يوم جيد, yawmun sa īd, a good day, dear readers,
a short travel night done and it´s time now to fly out of AMM for the very first time:
Thanx to, once more:
http://www.gcmap.com/
Friday, 08.11.2013
AMM (Queen Alia International Airport
مطار الملكة علياء الدولي
Matar al-Malikah 'Alya' ad-Dowaly)
FRA (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main)
Service airberlin AB 5505 operated by Royal Jordanian
Scheduled: 10.10 // 12.55
Really good to see AMM with no. 281 new on the visited airports map:
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And here are the previous 200 places:
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The final Tripreporter 2013 data:
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And this is 2014 till now:
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Visited countries just for the case:
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All the plane types recorded:
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And the checked airlines, Royal Jordanian is counted with no. 173 here:
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Now we are at Amman´s "Queen Alia International Airport,مطار الملكة علياء الدولي, Maār al-Malika Alyāad-Duwalī", for sure an interesting and modern style place
This is the second part on the aforementioned Opodo.de confirmation, the fare is 125.00 Euro´s.
A swift visit to the counter, staffed by a really nice young woman confirmed the behind the screen information managed by the nice elder lady in Vienna.
She even blocked the two seats beside me, really well done and the load is better than yesterday but far from full again.
My boarding pass on hand, no bag to check-in, good for a couple more pictures right now
The desperately needed water in this direction so it looks like
A couple of Jordan´s to follow
Cairo and Accra are no go´s today and Frankfurt is
not far from top of the screen what means I should go now, isn´t it?
No questions at the passport counter and also security is swift. Further for some apron views with interesting aircraft to say the least
And yes, I like these colours
Especially on this machine
For the gate and no time to use a lounge.
I´ve talked to a good number of nice people here in Jordan. Even the young guy cleaning the restroom tells me when I´am in for a short visit that Frankfurt is on the last call, prepares me the paper to dry my hands and doesn´t want to accept my last remaining Dinar coins. Ok, we found a way!.
Touring the apron and ready for boarding this way soon thereafter
Now that´s a surprise, this is a french registered plane,
F-OHGX, "Madaba" is the A320 like on schedule.
Leg no. 106 on type and new to the log.
The oldest, 17.11.2006, from 6 planes on type and the only one not registered in Jordan. And by now, since 13.12.2013 it is re-registered the right way!.
There are no stories to show with the plane
Every airport is a construction site these days, isn´t it?
Three different Jordanian tails side by side
Big brother on the other side
10.15 am, short after schedule, "Jordanian" on the go for 4.25 hours from runway "Zero-Eight-Right" like arrivals yesterday, but in the other direction.
24 degrees and just a few clouds around now.
Cockpit crew is from Jordan, the "نقيب" or also the captain with a nice and detailed welcome on the ground.
The routing is Haifa, Paphos, Rhodos, Samos, Kavala, Sofia, Belgrade, Linz at 36000 and later 38000 feet.
Just departed above the dry middle eastern landscape
Turning away from Amann
How I like these kind of view from above
And rain is much needed here, so it looks like
The city outskirts
Urban sprawl Jordanian style
Up for the clouds
Turning back for Amman
Grey fabric seats, really good legroom, well used
and there is simply no need for a seat change with a 70%load of mostly arabian pax all seated upfront, strange
And believe me, I´ve asked twice at the counter if 21J is really a window seat on an A320, three for me by the way
That´s the way to go
Leaving Israel not far from Haifa
Lebanese style snack
And the menu, especially managed by the really nice middle aged guy serving my seat, going the extra mile and checking if there is something veg available.
It is, rice and well, vegetables!
We had also a good chat during the flight about actual life in Jordan, the airline and the biz itself.
Free drinks are served several times along the flight.
There is also one younger ok male FA on duty.
And two women, one middle aged, large brown hair, nice and one young, asian, cute, slim, thin like paper, really nice.
Turkey or Greece?
Lovely views along the Greek islands
I should go there soon, definitely
And also the turkish coastline
Airfields are also available down there
The modern style cabin
And well, more chat means less pictures, but it´s anyway cloudy when we reached the European mainland.
4000 meters and runway "Two-Five-Left" welcomed me back to Germany and also the "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main". It´s 12.40 am, 15 minutes ahead to schedule at 14 degrees and the sky is cloudy.
Just a minute or two at immigration, good with a train to catch soon what works well in the end.
On the ICE and further on the final part by the local S-Bahn train for the airport, where the car is eagerly waiting for the drive back home.
With me and just a couple of pictures, you know!.
Conclusions, sure!:
1.)Tyrolean STR-VIE: A relaxed start for the day.
2.)Royal Jordanian VIE-AMM: A really nice welcome to the
"Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan".
3.)Royal Jordanian: A comfy experience by the king´s airline.
And now?. Believe me, this question is written by itself here during the final part of the story!.
Where am I?:
Yes, two, really?. No, four engines in the sun. That´s what I´am looking for!:
مع السلامة,
maa s-salamah,
take care.
The Tripreporter
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