"Something green to leave REG all'italiana"






Ciao, dear readers again,

I´am in Italy, Calabria to say it correct

"The Blu-express For Europe´s Kai Tak/REG" (by FLIEGER67 Dec 23 2012 in Trip Reports)

and I should be back in Stuttgart later in the afternoon.
Which way should I take?. Any ideas?.

This is the routemap:



Great thanx to:

http://www.gcmap.com/

REG is counted now on the departure airports map with no. 228:


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The actual done routes are here:


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And departure airports till no. 200:


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There are a couple more local pictures to show.
This looks like a launching pad for the short rocket ride to Sicily!.
The Arena dello Stretto

Palm trees and this nice historic building

The Villa Genoese-Zerbi

Check the boat please

Ready to ride

On approach for Reggio

With these massive difference in altitude here, there is certainly a special need for some technical help

This is the moving walkway from the harbour front to the old town

The main place

And it´s running also this way

Tanker traffic

The cathedral in the evening

Lots of people around like always in Italy

The place to meet

And a nightly view for Sicily

Looks like just a couple of meters away

And this one runs also during nighttime

The place to have a chat for the locals

Along the pedestrian area

With these huge palm trees

Looking like really special in the night

Ok, there are just a couple of hours left from this shorty travel night and I should go back to my local home now.

Breakfast is ready

The castello

With also some palm trees around

Bye now for Best Season

Well, I´am in southern Italy, isn´t it?.
There is a local bus service on offer from the citycenter
to the airport, at least according to the airports website.
No timetable to notice.
And also with the bus companies rural website there is no credible schedule to notice again.
Also at the bus station there is no timetable for the airport to see.
Well, I am gonna try my luck anyway, ask a couple of people around the bus and train station and finally take a bus with a good time distance for my flight to the village very close by to the airport. The fare is 1.00 Euro and just by surprise the bus stops here



Monday, 17.09.2012


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Service AZ 1156 operated by Alitalia
Scheduled: 11.15 // 12.30

No, this isn´t a museum, it´s inside the terminal

Which looks like a bit outdated

Not to talk about the main competitors here

The ticket is fixed by AZ itself, the fare 55.00 Euro´s.
OLCI offers 30A, the last row window and the
nice young woman at the desk printed my boarding pass.
Palm trees around the apron

And Sicily in the distance

Well, this place is small. Check-in and arrivals on the ground floor. There is no upper floor and no way that there is anything like a lounge here.
Where is departures?.
Security is in the middle of the building, no time to wait
and you should go down some dirty stairs for the basement.
Really, this looks more like a parking garage than a departure hall

And well, it smells also this way

I want to go out here for Alitalia

Like this one in the background

There is something on taxi

And parked at gate 2

EI-DSN "Vincenzo Monti", this is the scheduled A320.
Leg no. 91 on type and new to the log

Under the wing, sure if ever possible

Since 28.02.2008 with AirOne and Alitalia.
51 examples are in the actual fleet

It´s 11.35 am, 20 minutes late and "Alitalia" leave REG with 24 partly cloudy degrees.
No duration info to notice.
And also by no surprise there is the competition on the apron

Bye now for REG

Heading for the runway

Ready for backtracking

This part looks like short

The whole apron for blu-ex

Just departed from "Three-Three" like arrivals yesterday

The load is 90% biz and VFR travellers well mixed.
Lots of elder people, it looks like a group, on travel.
Legroom is somewhat low here in 29A, the second to last row and three seats for me

Cabin crew is two female, two male FA´s all together elder.
One woman is really good looking, large, cute, but nevertheless powerful, blond hair, simply "Bella".
What´s this on the screen?

Cabin view with the dark grey, not that really clean leather seats

Not a single word from the flightdeck, not to my amusement.
For your safety

Service is free water, coffee, tea.
How I like blue cruising

Close to the coastline

Short to Roma, a perfectly calm flight till descent.
No flightlevel info

Above the city

Touchdown at the 3902 meters "One-Six-Left", 12.30 am, ontime, 20 sunny degrees here.
I like these cute MD´s

Bye now for EI-DSN

And yes, I like these italian wom..., no fashion advertissements

Or maybe this one

No extra security needed for the next flight.


