and a shorty night ahead at the homebase once more.
I need to pick up some people at BSL airport Saturday evening.
That might be a good idea to park the car Friday morning at BSL, doing some flights and heading back to the airport Saturday late afternoon, ready ontime for the pick up. Well, that´s at least my point of view to clear the requirements!.
Now that´s a nice zigzag routing for today, isn´t it?:
Service Air France AF 7335 operated by Brit Air
Scheduled: 08.35 // 09.40
A lazy late morning departure with two more hours on the road turns out like a close to standard wake up time for me.
Up at 04.00 am and short thereafter on the way through the black forrest.
Safely arrived to say the least with all these crazy drivers and lot´s of trucks around these Friday morning.
Well, someone should transport all these internet orders through the night for a quick home delivery!.
F3 is the place to park the car. By surprise OLCI works perfectly fine after some other previous no OLCI experiences ex MLH.
Seats selected, no printout as usual. Something to collect from the self service kiosks at the airport.
Wideroe saved the booking this time,
leg one and two on one confirmation, the fare per leg
50.00 Euro´s this way.
Not that much pax around here.
Close to no time to wait at security and heading for, usually the lounge, but not at MLH.
"Wir wünschen einen angenehmen Flug", well, not for BA today, but "Al heure" from gate 1 looks like ok with me
There is the CR-K on schedule, sure ok for me.
Something like this short to the gate
And the reg shot shows me with F-HMLJ a new one for the log. Leg no. 7 on type
In service with Brit Air since 01.09.2011. There are 13 planes on type in the fleet
08.35 am, perfectly ontime, "Britair" and me leaving 16 degrees with this wet mess and it´s heavy rain now from the 3900 meters runway "One-Five" without a further stop.
Cockpit crew is from France. The captain with a very short welcome during taxi, once again short prior to descent. No route or flightlevel info.
45 minutes to go for ORY
A much better feeling here inside with the bright grey clean leather seats.
Legroom is ok here in 3A, two seats for me
Forward cabin view, the load is 40% only with mostly biz pax on the way
Cabin crew is one elder ok male FA together with an also elder and nice woman.
Service is a croissant, water, coffee, tea for free.
"Consignes de securite", sure
Inde, well, maybe
An winglet cruising through the clouds and you know, it´s not the best place for a calm cruise directly at the top of the cloud layer. Shaky all the time till our descent
Much better weather conditions close to ORY
Racecourses anyone?
Or also some castles to go
Touchdown at the 3320 meters runway "Two-Six". 9.35 am, short ahead to schedule, 14 cloudy degrees here.
Welcome to ORY
No way for the black clouds to bother me, the sun is coming
ORY, where you should take the chance to shuttle by the free Orlyval train to terminal Sud for some interesting planes like this
Or also maybe this way
Aigle Azur, why not, if it´s possible?
Anytime when I´am here, it is a sudden exotic north african feeling here. At least it smells this way!.
There are a couple of interesting flights on the screen
For example Iran Air bound for LJU
Ok, time flies, I should return to Orly Ouest now.
Service AF 6018 operated by Air France
Scheduled: 12.00 // 13.15
Is there a lounge to visit here?.
Yes, it is!
To my surprise, not that much pax around
The fare here again 50.00 Euro´s. This is leg two from the Wideroe booking.
Air Caraibes, I should do this somedays, or someone else also?
"Al heure" for Marseille from gate 20L
Or what about these bird with the classy black engines?
On the way for, who knows?
This looks like the scheduled A320 at the gate for me
F-HBNF is a new entry to the log.
Leg no. 87 on type
A new example, in service with AF since 26.05.2011. One of 62 planes on type in the fleet
No, there are no raindrops to see here in this picture
12.10 am, ten minutes after schedule, "Airfrance" is ready to go for the 1.05 hours from the 3650 meters runway "Two-Four", looking for some warmer climate. It´s partly cloudy with 16 degrees here.
Cockpit crew is from France. The captain with a short welcome during boarding.
No route or flightlevel info.
This looks like much better here
The place to store the cabin divider french style
Cabin crew is two male, two female FA´s.
Three times elder and nice and one middle aged woman.
Oh la la, is the term to use here, definitely.
Short black hair, powerful and the power exactly where the power should be!.
Service is snacks and free drinks.
