One more leg today, prior to the night in Dusseldorf.
Wednesday, 06.06.2012
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Service airberlin AB 8173 operated by Belair Airlines
Scheduled: 19.05 // 20.25
OLCI works quick with AB´s website late yesterday, no printout, so I should catch the paper prior to the flight.
No problem to collect it from the AB gold desk.
Lastminute.de provided me with the booking details, the fare ok, 65.00 Euro´s.
This is the place for some more chat together
For consumption in lounge only. Well, absolutely no way to do something else for me!
Such a surprise, when I´ve opened my fridge some days later and found these delicious Kägifret chocolate bar´s!
B31 it is for DUS. A somewhat strange feeling to be not that far from the homebase but do a flight to somewhere else instead
Bye now to my nice travel companion.
Thanx again for the shuttle and talking.
AB swiss registered at the gate, the A319 is on schedule
HB-IOX this time, new to the log and leg no. 81 on type.
In service with AB and Belair since 14.08.2008. There are 2 A319´s only in the fleet
LX closeby
The modern style main terminal
Boarding now
6.55 pm, ten minutes ahead to schedule and we should leave ZRH now for the 1.00 hour ride to DUS.
Departure from the 2500 meters runway "Two-Eight". "Belair" leaves 18 partly cloudy degrees behind.
Cockpit crew is from Switzerland, the captain with a nice and detailed welcome during boarding. He´s once more to hear short during descent later on.
Flightlevel maximum is 34000 feet, we´re going via STR, more strange feeling and FRA.
Constance, I should go there somedays!
Load is 80%, lot´s of biz people on the way and three for me in 2A, sure ok here.
Above lake Constance
Cabin crew is one young and ok female FA and two male FA´s.
One younger and ok, but with a somewhat rough style and the other also young, chatty with a really nice style to act with the so important biz frequent flyers here.
He show´s exactly who the boss is on the plane, but with a pleasant style.
The small island called Reichenau
Legroom is ok here with the dark blue leather seats, the cabin is clean so far
"Für ihre Sicherheit" once again
These guy looks like not in the best mood today
Engine view
Service AB style together with free drinks
Touchdown at the 2700 meters "Two-Three-Right", 8.05 pm, twenty minutes ahead to schedule, also here 18 partly cloudy degrees.
Bye now to HB-IOX
Looks like nice this way
For the accomodation now, 2.40 Euro´s and the S-Bahn shuttles me to Dusseldorf main train station.
From where it is just some minutes to walk, as long as you take the right direction, for my hotel, Friends at Worringer Strasse.
The lobby
On the way for the room
The room
Early the next morning
Breakfast
The fare is ok, 80.00 Euro´s, bed and breakfast.
Surroundings are exactly what you expect close to the main train station, cheap shops and eateries of all nations and the usual, let me say, special subjects around, but no problems at all for me.
A new day, good for new experiences.
For example heading by Deutsche Bahn towards Essen for 14.00 Euro´s and do the Strassenbahn for 1.40 Euro´s till this stop
Zeche Zollverein is a UNESCO world heritage site,
a former coal mine
The entrance
The main building
Looks like massive
That´s the way to go
High above
Everything in rusty red
Nice arts
Let´s go for the Kohlenwäsche
Up the escalator
Or better take the stairs
Indoor
There is also a nice coffeeshop available
But I decide for the rusty style
Heading for the Portal der Industriekultur
Oldfashioned technics
Believe me, I feel rusty all around my body
View from the rooftop
That´s a really large area here
Down to the goundfloor now,
another 1.40 Euro´s ride for Essen main train station and onwards by the next train, 4.90 Euro´s to Dortmund main train station, from where an expensive bus, in comparison to the other fares, 6.50 Euro´s, shuttled me for my new departure airport.
Service 4U 4066 operated by Germanwings
Scheduled: 15.45 // 16.50
Yes, target reached
The modern style terminal
Wizz is doing good biz here
Beside Germanwings
Curbside
Check-In is done online, no printout and no problem for the guy at the desk to do it for me.
The fare 35.00 Euro´s, booked by Germanwings directly, sure ok this way.
There is capacity for two or three more flights here
Gate 6 for me and no lounge to visit at DTM
What about this machine?. The A319 is on schedule for my flight
Some black clouds above
Hey, Mr. Pilot is this the right way to go?
