Bonjour, dear reader,
a day in the office, a day on the road is that my current week, so it seems.
In Italy, I was on Tuesday and now it is Thursday and I'm back on track.
Here is the current route map:
reporter's trip flights on a larger map
First, some background on this trip.
A good friend and I have decided in April to fly a day together.
A small Swiss airline based in Geneva, that first time for me is, in our focus and this seems to be interesting with a flight at low altitude over the Alps.
The prices are ok, made quickly for the compounds in the morning and at night.
A surprise is found a few days before our trip, the second route, planned to Swiss, is performed by another airline that does not now have a new airline for me, no, but two.
And next three of four flights today to lease equipment, even more interesting.
Thursday 08/05/2010
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
ZRH (Zurich airport)
Service Swiss LX 1179 plans carried out by Contact Air
: 05.50 / / 06:35
Online check-in for the first leg finished in a minute on Wednesday evening.
I've booked via Exp.de and it looks as if I know the system learns from day to day better.
seat 20A is offered to me, no complaints here, I switch to 19A, the third-last row, next to the engines, two seats for me at the end.
The ticket is booked as a return flight in September, four lines of everything, the price is around € 40.00 each way's absolutely ok for a so-called classic full-service airline.
The boarding on the paper for 05.20 clock, well, my phone alarm is set to clock 03.15, no traffic at this time and at the airport at 05.00 clock.
I have my cell phone in sight from time to time in Contact's statistics is not the best, hopefully no delay or cancellation.
No news from Swiss.
If the flight is canceled, the whole day is canceled, no other way to reach Zurich fit for the second flight of the day.
Hamburg International, 7 hours, 15 minutes late on arrival in Samsun, Turkey
Impressively, 13 starts in 30 Minutes
And now let the queue before the security checkpoint in Terminal 3, with all TUIfly, Condor Airlines and holiday flights.
Now, just 50 meters from the Terminal 1 with very little movement, not a minute waiting period for me.
The usual bus gate on the ground floor, 159 today, not too many passengers are waiting.
A mysterious source whispers of about 40 passengers, what a surprise that the utilization of the flight today at about 50%.
Boarding starts on time, we drive through the night and wet the run, no pictures today.
The Fokker 100, as in the flight plan is on hold.
D-AGPH that second time for me on this machine and route No. 16 overall in this type.
The eldest of eight machines in the contact fleet.
More than 20 years already in use.
for First U.S. Air from 07/13/1990, then to U.S. Airways on 27/02/1997, from 02/09/2004 to Germania, in use for DBA from 21.03.2006 and Contact since 01.02.2008.
Comfortable leather seats here dark gray, old-fashioned, clean and very good court sense.
The cabin ceiling
A, my first impression of a young and kind man and an arrogant blond young woman in the cabin.
The woman looked after the back and makes in-flight very good work, much nicer than expected.
Two Swiss chocolate for me today!.
Security card, no built-in steps on this machine
The German pilot with a friendly welcome and relaxed during boarding.
What a beautiful magazine titles
The Lufthansa Cityline regional jet 200 itself on the park position as on Tuesday
surprise, Hello to the MD90 landing, booked for Hamburg International from Samsun
start of the path 25, It is 05.55 clock, almost on time at 15 degrees and rain.
The flight time is only 25 minutes, water and chocolate are free. Only
The clouds around us
approach where Zurich
is a look at the engine
near Lake Zurich
landing on the 3,700-meter track 34, it is 06.35 clock, perfectly on time at 15 degrees and many clouds.
We leave the runway
A curve to the apron
Parked at the gate, the only non-Swiss tail fin in the whole series
I have a brief conversation with the nice pilots
The finger in the terminal, no separate security check here.
An image from the terminal
The aircraft nose
Thursday, 08/05/2010
ZRH (Zurich airport)
GVA (Geneva International Airport)
Service Swiss LX carried out planned in 2802 by Edelweiss Air
: 07:40 / / 08:25
Our concerted Meet at the gate for the next flight, we take a look at the scoreboard
A03, provides that out after a bus tour.
The price is about € 40.00's how the first track.
My friend waiting for me near the gates, having fun and time passes very quickly.
A few minutes later, starts to climb aboard.
The same source told me about a very low utilization see on this flight, we will.
Ca. 30% then at the end.
Well, that's a very nice looking machine here in the rainy run, HB-IHZ, an Airbus A320 as shown on the schedule, the latest of three in the fleet.
"Victoria" is my flight No. 59 on this type and a new registration
In use at Edelweiss since 25/06/1999.