A 100% load, no open seat to spot. Ok, it´s Friday and lots of people heading for a seaside weekend.
"Consignes de securite" once more
And the acceptable legroom at 31A, the last row two seater. Also the aisle is taken with the dark blue fabric seats.
The cabin is clean so far
Marseille shows also some clouds on finals
But also nice landscape
And some historic viaducts
Out to the sea
Touchdown at the 3500 meters "Three-One-Right", 1.15 pm and that´s ontime.
Ok, it´s also partly cloudy here, but the temperature is much more what I´am looking for, 26 degrees, yeah!.
CCM for me please in October
Bye now for F-HBNF
Not needed soon again
Any delays for the next leg?. No way, absolutely no way!.
Service AF 7612 operated by Air France
Scheduled: 15.20 // 16.45
This leg is booked by AF directly.
The fare real good again with 45.00 Euro´s.
OLCI works well, no printout as usual.
And no problem to catch the boarding pass at AF´s service desk airside.
Well, it seems someone noticed my comment with the warmer climate needed and decided that I should spend some more time in Marseille
There is a non staffed lounge place called "Luberon" available. No airside views and it looks like really small from the outside, so not used today.
Well, who knows what the AF guys doing behind the walls?.
More delay on the screen for NTE and a loud "Ah" from the pax waiting.
ORY close to the same time shows minutes thereafter cancelled. A gate change and this one is heading for my new gate.
AF is working hard to keep the A320 on top of my flown planes list. Simply to prevent Germanwings and the A319 to take suddenly over!.
F-HBNE is the scheduled A320, leg no. 88 on type and new to the log.
With AF since 15.04.2011. Another one of the 62 in the fleet
Boarding started much earlier than the last announced time. So it seems, we´re captured the ORY plane.
3.50 pm, 30 minutes late, is the final time for "Airfrance" on the 1 hour, 20 minutes stretch to the west.
Departure from "Three-One-Right" like arrivals, leaving these nice 26 partly cloudy degrees here.
Cockpit crew is from France.
The captain with a short info and apologize for the delay during boarding, but no reason announced.
He´s once more to hear during descent later on.
Legroom is acceptable here with the dark blue fabric seats. The cabin is clean so far
Cabin crew is two male FA´s. One young and nice, the other one middle aged and well, biz friendly.
There are also two female FA´s on the plane. One younger, nice and another middle aged woman. I should do AF more often, so it seems.
Oh, la la again, large, powerful, short black hair, always smiling, really nice.
"Consignes de securite", sure also here
Cabin view and thankfully no, this is not the same plane
The load is again very close to 100% with me in 31A, the two seater in the last row with the aisle also taken. Good biz for AF here.
Seaside approach
And a few clouds only
But some more of them close to Nantes
Anyway with the sea in the distance it looks like ok
Heavy crosswinds on finals for the 2900 meters runway "Two-One"
5.05 pm, twenty minutes late and 18 partly cloudy degrees here.
Someone should do this Volotea machine ex Nantes soon
Or what about Air Med?
Looks like classy this way
Air France in the mirror
Bye now to F-HBNE
Another Volotea machine on the apron
And also a Fokker 50 is here
TAN shuttles me by bus to the main train station.
Always good to know, when I´ve walked up and down the streets, finally located the hotel and noticed that the bus runs also very close along the hotel!.
Tell me, if someone secured these irony out button?.
Well, some first impressions from my hotel and Nantes.
Let´s go.
This is hotel Belfort
Sure ok with 60.00 Euro´s B&B
The bathroom
Now that looks like really special.
Le lieu unique, the former biscuit factory LU
Towards the old town
Yes, this is a castle
With the blue sky above
Ancient war times anyone?
Also nice to spend some minutes in the grass
Or have a break here
To follow some planes
No question, this way for the airport
Sure a well lit city
What about a view inside?. More to come
Old town walking
There are some more pictures to show, but I will go for a break now.
The old town offers intense Friday nightlife, lot´s of people around, bars and clubs. I was really suprised, nothing expected like this in Nantes.
Coming up soon here together with a really special plane type on french domestic routes!.
Do not forget the conclusions:
Air France MLH-ORY: Shaky on the way but ok so far.
Air France ORY-MRS: La Navette filled up to the limits.
Air France MRS-NTE: Better than expected with the full load.
