#SERBIA #Frankfurt #Stuttgart #LHB733

Zdravo, dear readers,

there is also this time the final leg to go:




Thanx once again to:

http://www.gcmap.com/


Monday, 14.10.2013

FRA (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main)
STR (Flughafen Stuttgart)

Service LH 136 operated by Lufthansa
Scheduled:  21.55  //  22.35

Here we see the final edition of the Tripreporter 2013 data:


TRIPREPORTER 2013 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And here is 2014 actually:


TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

All the visited countries:


VISITED COUNTRIES auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

A couple of plane types:


PLANE TYPES RECORDED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Airlines, maybe?:


AIRLINES CHECKED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The visited airports:


Visited airports auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And some more:


Visited Airports II auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And welcome to the short one twice, the flight and the plane!.
This is the second part of the aforementioned Exp.de ticket,
the fare again 65.00 Euro´s.
A swift view for the Star Lounge, slightly less crowded than the last time but anyway nothing special and onwards for the flight.
Here we see at gate A26 D-ABIB, "Esslingen", the name and the direction to fly suits well!.
A classic 737-500, leg no. 37 on type and new to the log.
Since 18.12.1990 around with mainly LH and a short lease out to Smartwings in between.
16 examples are in the fleet and also here, there are no stories to show


Cabin crew is two male FA´s, one young and nice, the other one middle aged and ok, together with a senior woman, nice. Cockpit crew sounds according to the names showed by the purser from Germany, but not a single word to hear from upfront at all. Also no service on this leg.
Don´t talk about any route or flightlevel info.
Just to confirm


9.45 pm, ten minutes ahead to schedule, 30 minutes by "Lufthansa" again and departure from the 4000 meters runway "One-Eight", in theory!.
And this is a strange one and also one to show me how important it is to use the seatbelt.
It seems the pilots have the closing time in view. A fast taxi and turn on the runway, stopped for some seconds only till the engines spooled up and we are on the way.
No, not really, heavy breaking action and we stopped again a good couple of meters down the runway.
Some five minutes more in this position without any comment till the engines spooled up again and we departed successful this time.
The legroom is good here with the new style, clean dark grey leather seats.
The load is 80%. 10E, the exit row and two for me


Not that I´ve talked about it before, this one is not here to confirm the plane type and the actual magazine


Touchdown at "Two-Five", 10.30 pm, short ahead to schedule.  
The seats and bye now at the homebase


The place to have a rest now, at least for D-ABIB!



Well, also today, here are the conclusions:

1.)JAT STR-BEG: My personal tribute to the JAT part 1 done.
2.)JAT BEG-VIE: Is it JAT or Alitalia?. Anyway tribute part 2 completed.
3.)Lufthansa VIE-FRA: Comfy so far on the A321.
4.)Lufthansa FRA-STR: A shorty nightride for the homebase.

By the way, leg no. 4 today is also recorded as leg no. 998 at all.
So it seems there is a kind of jubilee coming up sometimes in the far future!.
And now, just for the case, if there is someone waiting for this question!.
And now?. Yes, exactly this one!.
There is such an terrible experience coming up.
Imagine, I´am so anxious, I´ve booked and they confirmed an up-to-date, top notch, safe and reliable plane with two engines like the A321 and what´s waiting on the apron?. Something scary with four engines. Should I really fly or maybe better protesting?.
Talking about the apron.
Imagine, me together with 1000 other pax in one bus, driving the long, long way around till the very last corner.
It feels so dangerous to walk close to under an engine or maybe even under the wing when you try to board the plane in the much to bright sun under this much to blue sky. Never again.
Imagine, I´ve read about, that exactly this type of plane needs a 10000 meters runway, much more than on offer here and it´s so slow in the air.
That´s so hazardous.
And to board this plane you should climb up a thousand of step´s till you finally, finally reach the plane.
And imagine, they don´t even show me the way to my seat, no, they told me to sit where I like with hundred so it seems seats open for me.
This is so hard to decide, I need an hour or so finally and no one helps me!.
Isn´t this the worst experience ever?.
Ahem, I´am still searching for the out-of-irony button here on this keyboard and I´am still searching, searching............



Zbogom za sada, take care.
The TRIPREPORTER

#SERBIA #Vienna #Frankfurt #LHA321

Zdravo, dear readers,

at VIE actually, but not finally!:




Thanx once more to:

http://www.gcmap.com/



Monday, 14.10.2013

VIE (Flughafen Wien-Schwechat)
FRA (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main)

Service LH 1243 operated by Lufthansa
Scheduled:  19.20  //  20.50

Here we see all the visited countries:


VISITED COUNTRIES auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Just a couple of plane types:


PLANE TYPES RECORDED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And airlines, too:


AIRLINES CHECKED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Here are the visited airports:


Visited airports auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And some more this way:


Visited Airports II auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The Tripreporter 2013 data finally:


TRIPREPORTER 2013 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And here we see 2014:


TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Well, go to gate F16 shows me the way, isn´t it?.
And no time to use a lounge here again


7.20 pm, also ontime by "Lufthansa",
leaving the "Flughafen Wien-Schwechat" again.
Departure from the 3500 meters "Two-Nine" and just 55 minutes to fly with 11 cloudy degrees.
Exp.de helps to fix this ticket, three legs on one confirmation and the fare with this leg is 65.00 Euro´s.
And here we see the scheduled A321, D-AISZ, no individual name, really?.
Leg no. 24 on type and new to the log it is.
In service with LH since 04.11.2009, 62 examples are in the fleet and there are no stories to show


