Salut, dear reader,
a week ago I returned from our summer trip to Spain.
From a posting to Geneva in August, there are two open Flights.
Now this is the way to this position slept, with two more flights to Geneva on a different airline and a little machine flown, at least for me.
Here is a Bick on the current route map:
reporter's trip flights on a larger map
Thursday, 09/16/2010
FRA (Frankfurt am Main)
LHR ( London Heathrow Airport)
services performed BA planned 903 of British Airways
: 11.20 / / 12.00
My first flight of the day to start from Frankfurt, the last flight to Stuttgart arrive, there is again the German course, to fill the gap.
The mobile phone is calling me at 05.00 clock.
On the way to Stuttgart airport at 06.00 clock.
Much more traffic than expected and got in the terminal five minutes before the departure of the first train, but.
In the city the train station, only to notice that the ICE is late to Frankfurt.
Nothing special is that most standard in those days.
passengers without end on the track, the German railway works without sales limit for the trains, sure, it is possible to reserve a place, but never as many seats are sold, such as demand.
In this case I to find happiness, a
standing between two first class compartments. So I'm going to Frankfurt in the future Ryanair standard, are in.
But there is favorable, 21.00 Euro's.
Online check-in is easy to use on the website of British Airways, room 39A, the last row of windows, only two seats here, the backrest can be adjusted.
Both seats are for me then, when the occupancy of 90%.
I'm busy with flight two of Fly.de for 50.00 Euro's each way.
My train in Frankfurt
The old-fashioned but well-used Terminal 1B in Frankfurt
With the train to Terminal 2
two tracks here
My machine is on the screen, a gate position today
This is it, for directly after landing
on the taxiway Terminal 2
767-300 in a three-picture
It's G-BNWZ, the proposed Boeing 767-300, a new registration for me and for the first flight No. 4 in this type
The aircraft has been in use for British Airways since 25/02/1997. One of the current total of 21 Looks great in the fleet
, or not?
Comfortable seats at the gate
D4 for me
Well, it's not the best day to fly today to the UK.
Not only did I get this, the Pope is on its way.
ie, all flights to Great Britain in
a separate area with a special security check.
ten minutes waiting for me.
Two very white-haired ladies, probably in the USA, held nothing of a wait, now, each is aware that the
"We wait until we turn" rule does not apply to people over 80!.
While I photograph I see cops running through security, the Staff goes to the other side, all passengers may not leave their area, no one is allowed to move, like in prison.
What happened?.
A small white bag is stopped without a passenger at the security checkpoint.
explosives dogs are used, an official of the special forces checked the bag with something that looks like a radar gun. The bag is opened and false alarm.
Let us remember the white-haired ladies?.
One of the two comes with an employee from the gate: "My bag, my bag, what do you do with my pocket"
.
Unbelievable.
This chaos begins to board a little late then
The cabin
Old fashioned, blue cloth seats in various colors
The cockpit crew is from the UK, the pilot with a very nice welcome and detailed, while the boarding is completed.
We expect heavy traffic delays due to land at London Heathrow, wait a few minutes later.
The security card
And the current magazine
Lufthansa A380 on the taxiway
just started by the 4000 meter track 18, the wing is extremely dirty.
It is 11.20 clock, time, cloudy but dry and the temperature is on 15 degrees.
1 hour, 25 minutes from London-Heathrow
I like this moment when the clouds
Seven women appears in the service, all learn together much as it looks and nice.
The car with the old-media video that are not in use
feeling good place here in the last row.
Dark blue cloth seats, worn, very worn, not really clean, no individual air conditioning here
snacks and drinks in the service.
no information on distance, but a smooth flight to 32,000 feet.
The pilot logs in detail shortly before the approach, holding patterns, such as usual and again as we leave the queue.
landing on the 3658 meter track 27L, it is 12.10 clock, almost on time in Great Britain, 13.10 clock in Germany.
Cloudy skies and 15 degrees here.
No, that is not an airline of a third world country
A gate at Terminal 5
A last look at my machine
Thursday, 16/09/2010
LHR planned (London Heathrow Airport)
GVA (Aeroport International de Geneve)
Service carried out 732 of BA British Airways
: 14.00 / / 16:40
Online check-in Course 22F shows me as last row of windows, secured quickly.
