Ciao, dear reader,
Italy is on the plan, less than two weeks after my return from Spain.
Here is the current route map:
Trip Reporter's flights on a larger map
How do I like this country,
where the employee at the gate in Milan-Malpensa with his light overcoat and leather gloves is better dressed than many German directors,
he has a very important phone call to do, while leaving its occupants to the gate. Now that is multitasking at its best.
Where the only bus from the airport to Foggia train station during the next four hours leaving exactly five minutes after the arrival of the flight, get no chance for passengers with luggage, the bus.
Where the Fiat driver blocked in Bari, the whole road with hazard lights, visible with the only reason to converse with a good-looking woman walking down the street, it is clear what is really important!.
stop, enough now, six flights have to be done today!.
Here are all my departure airports:
Departure airports on a larger map
Monday, 10/18/2010
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
MXP (Aeroporto di Milano-Malpensa "Città di Milano")
Service Lufthansa LH 3926 carried out by Contact Air
Scheduled: 07.00 / / 08:00
My phone wakes me up at 04.30 clock that seems to me early enough to reach the boarding for the first flight of the day at 06.40 clock.
This is the open return flight of a Malpensa-Stuttgart route in August, booked through Exp.de, the price is 40.00 Euro's.
Online check-in works fine via Lufthansa's website, 19A provides for a good seat on the planned Fokker 100.
Once again significantly more traffic than expected, why are so many people so early on the road?.
And also at the airport, it looks like a strong day, many waiting passengers at the security checkpoint in Terminal 1, not better in Terminal 2 and also in Terminal 3, ten minutes to get my turn.
In the security area, close to the gate 160 at 06.30 clock, ten minutes before boarding, I should go next time really past?
When boarding starts perfectly on time. Contact
is well on track today.
by bus across the dark prior to my machine
It is D-AFKD, the proposed Fokker 100, a new registration for me.
In use at Formosa from Taiwan as of 12/02/1995, continue to Mandarin on 03/02/2000 and then on to Contact 27.01.2010.
The latest machine from 8 in the current fleet.
route No. 18 on this type for me
I am the last passenger on the first bus, space 19B is occupied, but 11 A / B are free for me.
The second bus will take only a few passengers, the load factor is 80%, 11B remains free two places for me today.
The cabin is a middle-aged man from Germany, nothing special, and a middle-aged woman also from Turkey, ok, in use.
The safety demo is manual.
The cockpit crew is from Germany, the pilot with a very nice welcome and extensive after boarding.
no problem for him this morning to talk to its passengers.
start at 07.10 clock, ten minutes from the train on track 07, only 4 degrees here, but dry.
50 minutes to Milano-Malpensa.
A graph of the first sun rays
clouds over Switzerland, the route via Zurich to 23 000 feet
This is another machine with built-in stairs
On offer are a small but very good apple pie and drinks
The Place feeling very well, the seatbacks can be adjusted
the well-kept cabin, equipped with clean light gray leather seats
The pilot logs on again at great length just before the landing.
sunny mountain peaks ahead of us and fog below us, just before the landing
Parked on the apron after landing on the 3920 meter track 35L at 08.00 clock, on time, clear skies, but only 5 degrees here
This machine is 15 years on the road, but it looks better than some younger aircraft in my logbook
Monday, 10/18/2010
MXP (Aeroporto di Milano-Malpensa "Città di Milano") planned
FOG (Aeroporto di Foggia Gino Lisa ")
service done 0D 45 of Darwin Airlines
: 09.30 / / 11:05
by bus to the terminal and quickly in the public sector. Why fast?.
Well, Darwin offers online check-in for flights departing from Switzerland.
I'm not thrilled about the so to speak, than I was during a test on Sunday notice.
And it's only an hour to start.
I've booked for 30.00 Euro's on Exp.de, the state subsidizes this route.
not go far, just another passenger on the single, open Switch.
window last row, place A please ".
"Are you sure?", The last row, good and also the A space, ok. "
It seems the usual passengers do not ask here in detail for a seat as I did.
At the counter next to another employee working for the Skybridge Airops flight to Perugia, now that sounds like a perfect reason to fly once again to Malpensa. The arrivals level
The stairs down to the security checkpoint, just five minutes of waiting time and the gate area.
