Hola, dear reader,
this is the continuation of my last story about our summer trip to Spain.
some pictures, then go . we continue with the flights
Here is the current route map:
Trip Reporter's flights on a larger map
I've never been to Benidorm, but I have read some about it.
How about driving with a trip to the FGV "Ferrocarril de la Generalitat Valenciana". The train from Alicante and Denia, 3.00 €'s from Calpe to Benidorm and back.
The station looks like in Africa
The narrow gauge rails
beautiful houses around the station
Calp
The train arrives
Calpe villas
The Penon in the background
Altea Benidorm in sight
The Orthodox Church
The return
Benidorm station with an older train
In the car
Looks like built with Lego bricks, but is really Benidorm
Marina of Altea
And back in Calpe
Autobusesifach brings us back for 1.00 € in the city and the hotel.
more flights?. But yes!.
Monday, 06/09/2010
ALC (Aeropuerto Internacional de Alicante)
IBZ (Aeropuerto de Ibiza)
Service VY carried out in 1356 Designed by Vueling
: 09:55 / / 10:35
Another early start to the airport, I leave the hotel at 07.30 am and clock at the finish with the first rays of the day.
The old terminal
is a big and good-looking new terminal in
A look created on the screen with the arrivals, part 1
And part 2 with my flight to plan
Access to the new terminal
No automated check-in for Vueling, I have not checked in online. To the switches, two open, no waiting time and is already printed my preferred seat, 31A, window last row.
I've booked directly on Vueling for 50.00 Euro's.
through security, again without waiting time and fast in the well-known gate region.
Spanair on the apron
Air Europa is also
Air Europe at the start
departures, Easyjet leads the delay statistics again
part 2 with my flight from Gate 6
Around the corner is a very white Vueling machine
A curve to the gate
It's EC-GRG, the planned Airbus A320, first in service with Iberia from 01.15.1991, continue to 15.02.2007 Clickair, a few days in Italy in Myair from 10.07.2009 and then on to Vueling 22.07.2009. The
Company currently operates 37 A320's and this is the oldest machine.
Flight No. 63 on this type and a new registration
The release is
Airberlin at the gate next to it, it is D-placing in container, I'll see this machine again?
And on the way to the station aboard to Ibiza
Good looking dark gray leather seats here, clean, the last row of windows, three, no six seats for me. The seat back is adjustable and the security information is manual.
The load factor at 80%, many English passengers on the way on vacation
headrests in different colors
to driveway on the 3000 meters of track 10, it is 09.50 clock, almost on time,
clear sky, no clouds, the temperature is 24 degrees, no data on flight duration
On the way
Four women started the service, all middle-aged and ok, three from Spain and one probably from Eastern Europe.
A curve to the north, shortly after the start
The security card
Manhattan, sorry, Benidorm from above
The Costa Blanca Calpe
The pilots are from Spain, no comment from the cockpit. The current magazine
And the "Flying-lounge-club, not a free service
The cabin
No data on the route or altitude.
Near Ibiza
Ibiza in sight
The airport and the Salt Basin
Approaching
by sea
A curve to the final approach
Just before the landing
We leave the 2,800-meter track 24, it is 10.20 clock, 15 minutes ahead of schedule, no clouds be seen and the temperature is 27 degrees
interesting machines on the apron
A Dash 8 of Air Nostrum
Aurela Lithuanian parked in the background
My seat
Aurela in application for Thomas Cook
shall either be
No, I really like this airline behind my machine not
My favorite, under the wing
A direct view
Well, how about some pictures of this beautiful City?.
Voramar el Gaucho runs for 3.00 Euro's in the city, and a loud rattling experience so unpleasant that I would not have expected in the EU.
I remember the driver and see him later at the airport when his bus finally gives up, water dripping from the engine compartment.
The walls
The entrance to Dalt Vila
on the dock
It even goes up
in the Dalt Vila
only to defend
A view from Top with the airport and a starting machine
across the city
goal?
traffic between the islands
The harbor entrance
The basin
Beautiful houses above the harbor
The Port
A church
Input
A narrow path
A beautiful courtyard
color contrasts
A tree grows from the balcony of a house entrance
The Old Town
The restaurant 
A nice place near the town hall
At exit
The ferry to Formentera
some beautifully restored houses
A view to the castle
sailing yachts and a Ferry
Back to the airport when the next bus stops its service, we wait 20 minutes for a technician on the street, not an issue for me, but some other passengers nervous.
