Hello, dear readers, after a bumpy flight
when returning from France on Thursday, it is now Saturday.
I'm OK for new experiences. This trip is
planned to fly a new and rare type of aircraft.
Well, in the end it really is a new type, but not the originally expected!.
Three new airports as well, not bad, right?.
All postings I have done in early April.
Here is the current route map:
reporter's trip flights on a larger map
Saturday, 08/07/2010
FRA (Frankfurt Airport)
MAN (Manchester Airport)
Service LH carried out 4850 Designed by Lufthansa
: 07:55 / / 08:35
When boarding is on my self-printed paper from the online check-in displays for 07.25 clock.
start from Frankfurt, my phone calling me to clock 03.30,
ok or not, night on the highway.
Tired?, Never, five flights to my plan today. I'm busy
reduced via Lufthansa's website, a coupon of paypal the price to about € 70.00's.
acceptable for a single reservation with our leading airline.
Not much traffic and the airport as scheduled at about 07.00 clock.
Parked at the airport, the price of a day it is not worth the car in one of the other provider to an end.
the terminal for a first look at this tremendous display panel, which I really like
know almost no wait at the security check, very good, if we consider that it is summer holiday time in Germany.
The staff is very nice today, a middle-aged woman, she finds the large M (Miles and More) on my boarding pass.
Me: "No laptop and liquids here."
you: "Thank God, a frequent flyer, these vacationers are nice, but I have already explained the full procedure thousands of times, they just do not know how fast should run it all."
A good start to the day.
output B27
OPS departures
well, a gate position
My machine, D-Abihu "Limburg"
is in service with Lufthansa since 09/23/1991, the Boeing 737-500 as the plane, flight number 29 for me in this type and the third on this machine.
30737-500 are currently in use at Lufthansa
something big at the gate next to
Pleasant design and comfortable seats in this part of the terminal
Now for boarding
place for 20F me, the second-last row of windows, the last row is already busy at the check-in.
The safety demo is manual, no screens here.
utilization is near 100%, all seats occupied in my series, my neighbor is a nice young woman from India, many transfer passengers from India on the machine.
A look in the mirror
OK to start clock at 08.00, nearly on time of the 4000-meter rail 25R.
lot of sun this morning at 12 degrees.
1 hour, 25 minutes from Manchester.
Start with a right turn on the new runway
A man from Germany and two women in the service, one with black hair, probably from Turkey and a blonde from Germany, all middle-aged and ok, but nothing special.
Security card for the 737-300 and -500
The car, well maintained light gray leather seats, clean, very good place feeling, but an old-fashioned smell of toilet here
The wing and some clouds
The service, my Boarding Pass, reading along the way, the sandwich and the drinks are free
A cloud cover over the United Kingdom
Not a single word from the cockpit, no greeting, no information, nothing.
This is absolutely not impressed by Lufthansa today.
Approaching Manchester
The rainy city in the background
landing on the 3048 meter track and on the runway 23R
clock here is 08.30, 09.30 clock in Germany, just ahead of schedule. It is cloudy at 16 degrees.
Aurela from Lithuania at the gate on a mission for Thomas Cook
The terminal
A friend has given me greetings for Manchester, which is now to be done!.
arrival at Terminal 1, my machine at fingers
No waiting at the immigration control in the public sector and ok for the short walk to Terminal 3, the check-in for the next Flight.
Saturday, 08/07/2010
MAN (Manchester Airport)
IOM (Isle of Man Ronaldsway Airport)
BE service planned and conducted 815 of Flybe
: 10.35 / / 11:25
busy I have the Flybe website for about € 40.00's easy.
No online check-in here, yes, it is possible, but no seating and I do not like to get an aisle seat.
A good number of check-in kiosks in Terminal 3
I enter my reservation code and the seat map opens in seconds, 20D, the second-last row of windows, two seats for me at the end. Not long
to wait at the security check and then in the gate, no, shopping area of Terminal 3
I use the time to go to the gates by for a look at the apron.
Aurigny is pushed back
Singapore on the way to the station and to Munich
Regional BMI may still
A Dash wait on approach, my machine?
landing with a puff of smoke from the main landing gear
This looks much bigger, Pakistan with the 777
starting 16 for the Isle of Man
I'm at the window to shoot my machine.
I wait and wait and see them parked on the other side close to the Terminal 1
Now I should really go to the output 16
It seems that G-Jecs will take me to one
The aircraft nose
The Dash 8-400 is the planned, in operation since 02.10.2007 for Flybe, one of 54 in the current fleet.
flight No. 15 for me to type this, and yes, it is a new Registration
It looks old-fashioned boarding with the small front suspension, Aer Arann of Ireland
to the rear staircase
The cockpit crew is from the UK, while the pilot with a very nice greeting the boarding.