Let's take a look at the scoreboard, Foggia looks good, from gate A39, but my Aero Star 1 flight in July, at least today, no flight
Not only Star 1 today with problems, including Lufthansa and Aegean are painted
Boarding starts a little later than planned, with the very busy staff at the gate, as we know.
on the tarmac for a first look at my machine
This looks very good
Not the usual colors Darwin
But it is Darwin Airline, definitely
The engine
The aircraft nose
What a beautiful story below the cockpit window
It HB-IZP is the planned Saab 2000, Flight No. 2 only so far for me to type this and a new registration.
This machine is in use for Crossair from 02/22/1996, then north to Golden Air in Sweden on 28.09.2001 and further to the U.S. to Ginn Development on 08.02.2007.
The aircraft carries the colors of the Ginn Racing team so far, just fine for me.
On 23.04.2007 and on 13.07.2009 to ERG Aviation continues to Canal Air
Back in Switzerland only since 06/17/2010.
One of six aircraft in the current fleet and the last access.
I am the last passenger is signing up after a few photos, a nice welcome from the only middle-aged flight attendant
comfortable seats, I switch to 18F, the last row of windows, all three seats in this series for me
the cabin with a loading of 70%
The very nice flight attendant comes up to me and speaks to me in Italian on.
"Sorry, I do not speak Italian." Now she sees
surprised and I feel like an exotic animal.
She speaks German to me immediately, the crew is from the German-speaking Switzerland and there are certainly not many German-speaking passengers flying in October on a Monday morning from Malpensa to Foggia.
"I call the pilots and inform them," done quickly. During the
Flight, as the co-pilot makes a short announcement in Italian, with flight and arrival information, it immediately calls back the cockpit and shortly afterwards, the whole to me again in English.
We talk several times on the road, that's really very personal and friendly service here.
The seat number, the clean room and good court sense
The security card
And the magazine
just started by the 3920 meter track 35R at 09.30 clock, time, 6 degrees and clear skies over the Lombardy
beautiful landscape to the south, 1 hour, 30 minutes after Puglia
even high mountains on the road, water is offered twice
A curve above the Tavoliere, no information about the route or altitude
dry fields everywhere
landing and 1440 meters on the track back to the 16/34 run, no sign identifiable to the runway in use, it is 11:00 clock in close to schedule a few clouds and 14 degrees
Do you remember my Alida Unia Heli story?
The small terminal
Some curves up to our final parking position
disembarking on the apron and walk to the terminal, after a nice passing by the flight attendant
very good for me to make some pictures
What Does a beautiful machine, at least from my point of view
much better, than the usual colors
The airport of Foggia, I'll take the waiting bus, 1.00 Euro's to the station for me and another passenger.
The only other option is by taxi.
I should reach 12.02 Frecciargento clock, drive safely and more trains on this route, but much slower and there are now exactly four hours to my next flight
After Bari with this engine?
A quick look at the city
But no, that is the Frecciargento express train on arrival, 20.00 Euro's for a slightly busy, train new, very comfortable today, to follow the landscape
Bari
The main train station to wait 20 minutes on the shuttle, 4.00 €'s airport, departure at 13.20 clock
How does it feel to stand in a bus on the highway in a traffic jam caused, of an accident on the other side.
Certainly not the nice words the driver to the other around us.
at the airport then at 14.00 clock, an hour until my flight.
Monday, 10/18/2010
BRI (Aeroporto di Bari-Palese "Karol Wojtyla")
FCO (Aeroporto di Leonardo da Vinci di Roma-Fiumicino ")
performed Planned Service AZ 1616 by Alitalia
: 15.05 / / 16.15
As always in such cases accepted, the online check-in of Alitalia seat request, but it is not possible to board paper to print at home, not at the machine.
busy I have with the next flight over Exp.de , the price of 40.00 Euro's.
The Skyteam Elite switch is also for the Volare Flights to Milan Linate, use the waiting time at the Eco-switch looks shorter in for my flight.
