Lufthansa LH1232 Frankfurt Main to Vienna Airbus A340-600 D-AIHY Tuesday 13th August 2019 After not enough hours of sleep – I got to bed about 2345 – my alarm was soon going off at 0450 as it was time to wake up again to go to Vienna. That gave me half an hour to get …
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Flight #9 of 13 – First experience of Lufthansa
Lufthansa LH981 Dublin to Frankfurt Main Airbus A321Neo D-AIEB Monday 12th August 2019 After arriving into the middle of a rain storm in Dublin and a very wet walk up O’Connell Street, I decided instead of getting even more soaked to head straight to the Airport. The Airlink 747 buses pick up on O’Connell Street …
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How’d you get to Dublin?
A famous line from the ITV series ‘Airline’ that focussed on Easyjet… however I really felt that was what I was going to have to contemplate. My flight from Cardiff was delayed and threatening to ruin my entire day, though thankfully we departed only around 1h40m late in the end. During the frantic hour of …
Flight #8 of 13 – What could possibly go wrong?
Flybe (operated by Eastern Airways) BE7614 Cardiff to Anglesey (RAF Valley) BAe Jetstream 41 G-MAJU Monday 12th August 2019 After a long journey south yesterday to Cardiff it was time for my 7th flight in a week, and the start of the second part of my crazy summer trips. I stayed at the Holiday Inn …
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August Trip part 2…
So the second part of my epic August trip starts today… with six flights this week I’m positioning down to Cardiff this afternoon by bus & train. So during the long journey – which includes 2 bus & 3 train journeys – I thought I’d update you on the plan for this week, which adds …
Flight 7 of 13! – Homeward bound
British Airways BA1324 London Heathrow to Newcastle Airbus A320 G-EUUR Friday 9th August 2019 As my alarm went off at 0445 this morning I really struggled to get up… but I had to get my case packed and head back to Heathrow for my flight home. Checked out of the hotel and headed across the …
Flight 6 of 14 – First First!
British Airways BA0461 Madrid to London Heathrow Boeing 777-200 G-VIIN Thursday 8th August 2019 Today was a very warm day in the Madrid area, and as I’ve visited the Spanish capital many times previously this time I decided something different was in order. As I had around 8 hours between flights I booked a trip …
Flight 5 of 14 – Shiny new toys!
British Airways BA0456 London Heathrow to Madrid Airbus A350 G-XWBA Thursday 8th August 2019 It’s a very special morning as I catch the 0417 423 bus from my hotel on Bath Road down to Terminal 5. I’ve got my shorts on (at 4am!) as I’m off to Madrid today and it’s expected to be 35 …
Flight 4 of 14 – Back to London
British Airways BA0861 Prague to London Heathrow Airbus A320 G-EUUF Wednesday 7th August 2019 After a quick visit to Prague city centre – I had just over an hour there – its time to head back to London, and this afternoon’s BA0861 is showing a delay of around an hour leaving Heathrow. Never mind, it …
Flight 3 of 14 – Sichuan to Prague
Sichuan Airlines Zurich to Prague Airbus A330-300 B-5960 Well after a slightly late arrival into Zurich following the late departure from Heathrow it left me wondering whether my next leg may be affected, as I still had to check in for my flight to Prague. Thankfully we were parked by 1000, arrival around 20 minutes …
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