Not the best reliability rate of this company.
Monday, 06/09/2010
IBZ (Aeropuerto de Ibiza)
PMI (Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca)
Service Iberia IB to carry out scheduled 8109 Air Nostrum
: 15.35 / / 16.15
There is only one service from bmi between the islands along with many Iberia / Air Nostrum flights.
secure the background for the relatively high price here, 80.00 Euro's, booked through Exp.de.
Iberia in One-World-color
Air Nostrum landing
A look at the terminal
surrounded by trees
Antique Interior
Checked
I bring to the vending machine, not an issue my reservation on the screen.
A completely unusual place for me, 1A.
through security without waiting time and the gate area.
We know that many airports maintain a shop, where local products are sold prior to departure as souvenirs.
is The Ibiza is also here, the world's most famous local product is on sale, all about the Pacha club
A view of the apron
my machine for the later flight?
And there is not only a Pacha shop
no, Amnesia sells its current products
My flight from Gate 2 is okay
Ibiza visitors in the gate area
Illy espresso bar with a great design
also London City is connected directly to Ibiza
We I like this picture, palm trees and the McDonnell Douglas
Boarding is on time, by bus to the aircraft
Where's my favorite place to shoot ?
It is the machine that was previously on the ramp, with a flight to Valencia in between
EC-HEJ "Carrasca" is the planned ATR 72, in operation since 07.01.1999 for Air Nostrum, flight number 19 on this type and a new registration.
One of five in the fleet
Well, Air Nostrum is one of the seats from back to front, 1A is therefore leaves the last row of windows, all four places in this series for me, the backrest be adjusted.
Very old-fashioned black leather seats, well used, not really clean, but good sense of space in the back row. The security information is manual.
The load factor at 80%, almost only business passengers
The Way to track 24, it is 15.40 clock, almost on time, the sun, to see no cloud and the temperature at 31 degrees.
now 25 minutes from Palma
The pilots are from Spain, no comment from the front.
Another machine comes in to land before us
Two young and cute women in service,
a very good looking.
Start
About the salt fields
A curve after takeoff
The cabin
airport above
between Ibiza and Formentera
A snack and drinks in the service, no information about this route or altitude.
The security card
The special Air Nostrum magazine
Palma airport
past the airport
The landing is gentle on the 3000 meter track 24L for a very high approach.
It feels as if we fall from the sky, so steep and turbulent.
Some passengers begin to scream, but we land safely and quickly go eNom to our location.
clock is 16.20, nearly on time, only high clouds here and the temperature at 29 degrees.
The terminal for regional flights
My machine
Under the Wing
The entrance, good looking
Airy and spacious, well-made here in Mallorca
A view from above
Monday, 09/06/2010
PMI (Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca)
ALC (Aeropuerto Internacional de Alicante)
AB 7554 made plans to airberlin
: 18.40 / / 19:40
Checked in for this flight, I have the hotel, but no printer, like most of the hotel PC.
Then I get the paper at the airport. This seems to be a problem or not?.
Well, there is a large Airways switch but the clerk told me that it is responsible only for information and ticket sales.
The check-in is being outsourced to Acciona, around the corner is a switch, they ask for there.
But surely, only the switch is closed. Back to
Airways, should I wait, the switch is about to open.
It is also not sure that I get at the gate for a flight boarding pass.
time enough for me, from the gate area to go to print, paper and time to be back, which is the better way.
Done, a not too friendly staff assume the back for me, five minutes at the security checkpoint and on time in the gate area. Where
, no question, as long as I'm waiting for boarding, no one occupied the switch and Acciona opens.
The price is 30.00 Euro's, booked via Exp.de.
Let's take a look at the screen, gate C46 for me
seat 29F, window last row as usual and again, three places for me to adjust to a workload of 90%, the seat backs can be. My machine
ground service
The last bags are loaded
Let us remember the registration of this morning in Alicante.
It is the same machine to Alicante, D-placing in container, The Airbus A320, as in the flight plan.
