Алло, Hello, dear readers
and welcome.
A short night in Istanbul it was, more to fly by something special, hopefully!:
Thanx to, once more:
http://www.gcmap.com/
Sunday, 05.01.2014
IST (İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı)
SVO (Sheremetyevo International Airport Международный аэропорт Шереметьево)
Service SU 2131 operated by Aeroflot Russian Airlines
Scheduled: 14.05 // 19.20
Here are all the checked airlines:
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Lucky me, the plane types recorded shows now the Iljushin Il 96:
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The early 200 visited airports:
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And the further examples:
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Here are all the visited countries:
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The final Tripreporter 2013 data, just to compare with the actual map:
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And this is 2014:
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This ticket consists of two parts, the fare for the first and also this part of the story is 150.00 Euro´s secured directly via the SU website.
With the like earlier stated unsuccessful try in November I´ve don´t checked anything again after the booking. No view for the reservation at all.
And therefore imagine how I hold my breath when I decide to do OLCI what is available 24 hours prior to the flight from the hotel.
A deep, deep breath and hard to believe it works, the seatmap shows no changes, no, it´s there and that´s really, really special, lucky me.
No paper printed, as usual, the young woman at the desk is really nice, but has also a somewhat hard time till she found something in her manuals about a german passport leaving Turkey for Russia, changing terminals and further for the Ukraine without a visa for both countries.
You know, it´s important to be on that plane, extremely important!.
But finally she printed the boarding passes and I´am good to go.
No, I´am not excited, no way, enjoying the lounge as relaxed as possible!
And finally and true, here it is, the magic four engines, russian built, at gate 226
Well, you should be prepared for a thousand and maybe two or three more pictures now!
Welcome to my very first experience on the Ilyushin Il-96-300
RA-96010 "N.Karpeyev" it is
First in service in 1994 and all the time with Aeroflot. Three examples are active right now.
Incidents on the Ilyushin?. No way!
The undercarriage looks like so different
Ok, ok, it´s time to go now, also for me and also with these special occasion!
There are maybe also some more interesting details to see inside?
Yes, the nose looks like also good
Well, should I really go now?
Well, I should!
Who needs an EK plane like in the background with something like this available?
Nice talking during boarding with one of the FA´s, Boris, as senior like the plane, confirmed my impression. This is a 100% load, not a single open seat all around. Much more lucky me without an equipment change.
And hard to believe to see all these big shopping bags.
It seems Istanbul is sould out now!.
6 FA´s are on the plane, all senior or elder at least. Boris and Ljubov working the rear cabin, both really talkative and attentive, a really good impression here.
And when they noticed my special interest later on, Ljubov decided to show me a bit of the cabin features and offered to do some pictures, not that I´ve asked for.
The door looks like, well, just a little bit outdated!
The seats looking like, well, just a little bit outdated!
The restroom doors looking like, well, just a little bit outdated!
And the cabin without the middle compartment looking like just a little bit, well, spacious!
In fact, it feels like enormous large and spacious
The take off needs ages, but it flies, yes, it really flies!.
2.30 pm, just some 25 minutes late "Aeroflot" leaving the
"İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı" and the 3000 meters "Three-Five-Left". 2.25 hours with high fog and 10 degrees.
Cockpit crew is from Russia and just for the case that someone is waiting for, yes the "капитан" or maybe also the captain is to hear with superfast infos inflight, as fast as the plane!.
It´s cloudy most of the time in the air and like on the Antonov 148 experienced not that long ago, the flight
commands are much more direct to follow than on the western style planes.
37J for me, the second to last row window two seater.
The aisle is taken by a young boy with the parents in the last row. He spill´s some water inflight also on my trousers, but well, better water than beer, isn´t it?
And it´s quiet here, unexpectedly quiet
Legroom is nothing special to say the least
Where are the seat numbers?
Turn on the lights, please!
Exactly what Boris told me earlier. We are down to three examples right now
Just some seat details
Service?. Do you need service on such a machine?
Ok, it´s Aeroflot served with free drinks and coffee, tea, several times
And the typical russian system with the production date and you´re own opinion how long is it good to use!
Well, what about the restrooms?.
Ahem, just a little bit outdated, just a little bit only!
But it works, believe me, it works like it should work!
The cabin ceiling with a crinkle?
The 3550 meters "Two-Five-Right" it is at "Sheremetyevo International Airport Международный аэропорт Шереметьево".
1 negative degree and wet after earlier snow, 7.30 pm, just 10 minutes late and well, show me you´re engines, please!
Bye now, what a special experience
Do you know how paralyzed feels?
That´s me now while on the bus for the terminal.
What should go wrong further after this experience?.
More to come soon here on more russian equipment, of course like this!:
Someone for conclusions?:
1.)Turkish Airlines STR-IST: As comfy as it should be to start a new year of flying!.
2.)Aeroflot IST-SVO: That´s the way to go for Moscow, definitely!.
What an experience, lucky me!.
До скорого, Take care and bye for now.
The Tripreporter.
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