#TURKEY #Austrian #Vienna #Fokker70

Merhaba, dear readers,

for the last time around this trip.

I´am in Vienna and should fly for Stuttgart right now:



Thanx once again to:

http://www.gcmap.com/


Friday, 25.10.2013

VIE (Flughafen Wien-Schwechat)
STR (Flughafen Stuttgart)

Service Austrian OS 183 operated by Tyrolean Airways Tiroler Luftfahrt 
Scheduled:  15.20  //  16.35

These are all the checked airlines:


AIRLINES CHECKED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The visited countries:


VISITED COUNTRIES auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

A couple of visited airports, too:


Visited airports auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The new places:


Visited Airports II auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And some plane types recorded:


PLANE TYPES RECORDED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The Tripreporter 2013 data:


TRIPREPORTER 2013 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And what about 2014?:


TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

This is another part from the aforementioned Austrian confirmation, the fare 80.00 Euro´s.
And I hope there is everything ok on the screen?.
So it looks like what means also a visit to the lounge is necessary


Afternoon tea Austrian style.
Earl Grey and well, no scones, but ok, apple cheesecake instead, delicious.
Talking about moves, England, France, Turkey and it seems Austria is next. But what should I do with Switzerland?


The young guy at F22 makes the best of our slightly late boarding. The plane is late arrived due to the fog situation.
And he wished us a nice flight out of these fog hole called Vienna, what brings most people to laugh!.
3.30 pm, ten minutes late, "Tyrolean" leaving the "Flughafen Wien-Schwechat" for 1.00 hour in the air.
Departure from the 3500 meters "Two-Nine", 12 degrees and nicely, fog!.
There is an F70 on schedule and this is OE-LFJ "Graz", leg no. 16 on type and a new entry to the log


First in the air from 17.03.1995 with Sempati and joined later the Tyrolean/Austrian register.
9 Examples are in the fleet and here is a short story:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4448a8f1&opt=0


Hence I´am prepared for the window seat, but I´am the nice guy. Really?. I hope so!. I see a fully loaded cabin, also late boarding doesn´t help. A younger guy in the aisle and a heavy middle aged one in the middle seat. What looks like there is simply no more space left between the middle and the window seat.
Ok, I´ve done this route for several times and the sky is cloudy.
I send him for the window and take the middle seat instead. What shows me just for the case much more space this way and received a good number of thank you´s during the flight.
12E for me finally. The load is 100%. No open seat to spot at all, also standby pax are rejected at the gate during my very late boarding.
Cabin crew is two female FA´s.
One middle aged blonde, nice with a real smiling welcome at the planes door. She noticed the seat situation, give me the tumbs up and one or two smiles more while walking by. There is another younger woman, large, black hair, also nice.
Cockpit crew is from Austria. The "Pilot" with a nice, short welcome during boarding. No route or flightlevel info


The special green seats catched me again. Acceptable legroom, well used.
The safety card and the actual magazine


Nicely, this is Austrian lifestyle!


And the weather is much better at the "Flughafen Stuttgart".
Touchdown at "Two-Five", 4.30 pm what is short ahead to schedule, 16 degrees, partly cloudy and thats also finals, at least for today


Not that long thereafter where the car is waiting and back at the homebase with two or three pictures more, you know!.

Conclusions?. Sure!:

1.)Atlasjet ASR-IST:A full flight and ok service.
2.)Turkish Airlines IST-VIE: Supernice staff thanx to Miss Cook.
3.)Tyrolean VIE-STR: A full flight again with nice cabin crew.

Do not ask me this question.
I do it already by itself!. Ok, ok.
And now?.
Most important, nice companion and just something new to fly from this way:



Şimdilik hoşçakalın, see you and take care.
The Tripreporter

#TURKEY #TurkishAirlines #Istanbul #Vienna

Merhaba, dear readers,

this is Istanbul again and also again with a short connection:



Thanx once more to:

http://www.gcmap.com/


Friday, 25.10.2013

IST (İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı)
VIE (Flughafen Wien-Schwechat)

Service Austrian OS 8112 operated by Turkish Airlines
Scheduled:  12.05  //  13.25

The Tripreporter 2013 data looks like this these days:


TRIPREPORTER 2013 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And this is 2014 till now:


TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

There are just a couple of visited airports to show here:


Visited Airports II auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And the previous 200 places:


Visited airports auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Here we see all the visited countries:


VISITED COUNTRIES auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The plane types recorded:


PLANE TYPES RECORDED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And the lately checked airlines:


