This dedication goes to the people at KL. I hope to see these magic three engines for a longer time
The trip in one word:
CATCHED
"Any theme around this story?. Well, fly the magic three engines once more"
добрый день, dobryy den', a very good day, dear readers,
November was just a little bit busy for me, with travels to Jordan, Kuwait, Nepal and the Russian Ilyushin, no, the Russian Aeroflot without Ilyushin!.
Further this way it is right now:
Thanx to, once again:
http://www.gcmap.com/
Well, nothing new with the plane types, at least not during this trip, but I will try it again, trust me!:
PLANE TYPES RECORDED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
Here are the visited airports:
Visited Airports II auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
And the previous 200 places:
Visited airports auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
The checked airlines as well:
AIRLINES CHECKED auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
The visited countries:
VISITED COUNTRIES auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
The final Tripreporter 2013 map:
TRIPREPORTER 2013 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
And 2014, at least till now:
TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen
And now, really welcome to Dubai and further with the story!.
Ahem, the last night on the Aeroflot Ilyushin, no, dreams, on the Aeroflot A321, was a shorty one.
Time to sleep now, immediatelly?.
Hah, no way, there is enough time to sleep in the far future!.
It´s warm here, what about a city view?.
But at first, I should fill up my supplies at the Indian 24 hours supermarket conveniently located down the road.
Fruits and vegs, mostly green but also some different colours
And Metro Dubai does the job again to shuttle me for this short building called "Burj Kalifa"
Nicely illuminated and amazing looking like in the evening
Further on the Metro tracks
How I like these nightly views
This way for the Creek
Not that I saw these flag somewhere else before!
This Dhau is running completely off any lights on another mysterious nightly mission
Funky lights
Ok, back for the hotel and the expected shorty night,
Tripreporter´s duties, you know!.
To early for breakfast to catch my flight the next morning,
to early for the Metro, a young Pakistani taxista does the job the fast way!.
Friday, 29.11.2013
DXB (مطار دبي الدولي Dubai International Airport)
AMS (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Luchthaven Schiphol)
Service KL 430 operated by KLM
Scheduled: 07.55 // 12.10
Everything ok on the screen?
OLCI works perfectly, the printout is done by a young woman at the counter, not that especially friendly, ok, it´s early in the morning.
Some minutes at passport check and further the same way at security till I´am in the gate area.
There are four legs on the confirmation fixed with KL directly and the fare with the upcoming two legs is 110.00 EUR per leg.
For the lounge this way
The lounge is small but ok for the shorty late breakfast. I don´t stay for hours here anyway. I like to see what´s parked at the gate!
Bad luck yesterday with the Ilyushin but good luck today with the MD
And some local or close to local stuff is also around, well nothing else expected!
BA closeby but the MD11 suits me better, at least today
Well, boarding starts and it looks like a healthy load here at gate C11
A warm welcome to "Audrey Hepburn" PH-KCE, the MD11 like on schedule. Rely on the dutch!.
Leg no. 3 on type and this is a new entry to the log
First in the air for some weeks with McDonnellDouglas, but it spend the most time since 01.10.1994 with KL, 4 planes are still active.
Here are a couple of interesting stories:
http://avherald.com/h?article=42aad9eb&opt=0
http://avherald.com/h?article=4530e399&opt=0
http://avherald.com/h?article=46a37852&opt=0
08.00 am, short after schedule, 6.45 hours by "KLM" leaving the "مطار دبي الدولي Dubai International Airport".
And up we are from the 4000 meters "Three-Zero-Right" in the clear Emirati sky at 23 degrees
The just a little bit oldfashioned looking like cabin ceiling.
The load is 100%, simply no open seat to spot at all. A couple of locals but mostly European pax
Well explained with the mixed blue red fabric seats. The cabin is clean so far, but the legroom is not that impressive here
Black and white and somewhat retro style, too
And the small screen
Good quality service and quantity.
After water, juice, snacks, hot towels
and a warm sandwich to follow
Nice staff here, two elder women around my seat, both really motivated all along the flight. The whole cabin crew in an experienced style up till senior.
After a view to the omelette it was for sure nice to see also the pancakes!.
Well, the advantage of the last row, isn´t it?. Well worth the 15.00 Euro´s extra for the two seater, 39H. There is no safety card at my seat, was there another A.netter on the previous service?
Really special to follow a young arabic couple with a small kid in the middle block right beside me. He in western style jeans and boots. She completely covered with veil and a long robe.
Well, after these short nights a nap on the way is necessary, isn´t it?.
Back from dreamland later on and is this really the same plane or is there something happened in between?.
There is a young woman in the same middle block beside me, long black hair, tight jeans, long, really long boots, wow, the secrets behind the veil, wow again.
What´s up with these map systems these days?.
Also here, like on Qatar last week, it doesn´t work also after a complete system restart.
Cockpit crew is from the Netherlands, the "Kapitein" short to AMS with apologies to the not workimg map system, nice at all.
Routing was above the gulf, KWT, PRG, DUS starting at 29000 feet
Short to arrivals in a wet "Amsterdam Luchthaven Schiphol"
12.10 am, as ontime as possible and 10 degrees.
Anyway I like these big three engined machine
Bye now to "Audrey Hepburn"
Close up
And the place where we arrived not that long ago,
the 3400 meters runway "Zero-Nine/Two-Seven"
The connection is well timed, so I´ve decided once again to stay in the Non-Schengen-Area with the bigger lounge till around 3.00 pm.
And sounds like a good decision, no one beside me at immigration, relaxed it was and much more agents and lines available at security than pax later on!.
There is the one and final leg to go also today. We will see!.
Take care.
The Tripreporter
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