He presents the cabin crew by name.
No screens here, the safety demo is manual.
A man, a woman in the service, both young and not particularly friendly, not my style.
An uneven path, 23R, such as during landing, it is 10.35 clock, time, temperature is 16 degrees and it is still cloudy.
Saga from Turkey
The security card
above the clouds to fly 35 minutes
better near the Irish Sea
No free service here
The cabin, worn light blue-gray leather seats, the place is feeling ok.
The seat backs can not adjust for British Airways.
utilization is at about 90%.
The co-pilot reported just before the landing, the flight altitude is 14,000 feet.
More clouds near the Isle of Man
land in sight
The gear down for the Isle of Man
approach over the water
on the coast long
And where is the train?
landed, we leave the 26th in 1754 meters of track It is 11.10 clock, well before schedule, 15 minutes, at 16 degrees and partially cloudy
My seat
The nose in detail
Flybe on the Isle of Man
Logan ok to start
My next machine?. Feels very good to fly that particular type.
In the public sector.
we use the time for a look around the airport.
Saturday, 08/07/2010
IOM (Isle of Man Ronaldsway Airport)
BFS (Belfast International Airport)
Service Manx2 NM plans carried out € 212 from Continental Air
: 13.00 / 13:40
This flight I booked on the website of the airline directly to get about 60.00 to €'s not cheap, but the only chance these days trip in my logbook.
Manx2 offers online check-in, easy to operate, free seating, boarding paper is printed in one minute.
cactus and palm trees, this is really an island in the Irish Sea?
The terminal
If your Jet not use every day, why not park it here?
the web with a small town right next
The check-in area, no queues
No other passengers in front of me at the security check, strictly here as I follow the person may take off all their shoes.
The Let go to Blackpool, no other Manx2 machine on the apron, so should the next arrival of my machine to Belfast International are
Two Manx2 arrivals in direct succession, Blackpool is started late, well then a delay for my Flight
This is Flybe to Bristol
There are not many airports with a lock next to the railway
Retro waiting places here
Airways on the way to the station
Start the castle tower
This looks to one of these Metro Liner cargo flights,
as is common everywhere approved in the EU
Weiss and EC-Spain
Today not to the cargo apron
No, to the passenger terminal
surprise, the same pitch as before the Let, Gate 2, my machine?
boarding at EC-GPS, the first time for me on the Metroliner.
This aircraft is certified for Euro Continental Air,
about this company there is not much information.
The base is Valencia and there are two Metroliner currently in use.
The aircraft was built in 1988 and has served on a number of companies on the road, Hahn Air, European Air Express, Lineas Aereas de Andalucia, and now Topfly € Continental Air transports you pack every night for Birmingham-Amsterdam-Birmingham, thanks to a good Friend for that information
oil on the engine
A large cargo door
Looks like the landing gear of a business jet from
Very good leg room here
The security card
100% utilization , not a free seat, last row window for me, every seat a window seat on the Metroliner.
The cabin is low, so low that it feels like view, as if in the car creeps
The terminal
The wing
Goodbye, Ronaldsway.
The cockpit crew is from Spain, the co-pilot with a very nice greeting at the door, candy for the passengers and he also takes the safety demo
No traffic on the track 26 as with the arrival
Start, it is 13.05 clock, almost on time at 16 degrees and partially cloudy
A green island, fly to 15 minutes now until the next green island
fields and houses
The current magazine
No door to the cockpit, no cabin crew, very old-fashioned leather seats, very good legroom in the last row, two seats on the other side of the cabin, a resident in the same room for me
between the clouds, no data on the route or altitude
over the Irish Sea
The old-fashioned cabin
More clouds briefly from Northern Ireland
still on the Irish Sea
The Coast
And now Northern Ireland
More green fields is
Approaching Belfast International
on the taxiway to the ramp, the landing on the 2780-meter runway 25 very hard, first on the left main landing gear and then to the right.
The co-pilot later apologized for the rough landing, getting out, he also conducted the flight.
It is 13.30 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule, even here, the sky is cloudy and the temperature is 16 degrees
The cabin
alight with its own staircase
A full view of my small Machine
by bus to the terminal and quickly in the audience.
fast Why?.
Well, my arrival airport is Belfast International and my next flight is in exactly two hours from Belfast City airport to start the second here.
And absolutely not to my enthusiasm is the online check-in for this flight possible.
I try several times and then call the airline just to get the answer that there are currently technical problems, not good.
There is a bus service between the two airports, called the Airporter, but not suitable for my flights, a taxi costs more than 40.00 pounds, much too expensive. The alternative
Way is the Ulsterbus 300 to Europa Bus Centre for 7.00 pounds.
Fortunately, the bus arrives, when I'm at the bus stop and with very little traffic on this Saturday I'm fast in the city.