Five minutes later prints a nice employees from my paper and I'm on my way to security, but without previously forgot a picture of the terminal
An interesting solution for the security check here, two inputs,
the right side with a long queue for Ryan's passengers, the left side for all other airlines, no waiting time for me. The gate
My flight on time from Gate 5 provides
Back from a short visit to the toilet and I see my machine at the gate
ground service at work
passengers alighting from the modern glass finger
Comfortable seats with my machine in the background
That's Volare to Milano-Linate conducted by Airone
The ramp agent at work
Classical 737-400
boarding
There EI-DTF "Giovanni Boccaccio", the A321 is on the booking confirmation, but after the seat numbers during online Check-In 's it is an A320 for my flight. 30A
place for me, the last row to adjust window
no way to seat backs.
The middle seat remains empty, the aisle seat is occupied by an older man
utilization is near 100%.
Flight No. 68 on the A320 and a new registration. In use since
Alitalia 22.05.2009. One of 49 in the current fleet
The terminal
just started from the 07th track 2440 meters It is 15.10 clock, almost on time with a few showers here at 18 degrees, 45 minutes after
Rome
Four women in the cabin, all from Italy, a business-friendly middle-aged and three younger.
One of the younger with a very nice welcome at the door. It looks for their English language skills, as I say in English, nice, slim, with black hair.
The cockpit crew is also from Italy, the pilot with a brief welcome during the ride to the station.
of its coast
screens in the seat back
The cabin, light gray leather seats, clean, the place feeling in the back row is ok.
snacks and drinks are on offer
The well-used security card
And the magazine
We are flying along at the airport, Fiumicino in the background.
The pilot logs on again with a short Adoption.
no information on distance or altitude
really close to the coast
A curve to approach
landing on the 3900 meter track 16L, it is 16.05 clock, ten minutes ahead of schedule, also 18 degrees and cloudy sky.
FlyOristano with the Fokker 50 allowed on the ramp
in the Netherlands for the new Denim Air
The typical black engine
The neighbor and the terminal
Monday, 18/10/2010
FCO (Aeroporto di Leonardo da Vinci Tues Roma-Fiumicino ")
TRN (Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle)
performed Planned Service AZ 1423 of Alitalia
: 17.00 / / 18:15
Alitalia's online check-in is already special, not an expression that is the PDF's conceivable, but it is also possible to reserve a seat on the first flight.
This track is booked together with Bari-Rome, cheaper this way.
The system shows me 10B, and there is no apparent way To change this place.
10B, a center seat in the front cabin, absolutely nothing for me.
The friendly staff in Bari changed for me then to 30F, that is, in my usual question, for the window seat in the back row that a further Airbus A320 will be waiting at the gate.
But surely not play the same machine.
B21, is that a bus gate, the former flight arrived one finger, then a new machine should be
Boarding begins shortly thereafter, a very fast transfer time here, by bus as provided
surprise that First time for me to Airone
But no, a small sign says "Operated by Alitalia
Under the wing
EI-DSX is an Airbus A320, scheduled during the booking is an A319
first in use by Airone from 12.11.2008, from 01.04.2010 for Alitalia, no time for new colors until now
A new registration, route No. 69 on the A320
Comfortable leather seats, 30F, the last row of windows, the seat back can not be adjusted, but six seats for me
ItAli McDonnellDouglas check
The cabin crew is from Italy, three men, two younger, a business-friendly middle-aged and a cool woman middle age.
I have a quick conversation with one of the nice young men in the rear cabin, the usual Situation, all passengers at the front door and I alone, relaxed and comfortable on the rear door.
If we learn the reason for this behavior ever?.
the same colors, different airlines
A very fast start of the 3309 meter track 25th It is 17.00 clock, time, cloudy and the temperature at 18 degrees, no information about the flight time
The security card
A look into the cabin, light gray leather seats, clean, the place feeling in the back row is good, comfortable, particularly of course in this load of only 60%.
It seems that the Airbus A319 at check-in on the seat map was, I am the only passenger in the last four rows
Service at Alitalia, snacks and drinks is ok for me.
No comment from the cockpit, no lines or altitude information
Genoa in the background
Many mountains
The last rays of sunshine for Turin
Beautiful landscape in the evening light
A very interesting, low approach with many curves
Close to this church
The Basilica Superga
In the final approach to Turin
The last curves
The moment of contact with the ground on the 3300-meter path 36
It is 17.55 clock, 20 minutes ahead of schedule, 18 degrees and beautiful, sunny sky here
mountains in this direction
The apron
short for us on arrival from Rome also
I have another nice chat with the flight attendants.