Cockpit crew is from Germany.
The "Pilot" with a nice welcome in an experienced style after boarding and once again later short ahead to approach.
No route or flightlevel info.
The load is 90%, a lot of biz like looking pax around.
It seems the VFR people have other preferences today!.
37D for me, the window is taken and the middle seat remains open, ok so far.
Legroom is also ok here with the clean cabin and the new style dark grey leather seats.
And this is the safety card


Cabin crew is all female this evening.
One elder with an somewhat tough style, but anyway nice,
one elder blonde, nice,
one young and cute, nice
and one elder, nice.
If there is a chance to speak to someone at LH about the catering, I should do it.
This is at least, if not more, as disgusting as during the last flights.
And don´t get me wrong, as far as it looks like around my seat, I´am not the only one with this opinion.
Meat loaf, no way, never ever


And soon thereafter we are at the "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main"


Touchdown at the 4000 meters "Two-Five-Left". 8.30 pm,
20 minutes ahead to schedule.  
Bye now for the meat loaf transport


One more leg to go on more classic equipment, hopefully!


Bye now and take care.
The TRIPREPORTER

#SERBIA #JAT #ATR72 #Belgrade #Vienna

Zdravo, dear readers,

I´am in Belgrade, but just for a swift visit till something more to fly:




Thanx once more to:

http://www.gcmap.com/








Monday, 14.10.2013

BEG (Аеродром Београд - Никола Тесла / Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla)
VIE (Flughafen Wien-Schwechat)

Service JU 312 operated by JAT Jugoslovenski Aerotransport
Scheduled:  16.50  //  18.25

There are a couple of visited airports to show:


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And the new entries:


Visited Airports II auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Someone for the checked airlines?:


AIRLINES CHECKED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Or plane types recorded?:


PLANE TYPES RECORDED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

What about the visited countries?:


VISITED COUNTRIES auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Or maybe the Tripreporter 2013 final edition?:


TRIPREPORTER 2013 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Well, this is 2014!:


TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Let´s go for a break in the old terminal. For sure an interesting place with well, contrasts to say the least.
Web-Check-In or what about your weight?


Sorry, but I have no idea about the home airline here!


No, absolutely no way that this reminds me about some long gone times of flying Russian airliners, DC9´s or 10´s!


This is the second part on the Opodo confirmation, the fare 65.00 Euro´s. No lounge here on offer for me.
No time to wait at passport check and just for the case, go to gate, but not to Montenegro this time


No, the three dots for me, please


Yes, that´s the one to go or is it Alitalia?.
Or maybe a mix with the best parts of both worlds?


A9 and well, it´s the security at the gate system.
Just a couple of pax here, no time to wait and ok.
Who needs a theater when there is an airport around?.
I don´t really remember such a show.
A couple at the check with no other pax in line. He, age 50 maybe, biker style, leather jacket, long hair, tied into a ponytail.
She, 40 maybe, well built to say the least, long, superlong boots, the jeans as tight as ever possible. A short black leather jacket and a close to nothing top below.
And she performed it really like a show, needs some minutes to take off her boots and some more time for the jacket.
Even the young guy at the check decides to take a seat to watch the show not to talk about the young serbian woman beside.
Finally she´s ok and the same session again while she takes her boots and jacket.
Don´t get me wrong, when I see her closer later in the gate area I´am not really sure if this is a real she, also from the behaviour at all it looks much more like a former he, or maybe a mix of both worlds, who knows!.
Nevertheless boarding is on the way



This is YU-ALU, another one without an individual name.
And this is really an interesting plane.
It´s an ATR 72-200, despite the tail rudder shows 72-500.
And this tail rudder is also clearly to notice in Alitalia colours. And we know that AZ not had any 72-500´s beside this one:
http://avherald.com/h?article=45d25cc2&opt=0
It seems yes, we know where these tail rudder is coming from!.
Anyway it´s a new entry to the log and leg no. 29 on type.
First in service from 01.12.1997 with American Eagle, later with JAT and nowadays with Air Serbia.
There are no stories to show.
4.50 pm, good to know ontime again by "JAT" with a somewhat tight connection later on. 1.20 hours leaving the "Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla" ex runway "One-Two" like arrivals.
22 degrees and just a few clouds around.
And up for a view from above to Belgrade


Sure an interesting place


And the cabin en detail.
Mixed blue purple fabric seats and really in better conditions than the 733


The load is 70%. Serbian and Austrian pax well mixed so it looks like and interesting to notice a good number of people with Olympic style boarding papers.
Legroom is low here at 16A, but two for me helps definitely


Cabin crew is all senior again. One nice female, one ok male FA and there is also a well experienced style technician on board. Well, you never know!.
Just to confirm the type


Cockpit crew is from, don´t know, no name and no comment at all to notice. No route info, flightlevel is 20000 feet according to the female FA.
Service JAT style. Remember the inbound sandwich, it´s the 14th today and this one shows me the 16th, well so far with the production date!


Some more cabin details


Close to the "Flughafen Wien-Schwechat"


Touchdown at the 3600 meters "One-Six". 6.10 pm, 15 minutes ahead to schedule at 11 cloudy degrees.
Bye now to this multi labeled plane and also to
JAT Jugoslovenski Aerotransport



Take care.
The TRIPREPORTER