Airfrancefan
08-25-2008, 01:10 PM
My Summer trip part I
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After a long while of abscense I decided (and had time) to upload another trip. This trip contains the following flight (between arrows)
14/07/2008 9W 0228 Brussels-Newark Jet Airways Boeing 777-300ER <-
15/07/2008 AA 0915 New York JFK-Miami American Airlines Airbus A300-600
20/07/2008 AA 4959 Miami-Jacksonville American Eagle ATR 72
21/07/2008 FL 0026 Jacksonville-Atlanta Air Tran Boeing 717-200
04/08/2008 B6 1086 Charlotte-New York JFK Embrear 190
04/08/2008 9W 0227 Newark-Brussels Jet Airways Boeing 777-300ER
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Background:
For my 18th birthday I wanted to make a special trip with alot of new aircraft types. Eventually after a month planning (dates, flights,…) I finally put this trip together.
Pre-departure:
Eventually for the longhaul segment I found a good deal with AI on their CDG-EWR route for 627 Euros. But the night before it was booked it changed to 800 Euros. About on par as 9W’s fare on their BRU-EWR route. So It was chosen. But untill halfway June I couldn’t find my itinerary online. Seat selection was aswell unavailible. The night before I wasn’t able to use the online checkin service. A minus point there. Due to a local party in my neighbourhood I was only able to sleep 4hrs. So the early get up at 4 hitted quiet hard. Leaving a bit later than scheduled and a miscalculated train departure time at my city made me just miss my train. But I still got to the Airport around 8AM.
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@ the Airport
Check in was not so crowded as First taught. Jet Airways haves 3 flights leaving at the same time. Toronto, JFK and my Newark flight. They arrived around 7AM from Chennai,Delhi and Mumbai. When these planes leave to the US. The US arrivals arrive. Wich leave around 11 back to India. I suppose the majority of the pax already checked in in India the night before. But at 820 I was clear to go thru passport control. About immediatly after I went thru security. Letting me clear to spot. After the usual 3 SN widebodys to Africa. (OO-SFM/O/N and another one.) I immediatly noticed 3 planes in the Jet Airways colors. 2. A330’s (VT-JWL and VT-JWB) going to YYZ and JFK. Besides that there was my 77W VT-JEB that will bring me to Newark. TUI’s leased plane EI-DMJ (former PH-BZB with KLM, flew it in March 2005 from Amsterdam to Atlanta) was also docked. Besides that a few US widebodies have reached BRU by that time. However due to bad weather in New York. Continental, American and Delta’s arrivals were late. But I did see N376AA who flew in from ORD and being prepared to go as AA 171 to JFK. At the end of the concourse Delta’s nonstop to Atlanta had arrived at gate B37. Today N153DL (former ex-gulf bird) was assigned to the Atlanta-Brussels run. At 9h00 I went to gate B33 where boarding had started.
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The flight:
Monday 14 July 2008
Brussels(BRU/EBBR)-Newark(EWR/KEWR)
Jet Airways 228
Boeing 777-3H5ER VT-JEB. Economy 54K
09h45-09h47 (Gate B33; wheels up on runway 25R at 10h03)
11h55-11h34 (Gate B55; wheels down on runway 22R at 11h28)
Cruising Altitude: FL 320,340 and 360.
Load factor: 95% in Y
Routing: Brussels-London-North Atlantic track B-Gander-Boston-Newark
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Boarding was via the 2L door. Making me view the Business class cabin. Looked kind of narrow to me. I was sitting in the rear Economy cabin. I was surprised to see the cabin in this early boarding stage so full already. I was greeted about at every doorway. Nice tuch. But no hassle, I found my seat 54K. while waiting I settled in and looked at the Delta 767 being prepared to Atlanta. Before takeoff we got a hot towel service WOW!!!. During the boarding the captain introduced himself and his FO. Even he explained the history of their careers. At 9h45 the doors where closed and 54H and J remained empty. That’s nice. Before pushback we recieved a hot towel service. What a treat (For someone like me who usually goes with Delta or Continental) After the saftey video played we lifted up at 10h03. Liked the Music played onboard at takeoff.
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About 10 minutes into the flight the AVOD was switched on. About immediatly I started playing with al the functions and tested about everything out. Here are some pics of the Avod.
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Then I recieved a menu.Yes a menu-card. It showed a page for the earlier Mumbai-Brussels segment and our flight to Newark: The BOM-BRU sector consisted over a light snack and Breakfast prior to its arrival in Brussels. The Menu on our flight consisted of the next
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Brussels-Newark
Indian selection:
Appetizer: Assorted lettuce with red raddish, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes and cucumber
Entree: Murgh Tariwala
Tender morsels of chicken simmerd in a home style gravy of onion and tomatoes spiked with pounded spices
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Achaari Baingan (Vegetarian option)
Baby aubergines simmered in an onion masala temperd with pickling spices
Dessert: Gajar ka Halwa
Grated carrots cooked with suger, cardamon and reduced milk
International selection:
Appetizer: Assorted lettuce with red raddish, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes and cucumber
Entree: Poaled Nile Perch
Served with chervil hollandaise, fried potato bits, sautéed mixed vegtables
Dessert
Chocolate Profiterole with Crème Anglaise
Afternoon refreshment:
Entree: Kali Mirch Tikka, Machli Amritsari
Morsels of chicken steeped in a fiery black pepper marinade and roasted in a clay ocen: Medallions of fish dipped in a gram flour, chilli, carom and vinegar marination and fried
Samosa Chhole (vegetarian)
Fritters of refined flour filled with spiced potato and green pea mixture, served with chickpeas cooked with seeds.
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Dessert: Pista Kulfi
Indian style pistachio flavored ice cream.
I opted for the Murh Tariwala wich I tought was good. O yeah, we got real napkins and real silverware
After the meal I setteld me in for the AVOD system, watched the movie Be Kind, rewind. Once finished I realized that Newark was even less than 3 hours away. Doesn’t time fly somtimes.
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About 2 hours before our landing in EWR the Afternoon refreshement was served.
Then I opted for the vegetarian option. Wich was quite spicy.
The crew on this leg were very nice. One FA even came and asked me if I was enjoying the flight etc,… when I sended in my paper for the flight details the captain even gave me the original ICAO clearence.
We did had a little incident in our row. Since 54H en 54J remained empy. Frequently during the meal service people stepped aside for the cart to pass thru. During the second meal service a kid that moved in the Seats got sick. Just in time I managed to get my stuff away from the aisle seat. And was glad that nobody was sitting in 54H. The crew took care of the situation. Even apologized to me for the inconvienience.
Shortly after this we were flying over Boston and soon started our decent down. At around 11h28 we landed in a rather wet Newark, NJ about 11h35 we got docked at the gate besides an EL AL flight from Tel Aviv. Also just arrived from Geneva was Continental’s Boeing 767-400 N66056. The plane that took me back in April from Houston to Amsterdam.
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While deboarding I asked if i could visit the flight deck wich they replied. Sure, ifcourse. So here some cockpit shots and some cabin shots while deboarding.
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Immigration and Customs was a breeze by 12h15 I was out and about. Since my hotel was at the JFK airport I reserved the Olympic airporter to take me to JFK. At 13h15 the shuttlle arrived. Due to some traffic problems we only reached JFK’s terminal 1 at 15h15, just to find out I had to take the airtrain before continuing on to my hotel. After that worked out I arrived at the hotel at JFK. On my way I spotted at terminal 8 VT-JWL wich had flewn in from Delhi via Brussels
As a bonus I would like to give a list of regs I spotted in BRU and EWR.
BRU:
VT-JEB
VT-JWL
VT-JWB
N376AA
EI-DMJ
N153DL
OO-SFM/N/O/V
ET-ALP
EWR:
AX-ECC
N66056
VT-JEB
My Total travel time was about 16hours and 30 mins.
Thank you for viewing and stay tuned for part II (Spotting at JFK + American A300 JFK-MIA)
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After a long while of abscense I decided (and had time) to upload another trip. This trip contains the following flight (between arrows)
14/07/2008 9W 0228 Brussels-Newark Jet Airways Boeing 777-300ER <-
15/07/2008 AA 0915 New York JFK-Miami American Airlines Airbus A300-600
20/07/2008 AA 4959 Miami-Jacksonville American Eagle ATR 72
21/07/2008 FL 0026 Jacksonville-Atlanta Air Tran Boeing 717-200
04/08/2008 B6 1086 Charlotte-New York JFK Embrear 190
04/08/2008 9W 0227 Newark-Brussels Jet Airways Boeing 777-300ER
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k126/MSS_658/Summer%202008%20part%20I/DSC05519.jpg
Background:
For my 18th birthday I wanted to make a special trip with alot of new aircraft types. Eventually after a month planning (dates, flights,…) I finally put this trip together.
Pre-departure:
Eventually for the longhaul segment I found a good deal with AI on their CDG-EWR route for 627 Euros. But the night before it was booked it changed to 800 Euros. About on par as 9W’s fare on their BRU-EWR route. So It was chosen. But untill halfway June I couldn’t find my itinerary online. Seat selection was aswell unavailible. The night before I wasn’t able to use the online checkin service. A minus point there. Due to a local party in my neighbourhood I was only able to sleep 4hrs. So the early get up at 4 hitted quiet hard. Leaving a bit later than scheduled and a miscalculated train departure time at my city made me just miss my train. But I still got to the Airport around 8AM.
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@ the Airport
Check in was not so crowded as First taught. Jet Airways haves 3 flights leaving at the same time. Toronto, JFK and my Newark flight. They arrived around 7AM from Chennai,Delhi and Mumbai. When these planes leave to the US. The US arrivals arrive. Wich leave around 11 back to India. I suppose the majority of the pax already checked in in India the night before. But at 820 I was clear to go thru passport control. About immediatly after I went thru security. Letting me clear to spot. After the usual 3 SN widebodys to Africa. (OO-SFM/O/N and another one.) I immediatly noticed 3 planes in the Jet Airways colors. 2. A330’s (VT-JWL and VT-JWB) going to YYZ and JFK. Besides that there was my 77W VT-JEB that will bring me to Newark. TUI’s leased plane EI-DMJ (former PH-BZB with KLM, flew it in March 2005 from Amsterdam to Atlanta) was also docked. Besides that a few US widebodies have reached BRU by that time. However due to bad weather in New York. Continental, American and Delta’s arrivals were late. But I did see N376AA who flew in from ORD and being prepared to go as AA 171 to JFK. At the end of the concourse Delta’s nonstop to Atlanta had arrived at gate B37. Today N153DL (former ex-gulf bird) was assigned to the Atlanta-Brussels run. At 9h00 I went to gate B33 where boarding had started.
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The flight:
Monday 14 July 2008
Brussels(BRU/EBBR)-Newark(EWR/KEWR)
Jet Airways 228
Boeing 777-3H5ER VT-JEB. Economy 54K
09h45-09h47 (Gate B33; wheels up on runway 25R at 10h03)
11h55-11h34 (Gate B55; wheels down on runway 22R at 11h28)
Cruising Altitude: FL 320,340 and 360.
Load factor: 95% in Y
Routing: Brussels-London-North Atlantic track B-Gander-Boston-Newark
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Boarding was via the 2L door. Making me view the Business class cabin. Looked kind of narrow to me. I was sitting in the rear Economy cabin. I was surprised to see the cabin in this early boarding stage so full already. I was greeted about at every doorway. Nice tuch. But no hassle, I found my seat 54K. while waiting I settled in and looked at the Delta 767 being prepared to Atlanta. Before takeoff we got a hot towel service WOW!!!. During the boarding the captain introduced himself and his FO. Even he explained the history of their careers. At 9h45 the doors where closed and 54H and J remained empty. That’s nice. Before pushback we recieved a hot towel service. What a treat (For someone like me who usually goes with Delta or Continental) After the saftey video played we lifted up at 10h03. Liked the Music played onboard at takeoff.
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About 10 minutes into the flight the AVOD was switched on. About immediatly I started playing with al the functions and tested about everything out. Here are some pics of the Avod.
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Then I recieved a menu.Yes a menu-card. It showed a page for the earlier Mumbai-Brussels segment and our flight to Newark: The BOM-BRU sector consisted over a light snack and Breakfast prior to its arrival in Brussels. The Menu on our flight consisted of the next
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Brussels-Newark
Indian selection:
Appetizer: Assorted lettuce with red raddish, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes and cucumber
Entree: Murgh Tariwala
Tender morsels of chicken simmerd in a home style gravy of onion and tomatoes spiked with pounded spices
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Achaari Baingan (Vegetarian option)
Baby aubergines simmered in an onion masala temperd with pickling spices
Dessert: Gajar ka Halwa
Grated carrots cooked with suger, cardamon and reduced milk
International selection:
Appetizer: Assorted lettuce with red raddish, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes and cucumber
Entree: Poaled Nile Perch
Served with chervil hollandaise, fried potato bits, sautéed mixed vegtables
Dessert
Chocolate Profiterole with Crème Anglaise
Afternoon refreshment:
Entree: Kali Mirch Tikka, Machli Amritsari
Morsels of chicken steeped in a fiery black pepper marinade and roasted in a clay ocen: Medallions of fish dipped in a gram flour, chilli, carom and vinegar marination and fried
Samosa Chhole (vegetarian)
Fritters of refined flour filled with spiced potato and green pea mixture, served with chickpeas cooked with seeds.
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Dessert: Pista Kulfi
Indian style pistachio flavored ice cream.
I opted for the Murh Tariwala wich I tought was good. O yeah, we got real napkins and real silverware
After the meal I setteld me in for the AVOD system, watched the movie Be Kind, rewind. Once finished I realized that Newark was even less than 3 hours away. Doesn’t time fly somtimes.
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About 2 hours before our landing in EWR the Afternoon refreshement was served.
Then I opted for the vegetarian option. Wich was quite spicy.
The crew on this leg were very nice. One FA even came and asked me if I was enjoying the flight etc,… when I sended in my paper for the flight details the captain even gave me the original ICAO clearence.
We did had a little incident in our row. Since 54H en 54J remained empy. Frequently during the meal service people stepped aside for the cart to pass thru. During the second meal service a kid that moved in the Seats got sick. Just in time I managed to get my stuff away from the aisle seat. And was glad that nobody was sitting in 54H. The crew took care of the situation. Even apologized to me for the inconvienience.
Shortly after this we were flying over Boston and soon started our decent down. At around 11h28 we landed in a rather wet Newark, NJ about 11h35 we got docked at the gate besides an EL AL flight from Tel Aviv. Also just arrived from Geneva was Continental’s Boeing 767-400 N66056. The plane that took me back in April from Houston to Amsterdam.
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While deboarding I asked if i could visit the flight deck wich they replied. Sure, ifcourse. So here some cockpit shots and some cabin shots while deboarding.
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Immigration and Customs was a breeze by 12h15 I was out and about. Since my hotel was at the JFK airport I reserved the Olympic airporter to take me to JFK. At 13h15 the shuttlle arrived. Due to some traffic problems we only reached JFK’s terminal 1 at 15h15, just to find out I had to take the airtrain before continuing on to my hotel. After that worked out I arrived at the hotel at JFK. On my way I spotted at terminal 8 VT-JWL wich had flewn in from Delhi via Brussels
As a bonus I would like to give a list of regs I spotted in BRU and EWR.
BRU:
VT-JEB
VT-JWL
VT-JWB
N376AA
EI-DMJ
N153DL
OO-SFM/N/O/V
ET-ALP
EWR:
AX-ECC
N66056
VT-JEB
My Total travel time was about 16hours and 30 mins.
Thank you for viewing and stay tuned for part II (Spotting at JFK + American A300 JFK-MIA)