Some more unused fingers
It is, as long as you decide to park you´re plane backwards
Looks like strange
Also this way
But that´s the way to do it here
D-AKNU for me. I´am surprised again, this is a new entry to the log and leg no. 82 on type.
This plane is in service with 4U since 13.12.2005, one of 32 in the fleet.
Here is an incident with D-AKNU: http://avherald.com/h?article=452cd8e1
Close to boarding
With a thousand of people at the gate
Under the wing, sure if ever possible
The undercarriage
3.45 pm, ontime, "Germanwings" on the go for the 45 minutes ride to MUC, 24 degrees and partly cloudy by now.
Just departed from the 2000 meters only runway "Two-Four"
Cabin crew is a middle aged nice male, together with two female FA´s.
One younger and ok and another middle aged, supernice woman, cute, ponytail, smiling, a big plus for the company here.
Sure, I should fly Germanwings more often!.
This is a well populated area
Cockpit crew is from Germany, the captain with a short welcome during boarding only, but much more nice and detailed inflight.
Routing is via FRA at a maximum of 33000 feet.
Legroom is good here with the dark grey clean leather seats
"Für ihre Sicherheit", just for the case
Cabin view, a 90% load and me in the last row, 25F, the rule works, three seats!.
It´s public holiday today in Germany, lot´s of families with children on the way
Ok, now we know, where the boss is
Something to eat and drink beside the usual BOB service
Approaching MUC
Touchdown at the 4000 meters "Zero-Eight-Right", 4.35 pm, 15 minutes ahead to schedule, 23 sunny degrees here.
At the gate, terminal 1, strange, not the Lufthansa place
Thursday, 07.06.2012
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Service Lufthansa LH 2150 operated by Lufthansa CityLine
Scheduled: 18.40 // 19.25
Lastminute.de made it again, 50.00 Euro´s, sure ok for me this way.
Quickly changed to LH´s terminal 2, collecting the boarding pass at the SEN desk. The seat was earlier selected online.
Some not so nice staff there. The middle aged woman answered my request to block the seat beside me:
"This is not possible".
Joke, that might be the first time after lot´s of flights.
But I´am not in the mood for more discussion.
Ready for some lounging now.
The Senator´s place of course, at least till now
Nice offers here
Or maybe this way?
Secrets anyone?
No boarding on the screen for STR from gate 03.
Good for more time in the lounge
But it´s a somewhat long way to go till the far end of the terminal.
Nobody else to see beside the gate agent when I´am there.
But sure, I´am not to late, at least till now!.
By bus for the apron till this machine coming up
It looks like the scheduled CR9
How I like baggage loading in style!
D-ACKG, it is the CR9, new to the log and leg no. 14 on type.
"Glücksburg" serves LH since 01.09.2006. 12 planes on type are in the fleet
Boarding now
A last view for the nose section
Confirmed, "Glücksburg" for me
Cockpit crew is from Germany, the captain with a nice welcome after boarding is completed.
Routing is via Augsburg, no flightlevel information.
6.40 pm, perfectly ontime, 30 minutes only to hop on "Hansaline" for STR.
Sunny and 23 degrees in MUC.
A really interesting departure from the 4000 meters "Zero-Eight-Left" follows.
It seems traffic on finals,
engines spooled up on the taxiway at the runway entrance, another plane touched down and we departed seconds thereafter in a real rocket style.
Well, legroom is sure generous here.
It´s a 80% load, no biz suites to see and I´am in 16A, the exit row, two seats for me
Cabin crew is two female FA´s,
one elder and nice together with one middle aged also nice.
Some more seats to choose from in the clean cabin
Cabin view with the dark grey leather seats
Service is snack and free drinks.
"Für ihre Sicherheit", for the last time today
Between the clouds
This is definitelly an unusal approach for 25 to avoid these low hanging thunderstorm cells
Safely arrived at 7.25 pm, ontime, 23 cloudy and wet degrees along the earlier mentioned thunderstorms
Heading for the homebase, just to repack my bag again and another early departure tomorrow,
but well, that´s nothing new to me!.
Ex MLH this time for Nantes and a rare plane type, at least from my point of view!.
