Bienvenido, a warm welcome dear readers,
I´am in MAD and I should fly out here soon again!:
Thanx to once more:
http://www.gcmap.com/
The vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdSvc7oEFcQ
Friday, 23.01.2014
MAD (Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas)
AMS (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Luchthaven Schiphol)
Service KL 1702 operated by KLM
Scheduled: 13.10 // 15.50
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The Tripreporter 2013 final data:
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And here is 2014 till now:
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The groundfloor it is right now, up the stairs for connections and imagine how many pax decided to go really upstairs after leaving the bus?. You know, the one and only!.
This is an Opodo ticket, 4 legs on the confirmation, the fare with this leg is 55.00 Euro´s.
OLCI works perfectly via the KL website, 30 hours prior to departure. Looks like a full flight, an upgrade to biz is on offer at 199.00 Euro´s with just 3 biz seats open, declined.
And this time it´s me to safe money and energy.
Who needs a printout when the airport papers are much nicer, isn´t it?.
There is no transfer desk here at MAD, at least not for KL.
The gate for the earlier service is closed, but two women are still at work.
What about a try to do it here?.
Gate check-in is possible, sure, but only when the desk for the flight is open. Ok, but I´am in urgently need to visit the lounge?.
Is it possible without a boarding pass?.
Well, one of the two women decided to walk with me upstairs for the lounge and confirm that I´am good to go this way. Really nice service here and she also delivered the boarding pass later on to the lounge, more really nice service here, well done
What about this one?
Over the plane, you know!
Yes, I like these blue colours
Boarding this way from E69
for the "Goose", PH-BXH is an 737-800.
Leg no. 76 on type and new to the log, lucky me!.
In the air since 15.08.2000 and switched several times between KLM and Transavia.
24 examples are in the fleet.
Here are two stories:
http://avherald.com/h?article=42533f29&opt=0
http://avherald.com/h?article=450a8f45&opt=0
Cockpit crew is from the Netherlands, the "Piloot" with a nice welcome at the planes door during boarding and on the mike during taxi. He is once again to hear during the approach.
The routing is BIQ-BOD-PAR, no flightlevel info to notice.
Cabin crew is two male FA´s, both elder and nice
and two women, both elder and nice, too.
1.05 pm it is, short ahead to schedule and time now to leave the "Adolfo Suárez
Madrid–Barajas Airport
Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas" again. 2.20 hours to fly by "KLM" from the 3500 meters runway "Three-Six-Right" at 12 partly cloudy degrees.
Snow in Spain?.
Ok, at least snowy peaks!
The load is 90% with me in 31A, the last row window. The aisle is taken and the middle seat is open.
Legroom is somewhat low here with the mixed blue red, clean so far fabric seats and just some seat details
WOW, the issue
Safety, sure, on the way
Good idea here by KL together with free drinks
Well, is this a good sign when you are on a short connection?. We are running not that really, but just a little late and go to touchdown at "Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Luchthaven Schiphol´s" 3800 meters Polderbaan "One-Eight-Right" at 3.45 pm with 7 wet degrees and now a lengthy taxi to follow. Well, it seems it´s not a really good sign after this information from the flightdeck when the purser approached you´re seat with these I´am so sorry sign on his forehead:
"Sir, it´s impossible to catch you´re connecting flight".
"I will try it".
"Do you have checked luggage".
"No, as usually not".
"Ok, you can try it, if you like, let me check the gate, B36 it is for STR".
All the seats upfront are also taken, so there is no way to change.
And perfectly fitting in this case B36 ist the outhermost gate with the B´s and perfectly fitting again you see the plane with the lighter at the fuse to fire up the engines better sooner than later.
And well, as far as I like comfortable and relaxed last row seating it feels not like the best decision today.
A fully loaded 738 and a gate position, you know, that needs ages till all these frequent once a year travellers leave the plane.
And no, no I don´t run through an airport in best STN FR style.
But powerwalking is allowed from arrival at the gates till departure at the gates it seems I´am flying like a KL plane, too!.
Boarding is well on the way when I´am at the gate and it seems there is a really good chance that I´am the last one, but only for today!.
But wait, my boarding pass produced a red sign?.
And a literally look on the face of the anyway nice female gate agent, too.
"Sir, you´re offloaded with the impossible connection?".
"But well, I´am here and there is no checked luggage to handle".
Ok, she´s checking her screen and swiftly produced a new paper with my original seat, well done KL!.
One more leg to go right now.
The Tripreporter
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