ITALY: Venice and the Alitalia MD80 Ciao, dear reader,
how about something more Italian sun, in preparation for the winter season in Germany?.
Sure, Italy, always happy!.
Well, the sun, at least not today.
After my last attempt to get a few MD's in my log book in that I have five flights and five possible Lounge out on the plan, we'll see.
These are my current Start Airports:
Departure airports on a larger map And here is the route map:
Trip Reporter's flights on a larger map Monday 08/11/2010
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
ZRH (Zurich airport)
Service Swiss LX 1179 plans carried out by Contact Air
: 05.50 / / 06:35
early at the airport is my goal to be these days, after some very brief adventures in the recent past.
all readers of my last Story know that I was posted to Rome-Munich-Stuttgart-Zurich-Rome, painted and newly booked through Meridiana.
This feels even specifically, exactly the same flight then book again, current Rome-Frankfurt-Stuttgart have already flown and Stuttgart, Zurich and Rome today.
No expenses for this flight, my Miles and More account easier-to 15000 miles and already we're on the road.
Online check-in for the first line works very well on Lufthansa's site.
A good friend told me about 90 passengers on that flight. I'm not thrilled when I open the only window seat in front of the engines of the Fokker 100 scheduled to see 19F,
not my usual Place on this type.
The mobile phone alarm is still set perfectly from the last week. At 3.00 am
clock I go for the usual preparations for the early morning, at 4.00 clock on the road and at 05.00 clock at the airport with my flight in the first of the day
No waiting at the security checkpoint Terminal 1 My
Miles-and-More Frequent Traveller status opens the door to Lufthansa's business lounge, available every day from 05.15 clock.
5 minutes earlier than the scheduled boarding, but no question, to do so.
The lounges that direction.
the first floor with good view of the apron, at least in daylight
An older, very friendly staff greets me at the door and I'm one of the few visitors to this early morning.
Comfortable seats and jobs
The offer, beautifully presented, coffee, fruit, cereal, bread rolls.
Not that I much needed at this time
5.30 clock, no boarding on the screen, but that seems like a good time to go to the ground floor. A visit to the toilet, only a few passengers on the bus gate 159, the first bus is already underway.
wait a few minutes to arrive an Asian and then we go over the apron.
Star Alliance colors
It is D-AGPK, my second flight on this machine.
The Fokker 100 is first in service with U.S. Airways as of 23/09/1990, from 05/14/2003 to Emirates in Germania, continue on 25.03.2004 and in contact since 31.03.2008.
route No. 20 for me on this type.
One of 8 aircraft currently in the fleet
No, I'm not thrilled with the seats, occupied all three places, also late boarding does not help.
No better way to be seen, the seat backrest can be adjusted, the load factor is 90%.
start of the track 25, it is 05.55 clock when we left the gate on time at the track, when the night is unlocked.
It is cloudy, but dry and the temperature is 4 degrees, 25 minutes to Zurich.
Security card, no built-in steps today
Two women in the cabin, both middle-aged, not particularly friendly one from Turkey and a nice from Germany.
The security information is available for manual, light gray leather seats in the cabin, the place is feeling ok.
The old-fashioned cabin ceiling
No comment from the cockpit, no, that is not impressive today.
no data to route or altitude.
only water in the service.
It is 06.35 clock, in time, when we land on the 3,700-meter path 34. Again, it is
dry at 4 degrees.
A German engine in Switzerland
The wing and the dark run
A finger position and no extra security check for the other Schengen flights.
Well, that would be interesting to know whether passengers really target Zurich were on the machine.
As far as I can see all the way to take the connecting flights.
Monday, 08/11/2010
ZRH (Zurich airport) plans
FCO (Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Roma Fiumicino)
Service LX conducted in 1726 by Swiss
: 07:20 / / 08:55
parked on the machine first available gate next to the central building, for me a first look at the screen
A81 Roma-Fiumicino to walk a good distance, the A pier down, I do not lounge on No. 2 and go straight to the gate.