The center is a great site, I lose the gained time on the highway to Europe arrived Bus Center, directly to the street and one of the waiting taxis. 10:00
pounds to the city airport, arriving about 1 hour before my scheduled start, lucky for me.
Saturday, 08/07/2010
BHD (George Best Belfast City Airport)
LHR (London Heathrow Airport)
Service BD performed 89
Designed by BMI: 15.40 / / 16:55
Well, the check-in machine code accepts my reservation without waiting, expecting no more window seats, I have nothing else.
But an aisle seat with a free middle seat is ok for this case also, 21C.
I've booked via Exp.de for just 20.00 Euro's, which is really cheap.
No waiting at the security checkpoint and the next new gate area, the first time for me in Belfast City.
shop waiting and when should it be
The terminal provides more of an industrial building we
No further BMI departure is that then my machine
G-DBCE with the Bombardier factory in the background
It is an Airbus A319, as in the flight plan, in operation since 04.01.2005 for BMI.
one of 11 in the current fleet.
flight No. 57 for me and yes, again a new registration
a nice logo on the door to the lounge
off at the fingers and the rear stairs, interesting
boarding for me at the gate A.
The middle seat in row 21 is now occupied, but there are also the number 19 with an open middle seat next to me.
utilization is about 80%.
A brief welcome from the cockpit during boarding, the pilots are from the UK.
starting in 1829 meters of track 04, it is 15.40 clock, in time, a few clouds and the temperature is now at 20 degrees, 1 hour to London-Heathrow.
A look at the car, well maintained, two men, one younger, one older and one elderly woman in the service, well, not my style.
The security card
And the interesting magazine
The pilot logs again just before landing.
The route takes us through Manchester, any more data.
No free service on this flight.
The car with the old-fashioned blue leather seats.
clean, the place sense ok
then landing hard on the 3658 meter track 27L, it is 16.45 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule, the temperature is 23 degrees and it is also cloudy.
at the gate at London Heathrow
The finger in the terminal, the next flight takes off again, no further security checks, like the last time the British Airways Terminal 5
Saturday, 08/07/2010
LHR (London Heathrow Airport)
FRA (Frankfurt Airport)
scheduled service performed by Lufthansa LH 4739
: 19.05 / / 21:35
Online check-in works here without problems Lufthansa's website, 28F, the last row of windows, We will see whether the rule works again.
busy again via Exp.de, the price is about € 90.00's close to my personal limit, but the only chance to make this flight plan to an end today.
enough time to go through the terminal. Swiss
ok for the flight to Zurich, have long disappeared from the screen, but still at the gate
The Virgin on the long taxiway
Jet landing
No bad news for my Flight
output 5B
The only way to photograph my machine at the gate. It is
D-AIQM, the planned Airbus A320, in service with Lufthansa since 01/20/1992.
The company currently operates 45 A320s.
"Nordenham" is a new registration for my logbook, flight No. 60 on this type
Well done, the gate SMS information from Lufthansa
utilization is near 100%, filling all three places in the last row , the backrest can be adjusted.
I am one of the last passengers to board, a mother with her daughter in my family, not thrilled when I ask my window seat.
The safety demonstration is manual, no screens here.
The German pilot with a brief welcome when boarding.
something big on the taxiway
start of the 3901 meter track 27R clock at 19.00, almost on time, the temperature is 24 degrees and it is still slightly cloudy.
storm in London, not far from the airport, 1 hour now to Frankfurt
Three women in the service, two from Germany, one from Turkey, all middle-aged, one in the rear area really nice and accommodating.
The cabin equipped with light gray leather seats, clean, very good legroom in the back row. About
London Gatwick
We reach the continent
Coastal
There is a sandwich and free Drinks.
Above the Clouds
Airberlin crosses us
the well-kept cabin
also the German co-pilot responds with brief information during the approach. About
Frankfurt
landing on the 4,000-meter rail 25R, it is 21.15 clock, 20 minutes ahead of schedule and here it is partly cloudy at 23 degrees.
EL AL at the gate next to us
And the security card, we do not want to forget
alighting on one finger. These people open, unbelievable,
three passport control switch, all passengers in the queue for the two "EU passports" switch.
Nobody really no one, "all passes" switch.
ie, that I got out one of the last and most other passengers at the passport control of hole, having the "all passes" switch use.
no question that the officer no one waves to his desk.
the elevator to the top parking level, directly opposite the Lufthansa terminal and about two hours later at home with a good number of beautiful, new impressions.
Now, five flights, three new airports, all according to plan with the absolute top of the day, the Metroliner in use for Manx2.
then I should probably visit the island again to finally fly to the Let 410!.
Two weeks now until the next story
"Dolomiti / Regional E-Jet and an upgrade in comparison with AirFrance.
soon, the trip
Reporter
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