Here are the conclusions:
At first, thanx again to my nice travel companion around ZRH.
Airberlin ZRH-DUS: Much better seat comfort than expected.
Germanwings DTM-MUC: Relaxed and nice staff.
Lufthansa CityLine MUC-STR: Short and comfy.
Servus, comments welcome, FLIEGER67 or "Markus Klaus Felger" by Facebook.
rogerbcn From Andorra, joined Sep 2006, 1132 posts, RR: 19 Reply 2, posted (8 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 5544 times:
Hola Markus!
Great report, and very interesting non-flying pictures, nice to see they finally made the effort to declare some hard-working sites as UNESCO heritage, a homage to all those who suffered the long working hours in places like this... Great report! A place to visit in the future.
Really nice to see DTM in a report, it looks a cozy, fresh airport, Nice to see the small ones as well in the reports.
My favorite plane, CRJ-900, in your last flight. I really love those little rockets, they are great, especially at take-off; I am always impressed by their performance.
BTW, congratulations on your 9th a.net anniversary!
Salut!
Roger
[Edited 2012-09-15 01:14:26]
"At reise er at leve" H.C. Andersen (Travelling is Living)
CaptainRed From Germany, joined Oct 2010, 578 posts, RR: 19 Reply 3, posted (8 months 1 week 9 hours ago) and read 5409 times:
Hi Markus,
good to read about your return journey from ZRH, and in your usual style on the most direct possible way ...
Liked the pictures from Zeche Zollverein, must be an interesting experience, what a massive building. Also on my to-do-list.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): A somewhat strange feeling to be not that far from the homebase but do a flight to somewhere else instead
Oh yes, I know that feeling. Once I boarded a flight to VLC at Porto airport with the flight to FKB boarding at the same time just at the adjacent gate. Makes you think a little about the crazy ways we go sometimes.
Really interesting, though it looks indeed strange when the plane points its backside to you. DTM airport in general looks quite nice from your pictures, looks quite modern.
adamspotter From Netherlands, joined Feb 2011, 775 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (8 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 5264 times:
Hi there Markus!
Another nice report with nice pictures. Looks like you had another nice day full of flying! That Unesco site I would love to visit some time. Germanwings is an airline I am still wanting too catch, hopefully soon enough
FLIEGER67 From Georgia, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Reply 6, posted (8 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 5189 times:
Hey, good to follow these comments.
@R.:
Quoting rogerbcn (Reply 2):
Great report, and very interesting non-flying pictures, nice to see they finally made the effort to declare some hard-working sites as UNESCO heritage, a homage to all those who suffered the long working hours in places like this... Great report! A place to visit in the future.
Thank you and these UNESCO place is sure worth a visit.
Quoting rogerbcn (Reply 2): Really nice to see DTM in a report, it looks a cozy, fresh airport, Nice to see the small ones as well in the reports.
Also my impression.
Quoting rogerbcn (Reply 2):
My favorite plane, CRJ-900, in your last flight. I really love those little rockets, they are great, especially at take-off; I am always impressed by their performance.
Count me in this way.
Quoting rogerbcn (Reply 2):
BTW, congratulations on your 9th a.net anniversary!
Best congrats retour for the 6th!. What a coincidence.
@M.:
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 3): good to read about your return journey from ZRH, and in your usual style on the most direct possible way
That´s the way to go, you know!.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 3):
Liked the pictures from Zeche Zollverein, must be an interesting experience, what a massive building. Also on my to-do-list.
Definitely worth a visit.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 3): Oh yes, I know that feeling. Once I boarded a flight to VLC at Porto airport with the flight to FKB boarding at the same time just at the adjacent gate. Makes you think a little about the crazy ways we go sometimes.
Not that´s also strange.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 3):
Agree, the red AB colors are always good for nice pictures.
Definitely.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 3):
Hmm, not the most inviting place for a coffee break, but definitely a place with atmosphere.
Sure it is.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 3):
Really interesting, though it looks indeed strange when the plane points its backside to you. DTM airport in general looks quite nice from your pictures, looks quite modern.
Really special and also modern.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 3):
Probably AB is the only airline which uses the finger gates here?
Another nice report with nice pictures. Looks like you had another nice day full of flying! That Unesco site I would love to visit some time. Germanwings is an airline I am still wanting too catch, hopefully soon enough
Looking forward to the next report!