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Monday, 17.09.2012


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Service 4U 2885 operated by Germanwings
Scheduled: 16.45 // 18.20

The ticket is secured this time with the Germanwings website, the fare 85.00 Euro´s, not cheap but it´s the best suitable connection.
OLCI works well, thanx to the 72 hours check-in limit, this time with a home printed boarding pass.
How to enter the Flightcare Star Alliance lounge with an 4U ticket?.
A couple of travellers waiting, one elder woman only at work.
Senator and Germanwings, no entry, next please.
But wait, there is also these Diners example in my purse.
Ok, welcome to the lounge, with applause from the scandinavian guys behind me, doing exactly the same way!

Not that much on offer here

Spacious enough, but no views at all

Some interesting destinations on the departure board

With my flight from D7

This one is parked at the gate.
Exactly the A319 like on schedule.
It looks like D-AGWP.
Just by surprise not a standard STR based plane and that means one more row available as during check-in.
Leg no. 88 on type. One more new entry to the log

With Germanwings since 15.03.2010.
The fleet is now at 32 planes on type.
And here is a story with D-AGWP:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4446394d

4.50 pm, short behind schedule, 1 hour, 15 minutes for me and "Germanwings".
Departure from the 3307 meters runway "Two-Five", 28 sunny degrees here.
The captain is from the Netherlands today, with a nice welcome after boarding is completed.
The german FO is on the mike later on with nice and short infos inflight.
The load is 100%. No open seat to spot, that explains the fare.
No open seat?.
True, beside the at check-in non existent last row and this one is for me, 26F. Vacationeers all around.
It´s really strange how the people act, no one decides to change for the last row

Dark grey leather seats, clean so far, but noticeable lower legroom than on the 25 row planes

Cabin crew is one young and nice male FA, together with an also young and nice female FA.
There is also a middle aged really nice, large, cute, black haired, good looking with her glasses, woman at work.
Für ihre Sicherheit

Service is buy on board.
Should I change my mind from Italy to the States?

Tend Air?

Cabin view

What about the offers today?

No flightlevel info for the route above Firenze and Milano, followed by the aircraft sleep mode till very short to arrivals.
Back at sunny STR´s runway "Two-Five". 6.15 pm,
short ahead to schedule. Also here nice weather, 22 degrees and clear sky

Parked beside Y-travels aka luxurious Transall Air Transport bound for, who knows!

I like apron disembarking this way

Bye now for D-AGWP

Feels really strange to see these military machine parked in between the civil planes like it´s the everyday standard

The car is where it should be and soon thereafter back at the homebase.

Here are the conclusions:
Alitalia REG-FCO: Calm and relaxed as it should be.
Germanwings FCO-STR: Nice crew and also a relaxed
calm flight experience.

Three weeks now till something red for the log like this:



Arrivederci a presto,
comments welcome, sure,
FLIEGER67 or "Markus Klaus Felger" by Facebook.

Hi Markus,

Great report on the return from REG; Alitalia and Germanwings, not too special, but they serve a purpose.

The Best Season building seems a little bit weird, not much like a hotel (or is that just an ad?)

Row 26 on Germanwings--not a very good view it seems. Still prefer this row, even without a window?

Regarding Tend Air, they're a Romanian airline, which usually operates on behalf of other airlines; they don't have their own routes. Owned by a businessman--they seem to have only one frame operating.

Anyway, thanks for the write up, Markus.

Good to see underwing shots  

Hey, A.,

Quoting dc9northwest (Reply 2): Great report on the return from REG; Alitalia and Germanwings, not too special, but they serve a purpose.

Thank you.

Quoting dc9northwest (Reply 2): The Best Season building seems a little bit weird, not much like a hotel (or is that just an ad?)

It´s just a B&B at the second level of the house.

Quoting dc9northwest (Reply 2): Row 26 on Germanwings--not a very good view it seems. Still prefer this row, even without a window?

Sure ok with this well known route.

