 100"
soon, the trip
Reporter
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