A new registration, route No. 64 on this type, in the use of first since 20.01.2010 airberlin. A
of 20 machines in the current fleet
The cockpit crew is from Germany, the pilot with a short welcome, there is a problem, disconnect the bridge from the aircraft and it will take several minutes.
the cabin, the safety demo today manually.
Modern Recaro leather seats, clean and the place feeling in the back row is ok
The security card
We Mallorca left with a very slow and shallow climb after the start of the 3270 meter track 24R, it is 18.40 clock, time, only a few high clouds and the temperature is 29 degrees.
35 minutes to Alicante
A man and three women in the cabin, all younger and ok.
The co-pilot through the flight, and detailed information in English, English and German on the road in a nice way. There is a
Snackbox, the route leads over to Ibiza 23 000 feet.
We reach the Costa Blanca
approach from the land side
Shortly before landing
on the taxiway after landing on the track 10, it is 19.40 clock, just in time to see no clouds and the temperature is 29 degree, welcome home, at least temporarily
The large new terminal
interesting machines on the ramp, Air Algerie and Bulgaria Air
monarch and Norwegian
in the public area and to my car, 45 minutes later I'm in the hotel and ok for more Adventure!.
How about climbing the Penon de Ifach?.
The Port of Calpe to Benidorm in the background
Calpe Benidorm
We are prepared, the other hikers, too?
Pretty boots
A ship passing below
A look at the Costa Blanca
Towards
The Natural Tunnel
Is this the way?
cacti
A motorboat traveling to ...
... Denia
The Penon is a nature reserve
Water
On the summit
The coast
Calpe and Altea
summit break
Clear water
A sailboat
Back in the tunnel
Tunnel
Calpe
birds
a lagoon surrounded by houses
After a beautiful week it is time to get back to Madrid, that car and leave for the next flight.
Wednesday, 08/09/2010
MAD (Aeropuerto de Madrid Barajas)
FRA (Frankfurt am Main)
performed Planned Service LH 4415 Lufthansa
: 18:55 / / 21:30
Checked I'm back from the hotel, the Airbus A319 is on the seat map.
24 A / B / C, the last row on the A319.
to wait a few minutes at the
clearly too small luggage room, through security, happiness,
without waiting time and again in the gate area,
The cost per route and passenger is 40.00 Euro's.
C42 to Frankfurt today
The flight time from
sees
Our machine?
But this is no A319
No, that is definitely an A320
Parked at the gate
Ryan at the gate next to
It is D-AIQR "Lahr", a A320, Flight No. 65 on this type and a new registration.
In use at Lufthansa since 19/1/1993, on loan to German Wings from 10/01/2002 to 08/01/2005, is one of 45 in the fleet
The cockpit crew from Germany, the pilot is a good-looking blonde woman, I see them before the flight in the terminal.
A very nice and relaxed welcome during boarding follows.
We must wait a few minutes due to heavy traffic Frankfurt.
Towards
The load factor at 80%, no chance for a series later to move to the cabin, we remain 24th in the series
The safety demo is manual.
taxi to Terminal 4
a handsome building
LAN on the apron
OK for the start of the 3620 meter track 36R, it is 19.20 clock, 25 minutes late, it's partly cloudy and the temperature at 24 degrees.
now two hours to Frankfurt
four women in the service, all middle-aged and ok.
One that works in the rear cabin, slim with black hair, very handsome, probably from Turkey.
The cabin is equipped with dark gray leather seats, clean, the place sense is ok
The security card
started
a hot meal today
chicken and potatoes, twice-free beverages, including sparkling wine is from the pretty Flight attendant in a separate passage offered
The pilot logs
again with a nice and friendly during the approach adopted.
landing on the 4,000-meter rail 07R, it is 21.35 clock, almost on time, the sky is cloudy at 15 degrees, but at least it does not rain here in Germany.
A last look at the screen in Frankfurt
With Care Tour Shuttle to our car and two hours later we are at home.
Four other flights in my logbook, is ok with Air Nostrum as the most interesting experience, but also
Vueling.
Not long now until my next
Story "Luxury living in Geneva and the Boeing 767-300.
soon, the trip
Reporter
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