Au revoir, comments welcome,
FLIEGER67 or Markus Klaus Felger by Facebook.
infodesk From Switzerland, joined May 2006, 1245 posts, RR: 34 Reply 4, posted (8 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 6855 times:
Hi Markus,
These early morning starts from MLH, lorries slowing the traffic down through the Black Forest, carpark F3, CR-K / ORY, it all looks so familiar!
Out of interest, did AF/Wideroe offer you that 3 leg routing automatically or did you get it with a multi city itinerary? Seems quite unusual (but good for the Flying Blue Account!).
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Well, someone should transport all these internet orders through the night for a quick home
Like the Swiss who order their cheap books off Amazon, postage free?!
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): By surprise OLCI works perfectly fine after some other previous no OLCI experiences ex MLH.
Very odd stuff. So much for the story they tell you about why it doesn’t work.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): ORY, where you should take the chance to shuttle by the free Orlyval train to terminal Sud for some interesting planes like this
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Oh la la, is the term to use here, definitely.
Short black hair, powerful and the power exactly where the power should be!.
I'm not going to ask what you mean by that!
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Reply 2): AF is working hard to keep the A320 on top of my flown planes list. Simply to prevent Germanwings and the A319 to take suddenly over!.
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4391 posts, RR: 57 Reply 5, posted (8 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 6841 times:
Hey, good to follow these comments.
@L.:
Quoting The777Man (Reply 3): Merci for a nice report with nice pictures !
Good to see you try some more flights on Air France and good to see that you flew on some aircraft you haven't been on yet.
Thank you and something more by AF to come.
Quoting The777Man (Reply 3): Nantes looks nice especially for a short visit.
Surprising that AF flies a 320 MRS-NTE.
Looking forward to return report!
Sure it is and also my surprise with the equipment on these domestic leg. Next story should be up around the next days.
@H.:
Quoting infodesk (Reply 4):
These early morning starts from MLH, lorries slowing the traffic down through the Black Forest, carpark F3, CR-K / ORY, it all looks so familiar!
Oh, yes, it is.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 4):
Out of interest, did AF/Wideroe offer you that 3 leg routing automatically or did you get it with a multi city itinerary? Seems quite unusual (but good for the Flying Blue Account!).
Self built here.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 4):
Like the Swiss who order their cheap books off Amazon, postage free?!
Exactly like this!.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 4):
Very odd stuff. So much for the story they tell you about why it doesn’t work.
Also my impression, you know.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 4):
Certainly looks worth it if the time allows.
Definitely.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 4):
They have quite a few departures from MLH too.
Ah, good to know.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 4):
I'm not going to ask what you mean by that!
Quoting infodesk (Reply 4):
The hotel looked nice in Nantes, not bad at all for 60E and wouldn’t have expected the boutique style behind that exterior.
Looking forward to reading about the return legs,
Typical french style beside the large chains.
Return is on work.
yp6370 From Germany, joined Apr 2000, 188 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (8 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 6840 times:
Flying out of NTE on a "really special plane type on french domestic routes" smells like Volotea's 717
I missed NTE because Volotea cancelled my flight without notifying me...
Really looking forward to your next TR
sultanils From Belgium, joined Mar 2010, 1188 posts, RR: 29 Reply 9, posted (8 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 6573 times:
Hello Markus,
It seems like you’ve found yourself another home country with France. You’ve certainly covered the French domestic network very well by now. Btw, nice report!
So if one would like to get on a CRK, Brit Air is the one you need. That makes it about the largest CRK operator in Europe? Or is that rather Air Nostrum?
Do you want to follow in Captainred’s footsteps. Volotea was having a sale some days ago with
€ 9 tickets for every destination. I hope you noticed
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4391 posts, RR: 57 Reply 10, posted (8 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 6387 times:
Hi and nice to follow these comments.
@yp6370:
Quoting yp6370 (Reply 6): Flying out of NTE on a "really special plane type on french domestic routes" smells like Volotea's 717
I missed NTE because Volotea cancelled my flight without notifying me...
Really looking forward to your next TR
Thank you and really bad to read about Volotea. And well, it´s not Volotea for me!.
@Martin:
Quoting deltamartin (Reply 7):
Nice report covering some domestic flying with AF. Nice to fly the CRK again, a plane I'd like to log!
Thank you.
Quoting deltamartin (Reply 7):
Very nice! Much better than going nonstop.