AIRLINES CHECKED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The very same long, long walkways and stairs like yesterday back for the international part of the terminal.
Not to my pleasure, no OLCI available here with the OS/TK codeshare and the nice young woman at the counter confirmed: No more window seats at all. Well, in this case, give me the aisle last row.
And there is also no seat change possible for the further leg. Ok, no one forced me to book these OS/TK code share/open jaw combination on different codes!.
Well, card control, my credit card´s protection system is not that really happy with this and asked me twice if I really stands for.
Some people book and fix tickets from their homecountry "A" to destination "B" and pay in their home currency.
Some others, me?, book tickets from "B", issued and to pay in "B" currency to destination "C" via their homecountry "A". These people!.
Fixed finally via the Austrian website and the turkish office,
three legs on the paper, the fare for this leg is 80.00 Euro´s.
Needless to say, I´am not happy with the long queue at passport check. 30 minutes to wait and my 2.00 hours connecting time running lower and lower. But thankfully security is quick and do not ask about a lounge visit here.
Finally ontime at the gate, 220 today


Here we see the A320 like on schedule, "Mardin", TC-JPN,
leg no. 105 on type and yes, new to the log.
With Turkish Airlines since 23.07.2008, 30 planes on type are in the actual fleet.
Stories?. Sure!:
http://avherald.com/h?article=42e78564&opt=0
http://avherald.com/h?article=451bf67d&opt=0
http://avherald.com/h?article=45b0436a&opt=0


Tatarstan Air Company?. Well, never more from 31.12.2013 onwards.
Just a side note. The russian administration doing well in revoking Tatarstan´s licence, an airline well accepted to fly within the EU. And what about a replacement for the so unsure Tatarstan Airlines?.
Simply transfer the aircraft/routes/staff to AkBarsAero, the other airline at least partially owned by the Tatarstan government and everything is good, isn´t it?


What about four engines?


12.10 am it is, what means short after schedule, 2.00 hours to fly by "Turkish". "Three-Five-Left" it is like yesterday with 16 partly cloudy degrees at the "İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı".
A warm welcome by Miss Cook. I really like these idea with someone on board in a chef uniform and hat. Today it is a really kindly young woman with nice talking during boarding and a lovely welcome to me


27C, the last row aisle, all seats are taken
with a very close to 100% load, no open seats to spot
with a good number of biz looking travellers on the way.
Somewhat low legroom and the seat details, black dark blue leather, clean so far


Cockpit crew is from Turkey, the "Kaptan" with a nice welcome after the boarding completed message.
Once again inflight and short prior to approach, too.
Routing is via Bourgas, Arad and Budapest.
There are four more cabin crew members beside Miss Cook.
Two male FA´s, one young and nice the other elder and ok.
Two middle aged female FA´s. One blonde, biz friendly, the other smaller, black hair, nice.
The safetycard and the magazine


The well loaded cabin and now it´s time for Miss Cook!


And some seat details, too


And while we talked about the nice service, Miss Cook decided that to prepare one meal for me is simply not enough. Well, take the best of both worlds, isn´t it and I´am sure I´ve never eat such a lot of Bulgur beside my last flights on Turkish Airlines!


The well loaded cabin again with Miss Cook at work

The "Flughafen Wien-Schwechat" welcomes me at 1.20 pm, short ahead to schedule. The 3600 meters runway "One-Six" it is with 12 degrees and fog. It seems it´s over now with the clear blue sky!.
More chat during disembarking till it seems I finally should go now.
Well, extraordinarily nice service here by TK and especially Miss Cook!.

One more leg to come. Bye now.
The Tripreporter

#TURKEY #Kayseri #Atlasjet #A319

This story is dedicated to Miss Cook!. Really nice staff by Turkish Airlines and a really good idea, too






The trip in one word:

IMPRESSING



"We have also a theme around this story.
Not that someone waited to feel the clear blue autumn sky above Cappadocia!"



İyi günler and a good day, dear readers,

October 2013 shows me, till now, some travels for
France, Serbia and also Turkey.

And here is today´s routing, at least the first part!:



Thanx once again to:

http://www.gcmap.com/

A hearty good morning from the Bent Hotel in Kayseri, Cappadocia, Turkey where after one of these short, as usual, travel nights breakfast is prepared


And yes, not that I would ever talked about. I like turkish
food and chai!