Quoting dc9northwest (Reply 2): egarding Tend Air, they're a Romanian airline, which usually operates on behalf of other airlines; they don't have their own routes. Owned by a businessman--they seem to have only one frame operating.

Now that sounds really interesting.

Greetings,
Markus(FLIEGER67)

Thanks for sharing.... I believe REG earns a nomination for Italys worst airport?
Not sure if they refurbished it, but there is Rimini on a very level, too, as well as the old Catania terminal... And probably Genoa also ranking very high... As well as Bologna, oh and Bergamo... not sure where to end the list  

Hi Markus !

Thanks for a nice conclusion to your REG trip!

Flights seem okay but nothing special either.

Looking forward to your next report, sounds intriguing.

The777Man

Servus Markus,

that city looks really nice, definitely a future destination for me.

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): And yes, I like these italian wom..., no fashion advertissements

Ah, most of these "models" look like anorexic teenagers...  


PH

Hi Markus,

thanks for this conclusion of your sunny Southern Italy trip. Again some very nice pictures of Reggio, seems definitely worth a visit. Finally two ok flights to get back home to STR with AZ and 4U.

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): It´s really strange how the people act, no one decides to change for the last row

No window! That might be a reason that nobody wants to sit there.

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Parked beside Y-travels aka luxurious Transall Air Transport bound for, who knows!

That's indeed interesting, have never seen a Transall in STR.

Greetings
CaptainRed

Hi, more comments, nice.


@F.:

Quoting reifel (Reply 4): Thanks for sharing.... I believe REG earns a nomination for Italys worst airport? Not sure if they refurbished it, but there is Rimini on a very level, too, as well as the old Catania terminal... And probably Genoa also ranking very high... As well as Bologna, oh and Bergamo... not sure where to end the list

Thank you and count me in with all these, well, special places in Italy. Treviso, Pescara?.


@L.:

Quoting The777Man (Reply 5): Thanks for a nice conclusion to your REG trip! Flights seem okay but nothing special either. Looking forward to your next report, sounds intriguing.

Thank you and more to come soon.


@PH:

Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 6): that city looks really nice, definitely a future destination for me.

Thank you.

Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 6): Ah, most of these "models" look like anorexic teenagers...

Well, the fashion industry!.


@M.:

Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 7): thanks for this conclusion of your sunny Southern Italy trip. Again some very nice pictures of Reggio, seems definitely worth a visit. Finally two ok flights to get back home to STR with AZ and 4U.

Thank you.

Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 7): No window! That might be a reason that nobody wants to sit there.

A partial one, sure ok with me this time and the aircraft sleep mode.

Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 7): That's indeed interesting, have never seen a Transall in STR.

Very special from my point of view.

Greetings,
Markus(FLIEGER67)

Hey Markus

Interesting return report thanks for sharing. REG look amusing with all those moving walkways.

Still interesting you had PTV's on the AZ bird, wonder if they will ever be used.
Interesting to know you had D-AGWP on the flight from FCO to STR, I flew this airframe between Cologne and Manchester back in july.

Greetings
Marc

Hey, M.,

Quoting MSS658 (Reply 9): Interesting return report thanks for sharing. REG look amusing with all those moving walkways.

Thank you and there is no real need for things like this in Reggio!.

Quoting MSS658 (Reply 9): Still interesting you had PTV's on the AZ bird, wonder if they will ever be used. Interesting to know you had D-AGWP on the flight from FCO to STR, I flew this airframe between Cologne and Manchester back in july.

Count me in with the AZ PTV´s. You never know.

Greetings,
Markus(FLIEGER67)

Hello Markus,

Good report, for sure appreciated with some Italian sun and flair. Was the departure from REG as spectacular as the approach?

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): This is the moving walkway from the harbour front to the old town

What a contrast to see such a modern travelator in the middle of a neighbourhood with classic old buildings.

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): The fare is 1.00 Euro and just by surprise the bus stops here

Or did you ask the driver in your best Italian to drop you off there?

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): I want to go out here for Alitalia

It seems AZ owns that place?

