Hello everyone and welcome to my 4th trip report,
This trip report will cover a day trip I made on Thursday the 29th of March. After having a nice day with Lufthansa in the beginning of March (see here) I decided to take another day trip with them except this time with some different types of planes: AMS-MUC-FCO-FRA-AMS. AMS-MUC with an E195 operated by Augsburg Airways. MUC-FCO-FRA with the A321 and the final leg FRA-AMS with one of their good old 737s. Today’s map:


AMS-MUC
LH2313 // 20F
E195 Augsburg Airways // D-AEME
07:20 – 08:45

Once again it was an early flight which meant waking up at 04:30. A quick shower and off I was once again to take the 05:17 train. This time no problem with the trains and I was at Schiphol around 05:25. Having checked in the night before for all sectors all I had to do is print my BPs out. Went upstairs and up to check-in area 8. In no time I printed out my BPs and stood in line in for security. Security was pretty fast and I was airside within 10 minutes. As it was still dark out there wasn’t much to spot so I decided to wait at the gate. Massage anyone?:


Gate for this sector, B23:


Boarding was supposed to start at 06:40, it eventually started at 06:55. As always I was one of the last ones to board. Was kindly greeted with a “Guten Morgen” and proceeded to my seat, 20F. Flight was about 50% full with lots of business people. Had someone sitting next to me. Announced flying time was 1h05min. View from my seat, the LH 737 was headed to FRA:


After a kind welcome from the cockpit we pushed back 10 min late. Runway for today was the “Polderbaan” also known as 36L. That meant a long taxi of about 20 mins:


Over the highway A4:


Starting take off roll, look at the moist on the wing and the nice sunrise, really like this shot:




And up we were:


The sun rising:


Right after take off we took a sharp right turn giving a nice view of part of the port of Amsterdam:


Straight through the clouds:


Safety card for all Augsburg Airways E195s:




The Lufthansa “Magazin”:


The very nice flight crew consisted of 1 female purser and 2 female flight attendants. Once the seatbelt sign was switched off they sprung into action. Snack on this sector was a kind of cold roll with egg and some other ingredients in it, quite nice actually. Together with that I got an OJ and some coffee:


Legroom shot:


Close up on the winglet:


The cabin:


Soon enough we started our descent into MUC:




A sharp left turn:


We then passed MUC which gave a nice overview:


That meant 2 sharp right turns and into final approach we were:








2 AB’s and 1 LH in line waiting for permission to take off:


The remote stands where we will also be parking:




And touchdown!:


Etihad at the gate:


Taxiing all the way back to the remote stands:


EuroLOT ATR landing:


A lot of Air Dolomiti here at MUC:


LOT Polish EMB170:




Almost there!:


In our parking position:


Upon deplaning the female purser stood there and gave everyone a chocolate in the shape of a heart with Augsburg Airways on it. A very nice touch too conclude this very nice flight! When heading towards the bus there was a lot of Polizei and security/airport personnel around the aircraft. A big difference with FRA! Before heading into the bus I got the chance to snap this shot:


It was a short bus drive and we arrived at MUC terminal. I had about 20 min before boarding time for my next flight. I went straight to the FIDS and it showed gate G03 instead of the planned G04 which meant quite a long walk to the other side of the terminal:


Upon arriving at my gate I saw that there was a delay of 35 min which gave me more time to explore the terminal. The FIDS showing my delay:


I really like how Lufthansa has these special stands with newspapers and free coffee/tea everywhere:


South African Airways A340-600 in *A scheme:


CO 767 ready to head back to the U.S.A.:


Boarding commenced for the Swiss flight to Zurich:


MUC-FCO
LH1842 // 26E
A321 Lufthansa // D-AIDD
10:25 – 11:45

Taking another look at the FIDS I saw that the gate changed back to the planned G04. I arrived at the gate at 09:45. When arriving I could see it would be a very full flight with lots of Americans connecting through to Rome. Boarding finally commenced 20 minutes after scheduled departure time at 10:00. Our plane:


I was again one of the last ones to board. Close up on the nose:


We were standing in between 2 heavies:




When entering the aircraft I was kindly greeted by a female flight attendant. When checking online the night before there was no window seat available anymore , so I had to stick with seat 30D. As I was one of the last ones to board when passing the 2nd emergency exit row the flight attendant kindly asked if I would like to sit in the exit row. “Well of course I would like to, thanks” I answered. Flight was about 85% full. After a kind welcome from the cockpit we pushed back 25 mins after boarding at 10:25. A short taxi and we were up and away in no time. The safety card for all Lufthansa A321s:




“The Catalogue”:


The very nice leg room!:


Flight crew consisted of 1 female purser, 2 female and 1 male flight attendants. Soon enough they came by with the snack service. This time it was a croissant filled with cream cheese. Together with it I got another OJ and coffee:


Soon enough we started our descent into FCO and in no time we touched down on the runway. A 10 minute taxi later and we arrived at our gate. Deplaned in no time and as I had some time to spare I decided to go landside for a bit. FCO seemed to be a bit dull and “old” airport. The baggage claim area:


Arrivals area:


Outside arrivals:


Outside departures area:


Check-in area: