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12-15-2006, 05:13 PM
Airline: Delta Air Lines
Date: 19 July 2006
Departure from: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Destination: Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International
Flight number: DL39
Travel time: 9:50
Aircraft: Boeing 767-332(ER)
Registration: N179DN
Seat: 34A in coach
Since I heard some bad things about Delta before flying with them, I didn't expect very much of them. But I must say: "I was happily surprised!"
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/our%20plane%20before%20boarding.jpg
The plane was split up in several zones. Therefor during boarding you could organise yourself before all the other passengers wanted to get thru. Although boarding went okay, we left the gate 30 minutes late.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/cabin.jpg
On each seat there was a free headset, a pillow and a blanket. Cabin crew was giving out menus and after that they showed us the safety video. No; the plane didn't have PTV.
The wind was coming from the north so we taxied to runway 36L, better known as "the Polderbaan". Unfortunately I didn't see anybody taking a photo of our plane. Taxiing to the Polderbaan can take 20 minutes if you're unlucky, but we rushed over the taxiway and were in the air very quickly.
Just after air-born the cabin crew came out again and gave us a drink and a bag of nuts. The cabin crew was very professional. A good thing was that one of them spoke Dutch. The movie they played was Ice Age 1.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/food1.jpg
The next thing we got was lunch. We could have pasta or beef.
I took the pasta. I think it was the best airline meal I've ever had in my life. The pasta came with a lovely cream sauce and some small tomatoes. Beside the pasta I got a salad of lettuce and cucumber, a cracker, a white role, a biscuit and some water. Cabin crew also asked if we wanted something else to drink with our meal. They even offered a FREE alcoholic drink!
My parents took the beef. They thought that was great too! It came with potatoes and some vegetables.
After dinner we got some tea.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/food5.jpg
We were very lucky because Delta re-introduced the mid-flight snack just 19 days before. We got a Häagen-Dazs icecream. It was nice but we had to wait about 20 minutes before we could eat it because it was so deep frozen.
After that we yet again got something to drink.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/food3.jpg
Finally, just before landing, we got a slice of pizza. It was nice but not very well cooked. We also got some water and a biscuit.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/landed%20at%20ATL.jpg
After nearly 10 hours of flying we began our descent to Atlanta. We landed on runway 9R and then taxied to our gate. When we arrived at the gate I asked the cabin crew if I could have a look in the cockpit. That was no problem at all.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/flightdeck.jpg
Thanks for reading my review!
Date: 19 July 2006
Departure from: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Destination: Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International
Flight number: DL39
Travel time: 9:50
Aircraft: Boeing 767-332(ER)
Registration: N179DN
Seat: 34A in coach
Since I heard some bad things about Delta before flying with them, I didn't expect very much of them. But I must say: "I was happily surprised!"
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/our%20plane%20before%20boarding.jpg
The plane was split up in several zones. Therefor during boarding you could organise yourself before all the other passengers wanted to get thru. Although boarding went okay, we left the gate 30 minutes late.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/cabin.jpg
On each seat there was a free headset, a pillow and a blanket. Cabin crew was giving out menus and after that they showed us the safety video. No; the plane didn't have PTV.
The wind was coming from the north so we taxied to runway 36L, better known as "the Polderbaan". Unfortunately I didn't see anybody taking a photo of our plane. Taxiing to the Polderbaan can take 20 minutes if you're unlucky, but we rushed over the taxiway and were in the air very quickly.
Just after air-born the cabin crew came out again and gave us a drink and a bag of nuts. The cabin crew was very professional. A good thing was that one of them spoke Dutch. The movie they played was Ice Age 1.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/food1.jpg
The next thing we got was lunch. We could have pasta or beef.
I took the pasta. I think it was the best airline meal I've ever had in my life. The pasta came with a lovely cream sauce and some small tomatoes. Beside the pasta I got a salad of lettuce and cucumber, a cracker, a white role, a biscuit and some water. Cabin crew also asked if we wanted something else to drink with our meal. They even offered a FREE alcoholic drink!
My parents took the beef. They thought that was great too! It came with potatoes and some vegetables.
After dinner we got some tea.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/food5.jpg
We were very lucky because Delta re-introduced the mid-flight snack just 19 days before. We got a Häagen-Dazs icecream. It was nice but we had to wait about 20 minutes before we could eat it because it was so deep frozen.
After that we yet again got something to drink.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/food3.jpg
Finally, just before landing, we got a slice of pizza. It was nice but not very well cooked. We also got some water and a biscuit.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/landed%20at%20ATL.jpg
After nearly 10 hours of flying we began our descent to Atlanta. We landed on runway 9R and then taxied to our gate. When we arrived at the gate I asked the cabin crew if I could have a look in the cockpit. That was no problem at all.
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/flightdeck.jpg
Thanks for reading my review!