First time for me on this airline, very welcome, no question, especially on this otherwise Swiss even flown route
Edelweiss is a Swiss subsidiary, and operates mainly charter flights, why today at this track, who knows ?
bye Zurich, from the covered staircase
The handsome cabin, freshly renovated
A man as a pilot and a woman as co-pilot today, both from Switzerland.
The pilot with a detailed welcome in a nice kind
This is the security card
And the new, hard, blue and narrow seats, clean, the place sense is ok
Square 36F for me at the end, the last row window, three seats for me, the backrest can be adjusted.
I've already checked for 35F, while my friend has decided to hear the 36A seat ticket on with me at 35.
I try to clarify the Swiss side, but will now be redirected to the Lufthansa website.
It seems that there is a difference between Swiss and Edelweiss, which is not shown by Lufthansa.
Magazine
The safety demo on the screens
The main terminal
too good looking, the OLT Saab 2000
British Airways to London City
a quick start of the 2500 meter track 28, the clock is 07.45, almost on time and it's still raining.
The flight time is 35 minutes.
four ladies in the service, a nice welcome from the purser.
Two cute young women in the rear cabin.
Another Swiss Machine on approach
There is water and a chocolate-free.
Well, in theory, this is a very interesting track, in only 15,000 feet above the highest mountains in the Alps, but not today
We fly to Bern and Lausanne more than to see very anxious and nothing on the whole route.
The first thing not only looks like cloud
A soft landing on the 3900 meter track 23 follows.
It is 08.25 clock, on time, 15 degrees and more rain, what else now?.
We leave the runway
A Dash of Baboo on the taxiway
Darwin and the Saab 2000, should I even try it
my comfortable seat
The cabin Overview
Parked on a finger gate, well, not today on the wet apron.
Thursday, 08/05/2010
GVA (Geneva International Airport)
NCE (Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur)
F7 Service conducted 297 Designed by Baboo
: 10.50 / / 11.50
busy I'm here again Exp.de, the price as a single flight is at about 40.00 Euro's, very good value for money.
is easy to use and simply the Online Check-In at Baboo's website, 21A, window last row, two seats for me at the end, the backrest can be adjusted.
Geneva airport is one of the few in the world, serving two countries. Arrival in the Swiss part, through the baggage area to the Umsteigegates.
But wait, these are just the Swiss Gates for the sector.
In the public sector and then in the French sector.
This is only a small area on the ground floor for the transfers by bus and two or three fingers outputs on the first floor. All windows tinted
above, no good photo opportunities here.
And all is not really up to date, but Baboo brings something fresh paint
A good time to talk while we wait for the boarding for the next flight and to see how the airport works.
Swiss prices here, more than 7.00 CHF for an espresso and a cup of tea, now that I call expensive.
The Rolex bezel
Specifically
output F63 to Nice
It is very interesting that follow for boarding Easyjet Switzerland to Nantes at the gate across from us.
No queue, where all the passengers?.
to get to the gate when boarding starts.
Even with three parts cabin baggage, we shall see, as the gate personnel responding.
not enter you must leave bags at the gate, but I see no one paid anything.
Is this the way to save money on Easyjet?. Turkish
with the Airbus A321 and Air Canada with the 767-300 looks good on the ramp
The store, but the seats and in particular the stone floor and antique
HB-IHZ on the way to a new Target
Boarding begins with the bus a little later than planned.
Beautiful colors on the rainy run
The nose in detail
A look at the engine
HB-JQB is a Dash 8-400, as in the flight plan.
Used by Baboo since 25.10.2007, one of only two in the fleet.
Baboo is a small company with five machines, the home base is in Geneva, the objectives of regional flights, as well as charter services.
The company is owned by a Lebanese investment group.
A warm welcome to a new airline and a new registration, flight number 14 on this type for me.
Beautiful colors on the fuselage
The last baggage is loaded
And then boarding
The cabin
Two young and cute Women in uniform, a very friendly welcome, the purser introduces the crew by name.
utilization is about 60%.
The security card
And very well done magazine in the small pocket design
The seats are brown not my favorite color, but clean and very good court sense
The cockpit crew speaks French, the pilot with a brief welcome when boarding.
to train, KLM us
with plenty of water on the track
Now we are on the line, at 11.00 clock, ten minutes to plan, it's still raining at 15 degrees.
50 minutes now and hopefully better weather Nice
over or between the clouds
Only a mountain above the clouds, it looks like the Mont Blanc
The co-pilot will respond with further weather information.
better then near the coast
Also, some valleys seen
Very good service with a cake and drinks
chocolate and a refreshing towel
still many clouds
We leave near the clouds our goal is to
The airport well to recognize
A curve back to the coast
Approaching
on the Cote de Azur along
Some ships down there
The chassis ok for Nice
water or the runway
landing on the 2742 meter track 04L, it is 11.50 clock, on time and the weather is much better here, the sun and 24 degrees.