Thank you and both 4U and the UNESCO place are worth a visit.
FlyingFinn76 From Finland, joined Jun 2009, 1705 posts, RR: 41 Reply 7, posted (8 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 5006 times:
Hi Markus,
Good to see the second part. Not too imaginative route though - I though you went up to the DDR Baltic Coast on this trip but I guess this will have to wait until later.
Dortmund is a nice city, shame you didn't devote any more time to it. I kinda liked that park (NRW something methinks?) with the big tower in the middle, the views from there were very nice.
Somehow this report makes me want to fly Germanwings again - it's quite a few years since I've flown with them. Maybe I'll try to fit it in to my upcoming travels next year.
Hmm, are these signs for two different lounges or is the SkyTeam one the same as the one where you were?
This one looks good from the pictures, much better than the old Diners Club lounge at the ZRH main terminal, it was buried somewhere in the bowels of the terminal and really hard to find. Inside the offers were quite lacking and it was just very shabby. The lady there was very friendly though, even though she had an annoying tendency to shut down the computer I was using when I went away to the loo...
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): For consumption in lounge only. Well, absolutely no way to do something else for me!
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Such a surprise, when I´ve opened my fridge some days later and found these delicious Kägifret chocolate bar´s!
...what a disappointment. For a while I thought you had done the right thing and stuffed your bag full of those wine bottles where the warning sign is!
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): B31 it is for DUS. A somewhat strange feeling to be not that far from the homebase but do a flight to somewhere else instead
Well is it really? After all you've connected via ZRH to many places before after flying in from STR. And FRA is about the same distance anyway.
Interesting, reminds me of the B&B place I stayed in Trieste a year ago.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Surroundings are exactly what you expect close to the main train station, cheap shops and eateries of all nations and the usual, let me say, special subjects around, but no problems at all for me.
Yeah, those streets west of the Hbf are very interesting. Just my kind of area.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): For example heading by Deutsche Bahn towards Essen for 14.00 Euro´s and do the Strassenbahn for 1.40 Euro´s till this stop
Hey Essen, I've eaten there! Sorry, couldn't resist this pun.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Zeche Zollverein is a UNESCO world heritage site,
a former coal mine
Hmm, nice. Reminds me of the Völklinger Hütte in Saarland where I was one and half years (has it really been that long?!) ago. Anyway a nice looking site, I like these post-industrial developments. Should really visit the Gasometer in Oberhausen one of these days too.
Is it free or do you have to pay for entrance?
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): to Dortmund main train station, from where an expensive bus, in comparison to the other fares, 6.50 Euro´s, shuttled me for my new departure airport.
Wasn't the S-Bahn running? That fare is somewhat more down-to-earth even though you have to pay an extra euro for the shuttle bus.
Hah yes. I've flown into DTM three times (but never departed from there) and all three times were with Wizz! Well one was actually Wizzair Ukraine, but still.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): It is, as long as you decide to park you´re plane backwards
That's really odd. So weird seeing the tug actually pushing the plane to the gate on arrival instead of pushing it away on departure.
Yeah, depending on how you count you have upwards of six million people living in the Ruhr area, making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe.
reifel From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 1134 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (8 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 4915 times:
Hi Markus, thanks for sharing and congrats for 9 years of a.net today
So Belair is basically no difference to AB anymore nowadays, right? 4U is nice... I love the livery, I love their name, and comfort on board is great, especially in the front rows... Yes, I remember these strange backward parking things in DTM...
deltamartin From Sweden, joined Dec 2010, 1059 posts, RR: 9 Reply 9, posted (8 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 4889 times:
Hey Markus!
Nice report, glad to see you made it home from ZRH safely.
Swiss-style AB seemed to be good like mother AB.
LH Cityline also didn't seem too bad. I should try to log germanwings some day.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Zeche Zollverein is a UNESCO world heritage site,
a former coal mine
The place looks really cool, wouldn't mind going there some day.
FLIEGER67 From Georgia, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Reply 10, posted (8 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 4817 times:
Hey and good to follow more comments.
@P.:
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Good to see the second part. Not too imaginative route though - I though you went up to the DDR Baltic Coast on this trip but I guess this will have to wait until later.