Boarding is printed on my paper from the online check-in to clock 06.50.
It works this time, check in for the first track on the second to Lufthansa and Swiss.
36F is the last row window seat on the card, a weak capacity for that flight in my source.
What is my machine?
This gate and finger design, it is the second in this picture
This is
Registration is not visible from the terminal.
The boarding time is already over, no info on the screen next to "Go to gate" until it finally starts.
Well, the machine at the boarding gate and late, without explanation, that means nothing good.
Immediately after boarding, the Swiss pilot is heard, with a nice greeting.
bad weather in Fiumicino, thunderstorms and heavy rain, we have a slot to start to clock 08.10, 50 minutes after schedule.
My next flight from Roma to board appears around 09.35 clock that does not mean much time in between.
Mixed feelings for me in my seat, I check the options, resulting in , To do if I miss the next flight.
German Wings flies nonstop from Fiumicino to Stuttgart for € 220.00's on my check in Sunday.
Or the train to Milano and the Airlines direct flight to Stuttgart in the evening, usually available for a reasonable price.
Or the weather is bad not only for Swiss Airlines and the next flight is delayed, we'll see.
The co-pilot, who also performs the flight logs also after boarding.
A look at the car with dark gray leather seats, clean so far, which place is feeling ok, looks well maintained.
three places for me, the backrest can be adjusted, capacity utilization is at 60%
The cabin crew consists of two men, the elderly and a younger Purser, ok.
addition, three women, all younger, two nice and cold, well recognized in Germany, no feelings.
The security card
The beautiful magazine
It starts to rain, but it is at least no longer dark
We the gate to leave at 08.00 clock in the rain and 8 degrees, 1 hour, 5 minutes now to Rome .
just started by the 2500 meter run 28, with another machine on the final approach
A very turbulent flight, particularly the first 15 minutes of the Alps, the route leads over Lugano and Pisa to 39 000 feet.
croissants and drinks are on offer.
The magic moment when leaving the clouds
mountains in the background
The pilot logs in again shortly with arrival information during the approach.
Very low clouds near Fiumicino
landing on the 3900 meter track 16L. It is 09.15 clock, 20 minutes late, the temperature is 15 degrees and it is wet after heavy rain.
Now it is also possible to recognize the registration. It is HB-IJM, "Richterswil", the planned Airbus A320, in service with Swissair from 11.25.1996 and since 31.03.2002 at Swiss.
The company currently operates 20 A320s.
Flight No. 70 on this type and a new registration
To drop is quick, but there are still only 10 minutes before boarding the next flight, we will try to get the flight
and the lounge to a later time shift.
Monday, 08/11/2010
FCO (Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Roma Fiumicino)
VCE (Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo)
performed Planned Service AZ 1465 of Alitalia
: 10.00 / / 11:10
No hectic for me then.
My flight shows 20 minutes late to
the first available screen
busy I have Exp.de, the price of 40.00 Euro's ok.
Online check-in via Alitalia's website works for that flight.
space 31A, the two-seater window in the back row in front of the rear emergency exit.
I'm at the gate and see this machine very shortly before my arrival
I like the MD's green, especially with the thick black nose
It is I-DANU, "Trapani", the MD82 planned, a new registration for me and number 10 on this track type.
We have 19 coming in the Alitalia MD82 fleet and this machine by ATI, as used there, the 07/01/1992 to 10/30/1994, starting with Alitalia
I check the screen again, still 20 minutes late from Gate B11
How do I like this country, beautiful design, with the fits perfectly, "I" in two versions and the girl
time now to enter
dangerous-looking low clouds over the place
Now that I call classic seats, two seats for me and the seat backs can be adjusted
The cockpit crew is from Italy, the pilot with a relaxed welcoming during boarding or information on flights,
late arrival of the machine, we know.