One or two private jets are here, seriously, an incredible number of large aircraft such as the Boeing 767 or Boeing 727
Blue 1 with the MD90 at Terminal 1
AirFrance / Regional at landing
The seats
alighting on the sunny run
The nose
opened the doors
Parked next to some private jets
palm trees and the MD90
quick in the public sector.
for my next flight is not an online check-in available, we go to Area A, but no sign of my flight, no chance to do it now already.
Well, a visit to the city seems possible, always good with a nice accompaniment.
The bus No 23 runs with good frequency to the center. A ticket, a €, from the Driver and several minutes later, we are already on the promenade.
Many clouds to the east
The people enjoy the beach
much better to the west
If too much money to be in the wallet, this would be something to change this, the Negresco
beach life
And city life
The flight time for the flight back my companion has changed, more time in the city for them, time for me to again go back to the airport.
Thursday 08/05/2010
NCE (Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur)
STR (Stuttgart Airport) Airways
Service AB 8869 plans carried out by Tuifly
: 14.40 / / 15:55
The price for this flight is approximately € 50.00 ' s, posted on Lastminute.de.
same bus line, a € brings me back to the airport.
It is 13.40 clock, an hour before the start and 30 minutes to the usual boarding time.
They fly with my late from Gate A08
so still a chance at a window seat?.
Well, we know, my charm, or anything else helps, once again, I talk with the nice young woman at the counter.
No other passengers more to check-in.
"window, last row is always my place."
"Unfortunately, all window seats on this flight already booked, but the last number is blocked, I'll give you the aisle seat as far back as possible, 19D, and what do they do it on the plane is up to you!".
Thank you, very good work here!.
the plane then, well, 25A, the last row of windows, three seats for me on a workload of about 90%. The old-fashioned terminal
directly to security, just a few minutes of waiting time and the gate area.
What a beautiful 727
Norwegian with the 737-800
Rossiya Airlines
And a tail between regional and private aircraft
Breathtaking, the machine of the day
by bus to the aircraft
Also, a 737-200 is parked
20 minutes to the bus at the exit, many passengers late because of bad weather and congestion on the highway.
It is D-AHXH who warmly welcome new registration, a 737-700 in action at Tuifly since 29.04.2008 and up to date on bmi routes.
flight No. 29 for me in this type
The new terminal and more private jets
The winglet and the beauty
I have not enough photos of them
made in the cab, a young, very friendly man and two women, one with a Russian touch, and another young woman from Croatia may . The
Purser introduces the crew by name.
I get one as the last passenger, and I have a nice conversation with the Croatian at the back door until the others found their places. She is not enthusiastic about the slow boarding procedure, the arrival was well ahead of schedule and now we are late.
Well, the last row is free for me and ok with her, no question!. We are going to
2960 meters of track 04R, it is 14.50 clock, ten minutes on track, 26 degrees and a few thunderstorms around us
on the web
Not high above the water
start with another look at a group of parked private jets
A thunderstorm over the city
ferries in the port
On entering
And another at the exit
A curve above the sea
an hour to Stuttgart.
Well, we remember the storm, the first 30 minutes of flight, we have enormous turbulence, it is hardly possible to read.
The young woman in the window seat in front of me used the paper bag in the seat pocket for its original purpose, not really pleasant experience.
We fly around the clouds and change several times over the direction of Lausanne, Bern and Zurich.
No comment from the cockpit, the two no easy job today. Higher
is there anything better
Some mountains are visible on Switzerland
Modern cabin with small monitors, the seat backrest in the back row can not be adjusted.
Dark gray leather seats, clean, good leg room
And the safety card
The offer is a free sandwich and drink, but not for all the cabin because of the weather conditions.
Well, the storms are moving with us, and after ten minutes without air, it is again up to the rough landing on runway 25 at 16.00 clock in Stuttgart, despite everything, almost on time, light rain here and 16 degrees
Contact four Fokker 100 without movement
Parked on the apron
bye D-AHXH
by bus to the terminal and quickly on the way home.
Well, no online check-in at Emirates for departures from France, not good, something I absolutely do not like when I noticed this on Wednesday evening. Contact
is on time, Edelweiss is the surprise of the day with pleasant staff and a good looking machine, but Baboo is the absolute top of the day, very nice cabin crew, good service and at a very good price.
Two weeks now until the next story
"The packet transport Metroliner in daily use"
soon,
the trip reporter
0 comments:
Post a Comment