The tariff is at 50.00 Euro's.
Well, the Pope, we know a lot of security staff at Heathrow.
The last two compounds there were no further security checks.
not today, but luck, no long waiting time, ten minutes later I'm in the gate area.
Let's take a look at the screen and a look at the terminal
A15 is the output for Geneva today
This looks like my machine then.
G-EUPG, in action at British Airways since 25/05/2000. The Airbus A319, as in the flight plan, route No. 59 on that type.
A current of 33 machines Fleet. This approval
looks familiar, it is then, boarding Flight No. 2 for me
A quiet corner in Terminal
The main area
, I am again one of the last passengers, a good decision.
My seat is 22F, 22D and E are already occupied, but fortunately for me, 21 D / E / F is free and that means three more places for me on that flight.
The load factor is at 90%
The cockpit crew from Great Britain, while the pilot with a very nice greeting the boarding.
It starts to rain, leaving time to Great Britain again, with a Blue1 MD90 at the gate
The good-looking British Airways 757
A long way home, Air New Zealand 747
The security card
The cab, dark blue leather seats, the place feeling is ok, clean so far
SAS on the way from the 3901 meter track 27R, as we do.
It is 14.05 clock, almost on time, light rain and the temperature is 15 degrees, the flight time is 1 hour 15 minutes
And once the magic moment
A middle-aged man, ok and three women, one younger, the senior purser and a very nice looking young blonde flight attendant in the rear cabin
A river in France
A medical emergency is happening in the business class, it looks like, after twenty minutes of flying time.
Two cabin crew push the car fast service in the back kitchen, take the Defillbrator and run through the cabin to the front.
Only ten minutes later the man comes with a pale face and trembling back again.
The young woman is again ten minutes later, also with us again.
No further details.
The cabin with the small screens used for the safety demonstration
The pilot logs briefly in flight.
The route of Brighton, south of Paris and Auxerre, the card is on your screen for the full flight time.
The maximum altitude is 33,000 feet.
A curve of the hills
Another river to the lake
snacks and drinks in the service.
Close to the mountains
Geneva in the background
brakes
On final
Some yachts in the harbor
just landed on the 3900 meter track 23, it is 16.45 clock, almost on time, 21 degrees and partly cloudy
Baboo on the apron
A Tupolev background
regional aircraft at the gates
My seat
A final image
The airport operates a very customer-friendly system. There is a ticket machine in the arrivals area to draw out a free ticket for public transport in the city, my way, no question.
In the public area and the airport railway station.
The ticket is ok for all trains, just a few minutes to the train that I have received at the central station
The handsome main post
A first look at the Jet d'Eau
many flags on the bridge
Ships and the Jet d'Eau
It is wet near the fountain
luxury living here in Geneva
The IATA gala dinner, then maybe next year!
An enormous hydropower
look at the city
Cite du Temps
A church hidden among the department stores
Central Station
A note that the number of visitors in the city, mostly from the Middle East or even many Russian citizens is impressive.
you take larger and larger bags, fur coats although it is not really cold.
I see Arab families with staff that carries the bags.
luxury definitely lives in Geneva. brings
A ticket for 3.00 CHF me back by train and already I'm back at the airport station
not impressive from the outside
And inside old-fashioned with a low ceiling height
Thursday , 16/09/2010
GVA (Aeroport International de Geneve)
ZRH (Zurich airport)
Service Swiss LX 2719 Planned conducted by Swiss European Airlines
: 21.00 / / 21:50
Today Flights three and four are for the three and four from a previous posting to Geneva in August.
I've booked via Exp.de and this brings back the price to less than € 40.00's.
No waiting at the security check and then in the gate area for some pictures.
The earlier flight to Zurich
See you there!
A view from above the terminal provides significantly better than outdoor
Interestingly, we take a closer look at the screen, LX 2819, 21.00 Clock and LX 2719, 20.55 clock, both from the same gate to Zurich
A look at the big screen with the two flights
The gate shows LX 2719, I checked in for LX 2819th The Airbus A320
on the seat card during the online check-in, easy and fast to use on the Swiss side, space 37A
Well, good links to show me the reason. A known
sends me an SMS that my flight is delayed with the routing Moscow-Geneva-Zurich, and therefore not achieve the passengers on the Geneva-Zurich flight connections in Zurich will be.