Thank you and these place is coming up soon.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Dortmund is a nice city, shame you didn't devote any more time to it. I kinda liked that park (NRW something methinks?) with the big tower in the middle, the views from there were very nice.
Somehow this report makes me want to fly Germanwings again - it's quite a few years since I've flown with them. Maybe I'll try to fit it in to my upcoming travels next year.
Good idea. You never know with LH so better do it sooner or later.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Hmm, are these signs for two different lounges or is the SkyTeam one the same as the one where you were?
This one looks good from the pictures, much better than the old Diners Club lounge at the ZRH main terminal, it was buried somewhere in the bowels of the terminal and really hard to find. Inside the offers were quite lacking and it was just very shabby. The lady there was very friendly though, even though she had an annoying tendency to shut down the computer I was using when I went away to the loo...
Skyteam is another lounge. Strange to see that AY is also using the Skyteam place.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
...what a disappointment. For a while I thought you had done the right thing and stuffed your bag full of those wine bottles where the warning sign is!
Hah, good idea.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Well is it really? After all you've connected via ZRH to many places before after flying in from STR. And FRA is about the same distance anyway.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Hmm, nice. Reminds me of the Völklinger Hütte in Saarland where I was one and half years (has it really been that long?!) ago. Anyway a nice looking site, I like these post-industrial developments. Should really visit the Gasometer in Oberhausen one of these days too.
Is it free or do you have to pay for entrance?
Count me in and it was free entrance.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Wasn't the S-Bahn running? That fare is somewhat more down-to-earth even though you have to pay an extra euro for the shuttle bus.
Infrequent schedule here, so better by bus this time.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Hah yes. I've flown into DTM three times (but never departed from there) and all three times were with Wizz! Well one was actually Wizzair Ukraine, but still.
Ah, good to know.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
That's really odd. So weird seeing the tug actually pushing the plane to the gate on arrival instead of pushing it away on departure.
That´s weird, indeed.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Hey, that's not a very nice angle for a picture of this nice girl about to give you "a ride"...
Hah, one more point for you.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Yeah, depending on how you count you have upwards of six million people living in the Ruhr area, making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe.
Good biz here with the airlines.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Those sandwiches are really very reasonably priced! Well done, 4U!
Sure it is.
Quoting FlyingFinn76 (Reply 7):
Wasn't this route operated by the ATRs in old times? Bit of an upgauge this one then...
It is, mostly on the Augsburg Dash by these days, so a special plane here.
Hi Markus, thanks for sharing and congrats for 9 years of a.net today
Thank you. Not that I´ve noticed it prior to the posting.
Quoting reifel (Reply 8):
So Belair is basically no difference to AB anymore nowadays, right? 4U is nice... I love the livery, I love their name, and comfort on board is great, especially in the front rows... Yes, I remember these strange backward parking things in DTM...
It is basically not much difference.
@M.:
Quoting deltamartin (Reply 9):
Nice report, glad to see you made it home from ZRH safely.
Swiss-style AB seemed to be good like mother AB.
LH Cityline also didn't seem too bad. I should try to log germanwings some day.
Thank you and good idea with 4U.
Quoting deltamartin (Reply 9):
The place looks really cool, wouldn't mind going there some day.
FLIEGER67 From Georgia, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Reply 14, posted (8 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 4613 times:
Hoi, J.,
Quoting LXM83 (Reply 13):
Good story again, nice to see my homebase ZRH covered. Nice comparison of AB and 4U and good you caught one of the HB- registered birds!
Thank you.
Quoting LXM83 (Reply 13):
The DTM pushback-on-arrival procedure is interesting. The only time I have seen it was in Russia.
Interesting to follow that this is also done this way in Russia.
Quoting LXM83 (Reply 13): Those "for consumption on the lounge only" signs are really too much. Well, those signs practically smile at you saying "please take me home"!
Hah, good point, that was exactly my impression.
Quoting LXM83 (Reply 13):
Looking forward to reading about your next trip from MLH aka BSL.
Close to ready for posting, but a couple more flights, hopefully, in between!.
airbuseric From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 4015 posts, RR: 52 Reply 15, posted (8 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 4546 times:
Markus,
really interesting to follow your travels, that old coalmine is sure interesting.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Such a surprise, when I´ve opened my fridge some days later and found these delicious Kägifret chocolate bar´s!