It starts to rain again and not a little
The rear kitchen and many places available, the utilization is at 50%
Green seats in detail, the cabin with an old-fashioned scent, worn out, the place sense is ok
This looks canceled as of
On the way to the station during a heavy rainstorm
Much Waser on the track
Another classical MD on the way
two or three machines behind us to the start of the 3309 meters of track 25th It is 10.20 clock, heavy rain and the temperature is 16 degrees.
The flight time is 50 minutes
The current magazine
Two women, a younger and an older, along with two men, also a junior, a senior, in the cabin.
The younger man and older woman in the rear cabin are nice.
We leave the clouds
The security card
Theoretically, it is a snack and drinks. In practice, the service is stopped 15 minutes. Violent turbulence
screaming passengers the flexibility of the wing has to be pursued quite interesting no way to make a picture, clouds over the entire route.
no information on altitude.
The pilot logs again just before landing.
An interesting place for the registration, on the wing through the window
Lots of water around Venice
boats in a small port
Shortly before landing on the 3300 meter track 04R, it is 11.25 clock, 15 minutes later and the temperature is 12 degrees, lots of water here from top
I have a nice chat with the flight attendant.
you ask me something in English and with a sign "Germania" I answer in German. Now she is
surprised she does not believe that I am from Germany.
your German language skills are few, we talk in English.
With rain on the tarmac
disembarking, unfortunately, not at the rear staircase. planned
Another classic machine on the apron
Well, that was close to the airport to watch and a trip by boat to the city, but with this bad weather, rain and low clouds, nothing for me today.
I stay at the airport.
Monday, 08/11/2010
VCE (Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo)
CDG (Paris Charles de Gaulle Aeroport)
Service conducted in 1727 by AF Air France
Scheduled: 15.10 / / 17:00
I had booked Venice-Prague-Stuttgart with LOT Polish Airlines and ATR Exp.de for 40.00 Euro's each way.
We know that Czech is currently not in the best financial position.
Not long after the book I get a call from Exp.de and the nice staff reported that CSA does not fly over the route in the winter timetable.
first it looks like that Stuttgart is deleted, but it turns out that Venice is no longer in the flight plan.
Air France is offering more flights for my Gold Elite status are necessary to be acceptable.
time enough to go to the covered way at the airport and to To see what the airport offers.
The entrance
The apron and the web with a little "orange" on landing
A special advertising
From the first floor to the display panel
Online check-in is quick of KLM's website, Square 29F, the last row window for me.
It is still raining enough for me, let's look at the lounge. Many cruise passengers
at check-in at Lufthansa, one more reason now to go through security.
Alitalia Tintoretto VIP lounge on the first floor
Welcomes A nice, young employees me, Air France, Skyteam Elite Gold allows me to lounge access.
I am the first and only guest, good for some pictures
Comfortable leather seats
but offers only limited
Very good view of the apron
If we in London?
Free Magazine
No PC's
In the mirror
Not much movement in the lounge, more and more passengers arrive for my flight, I decide to look at the gate region.
An interesting place to advertise
Paris looks good from Gate 11
Spanair from Barcelona
The terminal
Many stores here.
Not that the cruise passengers too much money back home to take
four engines in Venice?
Emirates on arrival from Dubai
The Gate
baby from the UK
Brussels, now in Brussels
Air France flight from Paris on the train
who needs a " Follow me car?
New colors on this machine
sees new from
The Gate
Brussels is pushed back
Two classic machines on the apron
It's F-HEPD, the planned Airbus A320, a very new machine,
in use by Air France only since 18.05.2010. A
of 56 currently in the fleet.
A new registration and route No. 71 on the A320
Registration
The logo on the engines
The new with the old Eagles Airlines Fokker 100
something for me
water taxi on the way
Two younger men, ok, and also two middle-aged women, also ok, in the cabin.
On the train, to Venice in the background
just started from the rail 04R, it is 15.15 clock, almost on time,
12 degrees and cloudy but no rain.