Swiss sent a second aircraft to Geneva to pick us up, well-made, Swiss.
This is the machine for the extra flight is
It is HB-IXR "high winds" a warm welcome for the Avro RJ100, flight No. 8 on this type and a new registration.
One of 20 copies in the current fleet.
Used by Crossair from 29.02.1996 to 03.31.2002 at the Swiss International and Swiss European will be on 01/12/2005
I'm rebooked on LX 2719, the friendly staff at the gate is still surprised that I know the whole story when I go to the gate for me to pick a new boarding pass.
And we imagine the other passengers who do not know what happened. Some
wait to LX 2819 and almost missed the extra flight.
A look into the cabin space 21A for me, the last row of windows, the seat back can not be adjusted, but two comfortable places for me
A man in the car, ok, his voice sounds like that of a famous international comedians, funny.
A very nice, talkative flight attendant told me later that the machine has been waiting all day in Zurich as a standby.
The security card
The cockpit crew is from Switzerland, the pilot with a brief welcome at the ride to the station.
start of the 23, it is 20.50 clock,
time, it is dark and the temperature at 16 degrees.
just 35 minutes to Zurich and the utilization is at 70%.
My seat, dark gray In the new style of leather Recaro, clean, the place is feeling ok
The current Swiss magazine
The co-pilot, who is conducting the flight logs, very nice in flight in German, French and English.
Service is water and the well-known Swiss chocolate.
The dark cabin
The route via Bern, almost no clouds, that a flight with a nice view would be in daylight.
no information on altitude.
landing on the 2,500 meter run 28, it is 21.40 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule, it's dark and the temperature at 13 degrees.
by bus to the terminal.
Thursday, 16/09/2010
ZRH (Zurich airport)
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
Service Swiss LX 1178 plans carried out by Contact Air
: 22.40 / / 23:20
Well, it's not boring, on the road after a long day in the wait nocturnal terminal on the last flight of the day?.
Not here.
It feels good and I look surprised looks from other passengers, an acquaintance at the input and receives me in Zurich. They ended their day
suitable for me to catch on the door.
up the stairs, another security check without any problems and ok for a nice conversation.
And as long as the flight is not removed, it is not a problem, the announcement of the employees at the gate to hear that the machine makes a go-around and we still must wait a few minutes before boarding.
When boarding a bus starts at Gate A2, I am the last passenger on the way to machine
The price again is less than € 40.00's.
The dark before
It is D-AGPK, the proposed Fokker 100, a new registration and flight No. 17 for me on this type.
The machine is available in the U.S. Air 09/23/1990 from 05/14/2003 at Germania, TUIfly to continue on 25.03.2004 and since 03.31.2008 in use Contactair
seat 20A for me, the second-last row of windows, the utilization is at 100%, a business passenger in the aisle seat.
dark gray leather seats, the place feeling is ok, clean.
Many business passengers here.
The security information is manual.
The German pilot with a nice welcome during the boarding.
start of the 3700 meters of track 34, it is 23.00 clock, 20 minutes late, very shortly before the night stop here in Zurich, we are probably the last machine to start.
The temperature is 14 degrees and it is dark. 25 minutes to Stuttgart.
The cabin crew is a young and nice man and a woman of middle age.
water and the Swiss chocolate in service.
No information about the route or altitude.
The security card
landing on runway 25 very mild, it is 23.30 clock, only ten minutes late, the last arrival today, it's dark and the temperature is 13 degrees. In addition Contactair
Stuttgart's D-Afke
My seat
The pilot is at the door when exiting.
bye
Well, the Boeing 767-300 of British Airways an old-fashioned machine, but fills the gap with the Swiss flights perfect.
Netter Service at Swiss, Geneva is an interesting city. Not long now until
:
"Surprise, the Swiftair MD83 to Valencia.
soon and Merry Christmas,
the trip reporter
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