You know, my way!.
Quoting deltamartin (Reply 7):
Leg nr. 7 with such a new plane type, impressive!
10 actually!.
@PH:
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 8):
interesting report with some nice pictures from Nantes! You really seem to like these Brit Air CRKs - do you try to fly on each frame in the fleet?
Thank you and sure a good couple of the fleet is logged here.
Absolutely top secret, according to some girls here!.
@Nils:
Quoting sultanils (Reply 9):
It seems like you’ve found yourself another home country with France. You’ve certainly covered the French domestic network very well by now. Btw, nice report!
Thank you and sure France is well covered here these days.
Quoting sultanils (Reply 9):
So if one would like to get on a CRK, Brit Air is the one you need. That makes it about the largest CRK operator in Europe? Or is that rather Air Nostrum?
They running close together as far as I know.
Quoting sultanils (Reply 9):
Ha ha, did you book yourself as well on the € 130 error fare to PFP or FDF?
Not till now, there is these guy from Finland in my mind!
Quoting sultanils (Reply 9):
I think it’s really unprofessional to dispose of the curtain like that.
Sure also my opinion.
Quoting sultanils (Reply 9):
Do you want to follow in Captainred’s footsteps. Volotea was having a sale some days ago with
€ 9 tickets for every destination. I hope you noticed
CaptainRed From Germany, joined Oct 2010, 578 posts, RR: 19 Reply 11, posted (8 months 5 days ago) and read 6140 times:
Bonjour Markus,
good to see you on another nice domestic French trip. Nice report with also great pictures. Somehow some things are looking quite familiar to me, really don't know why
AF and Brit Air look quite good, and it seems you were quite lucky with the crews.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): That might be a good idea to park the car Friday morning at BSL, doing some flights and heading back to the airport Saturday late afternoon, ready ontime for the pick up.
Now that's a great idea, another good excuse to do some flying.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Well, someone should transport all these internet orders through the night for a quick home delivery!.
Markus, do you know that 4am IS still in the night? Well, at least for most other people ...
Also good to see some pictures of Nantes, looks like an interesting city. Too bad I missed it on my visit there, but I just didn't have enough time to get into the city. Maybe next time.
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4391 posts, RR: 57 Reply 12, posted (8 months 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 6102 times:
Hey, M.,
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 11):
good to see you on another nice domestic French trip. Nice report with also great pictures. Somehow some things are looking quite familiar to me, really don't know why
AF and Brit Air look quite good, and it seems you were quite lucky with the crews.
Thank you.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 11):
Now that's a great idea, another good excuse to do some flying.
Sure the Tripreporter´s way!.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 11):
Markus, do you know that 4am IS still in the night? Well, at least for most other people
Ah, you know, for the other people!.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 11):
Hmm, two flights to London canceled, do you know what happened?
Also good to see some pictures of Nantes, looks like an interesting city. Too bad I missed it on my visit there, but I just didn't have enough time to get into the city. Maybe next time.
MSS658 From Belgium, joined Oct 2010, 2212 posts, RR: 14 Reply 13, posted (8 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 6032 times:
Hello Markus
Great report, thanks for sharing your latest France story.
Interesting too see another CR-K in the log.
ORY traffic looks very exotic as well, funny to see the F50 between all the widebodies
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4391 posts, RR: 57 Reply 14, posted (8 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 5957 times:
Hi, M.,
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 13):
Great report, thanks for sharing your latest France story.
Interesting too see another CR-K in the log.
ORY traffic looks very exotic as well, funny to see the F50 between all the widebodies
Thanx a lot for the feedback. More F50 to come here.
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 24929 posts, RR: 60 Reply 15, posted (8 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 5902 times:
Hey Markus
Another nice read.
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Reply 1): Air Caraibes, I should do this somedays, or someone else also?
Indeed some nice trips to be had
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Reply 1): The load is again very close to 100% with me in 31A, the two seater in the last row with the aisle also taken. Good biz for AF here.
adamspotter From Netherlands, joined Feb 2011, 784 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (8 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 5707 times:
Bonjour Markus,
Another nice report as usual really enjoyed it.
Looks like you had another couple of nice flights inside France. Orly sure looks interesting with all those different airlines and destinations, must visit there soon!
