Ciao, dear reader, now
's been a week since my return from the UK.
time for new flights, or not?.
No new airport today, but two new Embraer jets,
is that worth it, at least from my perspective.
Here is the current route map:
reporter's trip flights on a larger map
Sunday, 15/08/2010
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
FRA (Frankfurt am Main)
performed Service Lufthansa LH 1351 of
plans: 06.05 / / 6:55
The posting of four flights together is again the way to reduce the price.
40.00 Euro's for the first distance, booked through Exp.de.
Online check-in works perfectly on the day before my flight, 24F, the last row of windows, then three places early for me this morning.
home from a birthday party at 02.00 clock, the phone calls me to clock 03.30.
long enough time to sleep, or not?.
Good thing my car knows the way to the airport!.
When boarding is displayed on my paper for 05.45 clock, 30 minutes before I'm at the airport.
No waiting at the security checkpoint in Terminal 1, the machine is at the gate 173, the night stop.
D-AILT "Straubing" is the Airbus A319 as the flight plan, a new registration for me and Flight No. 58 on that type.
Lufthansa currently operates 20 A319s.
Used by LH since 11/4/1997, two times on loan for some months at German Wings. Condor
three hours late to Las Palmas,
no news for my flight
The beautifully-made transfer switches
Boarding perfect time
Austrian to Vienna at the gate is beside
The cockpit crew is from Germany, the pilot with a short, friendly welcome during boarding.
Pleasant, dark gray leather seats, spacious and clean in the last row, the seat backrest can be adjusted
the dark cabin, no screens, the safety demonstration is manually
A very fast start from the track 07, it is 06.10 clock , almost on time, cloudy and wet, the temperature is at 14 degrees.
Only 25 minutes to Frankfurt, we'll see!.
Three women in the service, all middle-aged and nice, a blond with an Eastern touch, very good looking.
between the clouds, the utilization is at 70%, reported no service on this route
The co-pilot is, we are in a holding pattern for a few minutes southwest of Frankfurt.
Lots of traffic and not the best weather are the reasons.
The security card
landing at 07.05 clock, 25 minutes to 55 minutes are now grown, but only ten minutes late.
The 4000 meters of track 07L this morning, here it is cloudy at 16 degrees.
One or two large-body aircraft in Frankfurt
Parked on the apron
My favorite spot under the wings to take pictures
bye D-AILT
The screen with my flight
by bus to the terminal and up the stairs to the A gates, no separate security check.
Sunday, 08/15/2010
FRA (Frankfurt am Main)
TRN (the Aeroporto Torino - Sandro Pertini)
Service Lufthansa LH 4010 made plans of Air Dolomiti
: 08:40 / / 09:55
This Route is the second of four in my booking, the price again at about 40.00 € `s.
Online check-in also works very quickly here, I am 28F, the last three rows are not free on the seat map.
My machine is from Verona, with twenty minutes late
main A25 for me, A23 is on my paper were printed
time enough to go to the end of the A Gates, with the best view of the apron and the railways, no pictures, the light does not fit
Also the start will be 20 minutes late be
When boarding is interesting, the nice staff is preparing the two Self-boarding gates, waiting beside it before, all passengers should use this possibility.
Let us imagine acting as the non-frequent flyer, panic, take the boarding passes and do not know how to keep them on the scanner, try to push the walls down.
are after 20 to 30 passengers on it and opens the door for the standard boarding, so far as the auto revolution.
I use the self-boarding gate as one of the last passengers and it works perfectly for me.
the bus all the way up to near the 4000-meter track 18, the track for the later start close to the LH Cargo Centre.
My machine in sight
A nice slogan on the hull "Nabucco"
Some passengers are surprised to see any Lufthansa aircraft
I-ADJL the aircraft from the internal system.
The warm welcome Embraer 195, in use by Air Dolomiti since 15/02/2009 and a new registration for me, only the second flight in this aircraft, until now.
The second machine delivered from five in the Dolomiti fleet
What a cool Winglet
The clean hull
The rear
I get a late, as usual, the last passenger, after a few pictures on the ramp.
31 is the last row, completely free, a nice chat with the two young women in uniform and then my seat 31F. The seat backs can be adjusted only slightly
and capacity utilization is at 70%.
All announcements in German, English and Italian.
Two recent flight attendants, a blond, one with black hair and an older, nice.
comfortable seats, blue-green leather, good court sense, as far as clean
No screens, the security information is manual.
It is 09.00 clock, 20 minutes late, as the forecast, the sky is overcast and the temperature is at 16 Degrees.
1 hour, 05 minutes now to Turin.
The cockpit crew is from Italy, the pilot with a nice welcome during boarding.
cloudy sky
what I call a good looking magazine
The security card
And the clean cabin
The service, towels, a small cake and drinks
A curve above the Alps
The pilot logs again and weather information.
The clouds disappear south of the Alps
Approaching Lugano Turin, strong headwinds on the entire Way, again a very turbulent flight
approach from the east
A sharp curve
The city
Shortly before landing
arrival in the 3300 meters of track 36, it is 10.05 clock, nor ten minutes late, 17 degrees and sunny here in Italy. A
registered in Germany Air Italy Boeing 737 and Albanian Airlines with BAE on the apron
The modern terminal with an MD
A curve to the gate
all white in use for Meridiana
A look in the mirror
My machine 
The fingers and the terminal and quickly in the audience.
Here in Turin, there is now a train into the city, called "Dorafly," she continues with modern Swiss Stadler railcars for "Torino Dora" and continue with small buses on a route in a circle around the old town.
The terminus is then "Torina Dora", my planned route for some pictures.