1 hour, 30 minutes after Paris
water or land
aqua alta these days
A curve back towards the city
The Lido di Venezia
too narrow for a city photo
Modern cabin, I adjust in the back row, the aisle seat is occupied by an older man, the middle seat is free and the backrest can be.
Dark blue cloth seats, clean, the place is feeling ok, the information security today is not on-screen, manual.
The load factor is at 90%
peaks above the clouds
The cockpit crew from France, no comment from the front, not impressive here at Air France.
pastries and drinks on offer.
The security card
And the current magazine
The car with the track on the screen, Vicenza, St.Moritz, Zurich, Basel, again very uneasy about the Alps and a lot of clouds over France.
altitude 36 000 feet
landing on the 2700 meter track 27R, it is 16.45 clock, 15 minutes ahead of schedule, only 5 degrees and rain here in Paris. Arrived at Terminal 2E
alighting on a finger, but not to the terminal, down the stairs to the ground floor and take the bus to the Schengen arrivals.
T2E, each of Charles de Gaulle knows, knows what it means to go a long way to the TGV station to Terminal 2D.
I hear the German pensioner couple during the bus ride.
"This is a sign at the entrance to Terminal E, but our next flight leaves from Terminal ?. D, where do we go now "
Monday, 11/08/2010
CDG (Aeroport Paris Charles de Gaulle)
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
Service AF carried out planned 2508 of Air France
: 19.00 / / 20:20
This is the second flight from the same booking, the price of € 40.00 each way's.
Online check-in displays the planned Airbus A318, 22F, the last row window for me.
I do not know the way much later, I'm in Terminal 2D for a further lounge visit.
This place is interesting, the security checkpoint. basic enough, the waiting time in the control to check again and again.
Lounge up to you, a nice welcome follows
Good design and utilization tonight
Comfortable seats
The best offer on these three lounges I have visited today
Modern PC's, free use
with my favorite sites available, but interesting, for example, not the Aviation Herald, Air France, the pages blocked to incidents and accidents
through the security checkpoint without waiting, Gate D70 for Stuttgart
also good design here, now I am also be known for what this comfortable chair, which I have previously seen on the upper floor used
boarding again with a good number of passengers at the gate.
cockpit detail
The security card
A look into the cabin, the last row window for me, the aisle seat is occupied by a man from France, the middle seat is free
start of the 4215 meter track 26R,
the first time that I pursue a real parallel starting at night, very interesting to see.
clock is 18.55, nearly on time,
still 5 degrees and rain.
An hour from Stuttgart.
A young man and two middle-aged women in the cabin, one in the rear cab is very nice and service oriented.
the seats typical Air France dark blue material that is feeling ok place and the seat back is adjustable.
A manual safety demonstration here.
Another good utilization, 90%.
drinks and biscuits in the service. No routes or flight altitude information, but again a very turbulent flight.
The cockpit crew is from France, a pilot and a co-pilot.
the pilot with a very nice during the approach adopted with the arrival and weather information
landing on runway 07 at 20.05 clock, 15 minutes vir plan, it is dry here at my home base, but only 4 degrees.
My last image in Stuttgart, the first chance to see the approval of the machine.
It is F-GUGP, the planned A318, in service with Air France since 14.12.2006 and my second flight on this machine.
A fly from the current 18 to the fleet
a nice experience, the classic Alitalia MD today, as often as possible or as long as this type is in use. Contact
was on time, with the Swiss weather delay, but work with current and Air France aircraft and friendly service to Charles de Gaulle-Stuttgart.
My main goals about flying in 2010, I did get the Frequent Traveller status with Star Alliance and Skyteam in Gold Elite.
2011, bring me more new airports.
And we learn a new airport just know right when we fly out of there.
So is the purpose of starting at each new trip starting a new airport.
"Sun's Express in hopefully sunny Adana,
should then be online soon.
soon, the trip
Reporter