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): I like these cute MD´s

Me too. But it's too late now. Good you logged a healthy amount of those magnificent green beasts.

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Just by surprise not a standard STR based plane and that means one more row available as during check-in.

Are the STR based ones in a different cabin config?

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): It´s really strange how the people act, no one decides to change for the last row

Of course! It doesn't have a window!

Sultanils

Nice to see some views of REG...looks like a nice place. I'm really mlooking forward to my 2 day car hire from Brindisi next month now!

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): It´s really strange how the people act, no one decides to change for the last row

Well, there's no window!

Hi Markus,

Nice continuation of the story, and thanks for sharing those pictures of REG!

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Three weeks now till something red for the log like this:

It's an ATR, but from what airline?

Hey, good to follow more comments.

@N.:

Quoting sultanils (Reply 11): Good report, for sure appreciated with some Italian sun and flair. Was the departure from REG as spectacular as the approach?

Thank you. The departure was also interesting but not as special like the approach.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 11): What a contrast to see such a modern travelator in the middle of a neighbourhood with classic old buildings.

Definitely also my opinion.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 11): Or did you ask the driver in your best Italian to drop you off there?

I was prepared for it!.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 11): It seems AZ owns that place?

Prior to the blu-ex competition.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 11): Me too. But it's too late now. Good you logged a healthy amount of those magnificent green beasts.

True words.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 11): Are the STR based ones in a different cabin config?

One row fewer.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 11): Of course! It doesn't have a window!

Well that´s the point here!.

@G.:

Quoting gabrielchew (Reply 12): Nice to see some views of REG...looks like a nice place. I'm really mlooking forward to my 2 day car hire from Brindisi next month now!

Thank you and I´am looking forward to a new story from Italy.

Quoting gabrielchew (Reply 12): Well, there's no window!

Sure, that´s the point here.

@R.:

Quoting roberts87 (Reply 13): Nice continuation of the story, and thanks for sharing those pictures of REG!

Thank you.

Quoting roberts87 (Reply 13): It's an ATR, but from what airline?

Coming up soon!.

Greetings,
Markus(FLIEGER67)

Hi Markus,

Nice to see your return journey online also.
Another nice report with many nice pictures.
Looks like you had another pair of nice fligths and love the destination pictures, looks nice!

cheers,

Brendan

Hoi, B.,

Quoting adamspotter (Reply 15): Nice to see your return journey online also. Another nice report with many nice pictures. Looks like you had another pair of nice fligths and love the destination pictures, looks nice!

Thank you.

Greetings,
Markus(FLIEGER67)

Hi Markus,

Good to read the conclusion of your Italian adventure. Some nice shots of Reggio too, although the airport looks pretty grim. Mind you, the lounge at Roma doesn't look much better. What kind of a time warp is it in?

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): With these massive difference in altitude here, there is certainly a special need for some technical help

That's ridiculous! The entry to my garage is 10x steeper than that!

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Looks like just a couple of meters away

Yeah, it does. You could almost touch it.

Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): True, beside the at check-in non existent last row and this one is for me, 26F. Vacationeers all around. It´s really strange how the people act, no one decides to change for the last row

Kudos to you, 6 seats to yourself on a full flight. Still, I'd rather stick with the proper window and have a couple of seat mates.

Happy flying
Infodesk   

Hoi, H.,

Quoting infodesk (Reply 17): Good to read the conclusion of your Italian adventure. Some nice shots of Reggio too, although the airport looks pretty grim. Mind you, the lounge at Roma doesn't look much better. What kind of a time warp is it in?

Thank you again and it´s simply Italy!.

Quoting infodesk (Reply 17): That's ridiculous! The entry to my garage is 10x steeper than that!

Hah, good point.

Quoting infodesk (Reply 17): Yeah, it does. You could almost touch it

Exactly my impression.

Quoting infodesk (Reply 17): Kudos to you, 6 seats to yourself on a full flight. Still, I'd rather stick with the proper window and have a couple of seat mates.

Usually me, too, but this time I decide for the aircraft sleep mode!.

Greetings,
Markus(FLIEGER67)