6.00 Euro's for a day ticket.
The next departure is at 10.49 clock in Dora at 11:08 clock
anyone have an idea of what is today a special day in Italy?. It
"Ferragosto" is the absolute highlight of the holiday season. What
does this mean?. The train is moving, but the city bus.
Immediately after I noticed that, I look for the next train back to the airport, more time for pictures and we want to make the best of it, as always!.
Sunday, 08/15/2010
TRN (Aeroporto the Torino - Sandro Pertini)
CDG (Aeroport Paris Charles de Gaulle)
service Air France AF carried out planned 1403 of Regional CAE
: 13.30 / / 14:55
Back at the airport around noon.
I've already checked online via Air France's website, 24A, all window seats already booked later on this Sunday afternoon.
route No. 3 and 4, the return flights of two more flights are
earlier this month, the price is ok again, about 40.00 Euro's per track.
The terminal design in the check-in area already especially here in Turin
the hall from above, who has given up this Fiat?
Gate 17 for Paris
My machine from above with AirOne on the track
this well-designed Terminal
F-HBLE is the planned Embraer 190 In use at regional since 24.10.2007, the first flight No. 3 on the type and yes, again a new registration.
regional runs currently ten machines from this series
Comfortable seats and good view of the railway
The Meridiana MD from above
The apron
The impressive terminal building
Air Italy to start
AirOne on the way to the station
the Dolomiti ATR 72
flyLAL Charters, now Small Planet, two hours late to Mahon
boarding
My seat is in the rear cabin, the aisle seat occupied by an older Italian man, we have a nice chat about my work today.
utilization is at 100% to see not a free seat.
Dark blue leather seats, clean, the place feeling ok.
water dripping from air-conditioning, slowly but steadily.
The security card
On the way to the same path as during landing, 36, is 13.30 clock, on time, partly cloudy at 23 degrees.
an hour now to Paris
A young man, ok, two women, one older and one younger nice, cool, in the cabin.
We wait until landing this Meridiana MD
the French driver with a short welcome.
We are also waiting for the start Alitalia in the other direction
on the web
started
same, rough air, when flying to Turin, very turbulent shortly after launch. Passengers start to scream, the seatbelt sign is on the entire route.
In height it is slightly better, then very turbulent in the approach.
A curve in the direction of France over the Alps
clouds ahead
The clean room, cookies and drinks in the service
The pilot logs again just before landing.
landing on 26L of the 2700 meters, it is 14.45 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule, 18 degrees and it is raining in Paris
Jumbo startup
Parked in the rain
My seat
bye
And again: What are the non-frequent fliers in this situation?.
arrival at Terminal 2D is printed, no information, but this is definitely terminal 2G.
to walk to the building, a nice welcome from an Arab, young employees.
now 40 minutes until boarding the next flight from terminal 2D.
From the security area, the bus shuttle to the other terminals, the bus is waiting, goes off and it takes infinitely long, with some stop's. It is
15:10 Clock when I am at Terminal 2F, 15 minutes to boarding.
The bus driver takes a break. I am aware that the terminal 2D of here is in walking distance.
run fast and ten minutes later I'm at the terminal 2D. I already have
Checked online for 22F, the last row of windows and happiness, there is no one in front of me at security checkpoints.
Sunday, 15/08/2010
CDG (Aeroport Paris Charles de Gaulle)
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
Service AF carried out planned 2308 of Air France
: 15:55 / / 17:15
to boarding time I'm on my Gate D56 for the last flight of the day to Stuttgart, the Price is again at 40.00 Euro's.
Again, what do the non-frequent fliers in such a situation, Paris Charles de Gaulle is not the best place to change trains.
Well, that's F-GUGM, the planned Airbus A318, in use since 04/13/2006 at Air France.
one of 18 currently in the fleet.
flight no 7 for me to type this, my fourth new registration today
What a rainy day here
Boarding begins a few minutes later than planned, is extremely long queue that looks back to a very good capacity utilization for Air France from.
I get one of the last passengers one and surprise my own
printed boarding pass does not work, the friendly staff takes me from my paper and replaced it.
seat 4A, upgrade to Premium, Air France made good, that feels very good to
Spacious, blue cloth seats, clean, very good feeling place.
utilization is at 100%, as far as I know that from the beginning.
The cockpit crew is from France, the pilot is at the door during boarding, he logs on soon after with a friendly greeting.
a woman as co-pilot today. The terminal
A man of middle age, nice and an older woman, also nice and friendly in the premium cabin.
Air Malta at the gate
on the taxiway next to the terminal 2G
Some machines from us at the start, at the entrance to the 4215 meter track 26R, it is 16.00 clock, almost on time, 18 degrees and the
rain is even stronger.
an hour to Stuttgart
We are blocked at the line
The cabin
The security card
Le Bourget
Very good place feeling here, the middle seat, the aisle seat is occupied by a young man
Premium Service from outside
the cake for me
density clouds over France
better then Germany
The pilot with other weather information just before the landing.
Well, that's a beautiful view of the airport
This looks like the right side parallel to me today
to the web
slow down and
Just before the final approach
A curve advance
And the train
Very low
landing on runway 25, it is 17.10 clock,
before the flight schedule, partly cloudy at 19 degrees
to finger at Terminal 3
The pilot is at the door and wishes me a good day,
perfect service here at Air France.
in the public area and quickly on the way home.
And what is the highlight of the day?. Sure the upgrade at Air France A318 at the Airbus, but Dolomiti and the Embraer is also recommended, a very nice cabin crew.
Two weeks now until
"Skyteam to Canada on the A318/A343.
soon, the trip
Reporter