Interesting to see AF fly A320s on some short domestic routes. But with both the A320s almost all the way full its completely understandable, they seem to be doing good business there
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): "Wir wünschen einen angenehmen Flug", well, not for BA today, but "Al heure" from gate 1 looks like ok with me
And SWISS! Both going to London, hmm thats interesting
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4391 posts, RR: 57 Reply 18, posted (8 months 12 hours ago) and read 5534 times:
Hey, B.,
Quoting adamspotter (Reply 17):
Another nice report as usual really enjoyed it.
Looks like you had another couple of nice flights inside France. Orly sure looks interesting with all those different airlines and destinations, must visit there soon!
Interesting to see AF fly A320s on some short domestic routes. But with both the A320s almost all the way full its completely understandable, they seem to be doing good business there
Thank you.
Quoting adamspotter (Reply 17):
And SWISS! Both going to London, hmm thats interesting
stipica From Croatia, joined Feb 2011, 398 posts, RR: 8 Reply 19, posted (7 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 5453 times:
Hi Markus !
nice trips you have lately but what else did we expect from you ... ...
yes I didn't comment ... lots off problems around me but still enjoy regularly ...
you are in Nantes and no Volotea hmmm ??? hehehe
end of Nov. I am in FRA so if you are around ... stipica
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4391 posts, RR: 57 Reply 20, posted (7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 5394 times:
Zdravo, stipica,
Quoting stipica (Reply 19):
nice trips you have lately but what else did we expect from you ... ...
yes I didn't comment ... lots off problems around me but still enjoy regularly ...
you are in Nantes and no Volotea hmmm ??? hehehe
end of Nov. I am in FRA so if you are around ... stipica
Thank you and interesting to follow.
FRA, tell me more please?.
Every picture of CRK gets me so excited. Next 12 October, Garuda will take delivery of its first CRK, I can hardly wait to see this beauty roaming the sky in Garuda’s livery!
roberts87 From Netherlands, joined Dec 2011, 660 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (7 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 5235 times:
Another nice report as usual!
You sure are getting to know the CRK very well on all those MLH-ORY runs.
The domestic flying in France is always nice, doing another run of flights myself in November, including also the La Navette flights and a MRS-NTE, so nice to read this a teaser.
Quoting akhmad (Reply 21):
Every picture of CRK gets me so excited. Next 12 October, Garuda will take delivery of its first CRK, I can hardly wait to see this beauty roaming the sky in Garuda’s livery!
Count me in this way.
Quoting akhmad (Reply 21):
I am eager to see this in Garuda’s layout.
Me, too.
Quoting akhmad (Reply 21):
Maybe? You must! Well after visiting my home country, then.
I should do so, definitely.
Quoting akhmad (Reply 21):
Hmm, can they not come up with any solution to neatly tie up the curtains?
Not at all.
Quoting akhmad (Reply 21):
I love this description of yours!
Another nice report as usual!
You sure are getting to know the CRK very well on all those MLH-ORY runs.
The domestic flying in France is always nice, doing another run of flights myself in November, including also the La Navette flights and a MRS-NTE, so nice to read this a teaser.
Nice pictures, indeed. I love that viewing terrace in ORY Sud.
And NTE seems a pretty nice town, very surprising for me!
Best regards, LXM83
25 FLIEGER67: Hey, J., Thank you. As much as possible!. That´s the way it goes these days. Well, also a surprise with Nantes for me. Greetings, Markus(FLIEGER67)
26 FlyingFinn76: Hi Markus, Trying to catch up with your reporting spree here. Good to see you returning to your familiar turf in France and presenting us these lesser
27 FLIEGER67: Hi P., Thank you. It is, definitely. I remember this story. Count me in here. Exactly. And me, too!. Exactly that´s in my mind!. Ah, you know it. May
29 FLIEGER67: Hoi, Suryo, You´re in my mind when I saw this picture first. Looks like good this way. They also leased in some pilots from BritAir!. Greetings, Mark
30 akhmad: I hope one day I can read your experience on board of Garuda CR-K, perhaps with a BritAir pilot in the flight deck.
31 FLIEGER67: Hoi, S., That´s for sure a good idea to spend some time in Indonesia. Greetings, Markus(FLIEGER67)
32 akhmad: Looking forward to some news from the booking department.
33 FLIEGER67: Hoi, Suryo, I promise, as soon as possible!. Greetings, Markus(FLIEGER67)
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