Hmm, you couldn't read the sign in the end?
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Some not so nice staff there. The middle aged woman answered my request to block the seat beside me:
"This is not possible".
Joke, that might be the first time after lot´s of flights.
With in the end so many open seats, the groundstaff is definitely not doing good customer service towards a highend frequent flyer here. To provide customer satisfaction with such low loads, she should have granted your request. It's always possible to block seats. It's up to the airline staff to do so. This lady clearly made the wrong decision.
Regards
Eric
"The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going"
MSS658 From Belgium, joined Oct 2010, 2204 posts, RR: 14 Reply 16, posted (8 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 4377 times:
Hello Markus
Great report, thanks for sharing it with us.
Swiss AB and the Unesco site look interesting?
Are they updating all the 4U cabins with the NEK cabins as well?
Did not realize that LH does MUC-STR as well.
PlaneHunter From Germany, joined Mar 2006, 6183 posts, RR: 79 Reply 17, posted (8 months 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 4112 times:
Hi Markus,
interesting report, good idea to visit that site. Nice to find DTM in your report, went there for the first time yesterday after returning from Romania.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): D-AKNU for me. I´am surprised again, this is a new entry to the log and leg no. 82 on type.
Nice coincidence - I flew DTM-MUC on exactly that bird yesterday (and enjoyed a Happy Snack). I won't include that flight in my report, though.
sultanils From Belgium, joined Mar 2010, 1173 posts, RR: 29 Reply 19, posted (8 months 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 4009 times:
Hello Markus,
Good follow up part on your latest story. Some nice and standard German domestic flights gere - except for the ZRH one of course - but nothing wrong with that. Belgium also has a rich history in coal mining: there are a few examples that you can visit but they are no UNESCO sites.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Such a surprise, when I´ve opened my fridge some days later and found these delicious Kägifret chocolate bar´s!
Logged this one 3 times, interestingly enough the last time on DUS-ZRH!
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Cockpit crew is from Switzerland, the captain with a nice and detailed welcome during boarding. He´s once more to hear short during descent later on
I’ve noticed that it’s always the Swiss AB pilots who are the most chatty.
Nice touch that you flew over the exact place you just came from.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Some not so nice staff there. The middle aged woman answered my request to block the seat beside me:
"This is not possible".
FLIEGER67 From Georgia, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Reply 21, posted (8 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 3849 times:
More comments, welcome.
@E.:
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 15):
really interesting to follow your travels, that old coalmine is sure interesting.
Thank you.
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 15):
Hmm, you couldn't read the sign in the end?
No way and no idea, how to do so!.
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 15):
With in the end so many open seats, the groundstaff is definitely not doing good customer service towards a highend frequent flyer here. To provide customer satisfaction with such low loads, she should have granted your request. It's always possible to block seats. It's up to the airline staff to do so. This lady clearly made the wrong decision.
That´s the case here, definitely.
@M.:
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 16):
Great report, thanks for sharing it with us.
Swiss AB and the Unesco site look interesting?
Thank you.
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 16):
Are they updating all the 4U cabins with the NEK cabins as well?
It seems so.
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 16): Did not realize that LH does MUC-STR as well.
Usually running on the DH8 these days.
@PH:
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 17):
interesting report, good idea to visit that site. Nice to find DTM in your report, went there for the first time yesterday after returning from Romania.
Thank you and good to know.
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 17):
Nice coincidence - I flew DTM-MUC on exactly that bird yesterday (and enjoyed a Happy Snack). I won't include that flight in my report, though.
That´s indeed a coincidence.
@P.:
Quoting OA260 (Reply 18):
That museum is very interesting .I love also when they have these cafes in such places. You can sit and take in the experience.
Thank you and sure also my opinion with the cafe.
Quoting OA260 (Reply 18):
Nice flights and some nice offerings in the SEN Lounge.
Sure.
@N.:
Quoting sultanils (Reply 19):
Good follow up part on your latest story. Some nice and standard German domestic flights gere - except for the ZRH one of course - but nothing wrong with that. Belgium also has a rich history in coal mining: there are a few examples that you can visit but they are no UNESCO sites.
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