Undoubtedly, it feels like I´am in Turkey







Friday, 25.10.2013

ASR (Erkilet Havalimanı Kayseri)
IST (İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı)

Service KK 71 operated by Atlasjet
Scheduled:  08.40  //  10.05

And also a hearty welcome to ASR, new with no. 269 on the visited airports map:


Visited Airports II auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The previous 200 places are here:


Visited airports auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Here we see all the visited countries:


VISITED COUNTRIES auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The Tripreporter 2013 data:


TRIPREPORTER 2013 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And 2014, at least till now:


TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

The plane types recorded:


PLANE TYPES RECORDED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

Some lately checked airlines, no question!:


AIRLINES CHECKED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And where the nice guy at the hotel desk secured me another not overpriced ride on one of these yellow cabs for the "Erkilet Havalimanı Kayseri"



Well, it´s a fresh morning, 3 degrees and the preordered superb clear blue sky is the perfect background for a marvellous view to the Erciyes volcano


The airport is an interesting place to say the least.
A large military part and just a small civil terminal with lots, I tell you, lots of people around


My flight is the first on the screen and security is busy here.
Some 10 minutes to wait with the queue longer than the available space in one direction. No lounge here on offer by the way


Atlasjet does me a favour today and shows me some special colours


This ticket is fixed with the Atlasjet website directly, the fare is 25.00 Euro´s only.
Now I know also what the SMS notice yesterday stands for.
Scheduled plane type is the A320 and this one is just a bit shorter, what also indicates that my OLCI selected seat is located somewhere behind the tail!.
An earlier visit to the counter shows me a new seat and a new classic style paper, even nicer than the homeprinted example. 7A, well it´s a window, that count´s!.
Nice talking by the way with the station manager. He apologizes for the plane and seat change and asked me if I´am from Germany?. It turns out that he speaks also german, has lived in Germany for a couple of years and his sister is still there not far from the homebase. Well done.
And when you go for a closer view to see all these military planes, I also know whats going on during the night and the last evening. Lot´s of sturdy, tough prop sound in and out
of Kayseri.
Well, Syria is not that far away and this is a major military station with the Turkish Airforce, too


Boarding started, self service, not that long thereafter


Well, we see "TC-ATD" on the apron, one of these planes without an individual name and this is an A319


Any idea about the special colours?.
First in the air with Sabena from 25.11.1999, Algerian Khalifa Airways operates the plane for about 2 years prior to Saudi´s National Air Services. Jordanian Royal Falcon, yes, the colours, is next and finally Atlasjet.
It´s the one and only plane on type in the fleet


Leg no. 97 on type and yes, new to the log


And here is also a short story:
http://avherald.com/h?article=43ec64fe&opt=0


And so it seems, after a thousand of pictures I´am finally ready to board. Really?


No way on the apron without an under the wing shot!


Yes, I like these contrasts between the plane and the clear blue sky


Ok, ok, up the stairs now


Where I see a fully loaded cabin.
100%, not a single open seat to spot and mostly locals on the way.
Cabin crew is ok, one elder, three middle aged women


Cockpit crew is from Turkey. The "Pilot" with a nice welcome on the ground. There was a minor tech problem to solve prior to departure from IST and therefore we´re running just a little late.
He is once again on the mike inflight nice and detailed.
One or two military movements per day?. I tell you, that´s impressive here


Me and the "Turkish Stars"


09.00 am, 20 minutes late by "Atlasjet". 1.10 hours to fly from runway "Two-Five" like arrivals yesterday


With breathtaking views to the snow covered Erciyes volcano


And no, not that I feel lucky with this final seat selection. Especially when we know that I had originally the window on the other side, F


The winglet up for the peak


And the sun in the distance


Well, my pleasure after these pictures changed short thereafter.
No problems with kids, not really, but here we have a mother with a number of kids in the row in front, beside me and the grandmother in the opposite aisle. And what the responsible mother does right after departure?.
Takes a nap and believe me, the grandmother is not only somewhat overwhelmed with the kids.
Throwing things from one kid to the other on the aisle and had fun doing it till one of the FA´s decides it´s enough and talked to the grandmother. Not that this resulted really in any understanding, the mother sleeps and the grandmother gave up


Well, I decided to enjoy the views and hope that the free drinks contaminate their cloths and not any other pax, me included


Seat details, dark brown leather, well used and the ok style legroom


Safety and the magazine


Clear blue sky, I told you and the service. Thanx god, nothing wet or creamy!


The curvy river close to the "İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı"


"Zero-Five" it is again like yesterday. 10.10 am, short after schedule only and a partly cloudy sky


And bye now to Atlasjet



Bye for now, more to come, hopefully!.
The Tripreporter.