His schedule for today is:
Fiumicino Fiumicino Turin-Turin-Fiumicino, four lines, six for me, I tell him and he looks very interested, he asked me to after my flight plan and the background.
My machine when exiting
Monday, 18/10/2010
TRN (Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle)
FRA (Frankfurt-am-Main)
performed Planned Service Lufthansa LH 4017 of
: 19.30 / / 20:50
The following flights are the routes three and four in a posting to Turin from August, booked together on Exp.de,
the price is 40.00 € each way so's.
Online check-in works well on Lufthansa's site, I checked in at 24F, the last row of "windows" in theory.
A sign showing me the way to the connecting flights. A
stairs, around the corner, only to notice that in a small room, a scanner stands, but no staff.
A phone with a button on the wall,
pressed and not a minute later, two employees come to the door, a quick check and a conversation with the young woman who does the job and already I'm in the security area.
Air France with the A318
Alitalia is pushed back
The terminal
my machine from the newly arrived flight
Lufthansa provides time to Frankfurt from Gate 14
Very punctual during the final approach
Expected
on the taxiway
A curve to the gate
perfectly on the center line
It is D-ABXT "Reutlingen" I should know this city?.
The planned Boeing 737-300, in use at Lufthansa since 26/1/1989, a new registration and flight number 44 on that type.
33 machines are currently in the Lufthansa fleet.
No window in the back row on the Lufthansa 737-300, changed to 23F, three places for me
start of the track 36, it is 19.20 clock, ten minutes before the scheduled time at 14 degrees and clear skies .
1 hour, 5 minutes to Frankfurt.
The well-maintained car, dark gray leather seats that Space feeling is ok, the load at 80%
The pilots are from Germany, the master with a very relaxed and welcome detailed during boarding, he gets his debate probably from Hamburg.
Three women in the service, all middle-aged, from Germany and friendly.
All announcements also in Italian by the purser.
The security card
snacks and drinks in the service.
The route follows Lugano-Zurich and Stuttgart, no information on altitude. The magazine
landing on the 4,000-meter track 25L at 20.35 clock, it's cloudy but dry and the temperature is at 10 Degrees.
Parked on the apron and the bus to the terminal.
15 minutes of schedule at the gate, according to the information system
Monday, 18/10/2010
FRA (Frankfurt-Rhein-Main)
STR (Stuttgart Airport)
performed Service Lufthansa LH 1360 of
Scheduled: 22.20 / / 23:00
The price is € 40.00 for the connector's posted, as No. 4 in this book.
The system displays D-Abiy for Stuttgart.
It is a 737-500 as shown on the online check-in seat ticket, not the Airbus A319 as in the flight plan.
No question, I prefer the 737-500 anyway.
seat 21F, the last row of windows, the seat back is adjustable and six places for me here
30737-500 are current in the Lufthansa fleet, "Lingen" has been in use since 07/18/1991.
route No. 31 on that type, and even a new registration.
Arrived on time of Amsterdam
No need to examine the Gates in detail for the next flight. We just move until it no longer goes to A42 to Stuttgart
at the gate
Comfortable light gray leather seats, clean, the room is feeling ok
start of the 4000-meter runway 18 at Clock 22.15, nearly on time, it is cloudy and the temperature is 10 degrees.
only 20 minutes to Stuttgart for this route I have two months ago and already used 60 minutes, not bad today.
Two middle-aged women and a young,
nice man in the cabin.
utilization is only 30%.
The cockpit crew is from Germany, the pilot with a nice greeting when entering.
No service on this short route.
The security card
landing on the 3345-meter runway 25 at 22.45 clock, 15 minutes ahead of schedule, again 10 degrees and cloudy sky.
My last picture today from Stuttgart
Six flights, six new registrations, a busy day with the main reason for this trip, the recommended Saab 2000 Darwin Airlines.
The next story is not far away,
we'll see if
"Toulouse Regional"
work at the end!.
soon, the trip
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