Hello again
After spending a very pleasant week with my family in Amsterdam it's time to come back to Rome
That's the itinerary of our flights
12nd August Rome-Fiumicino FCO - Venice VCE-Marco Polo (here)
12nd August Venice-Marco Polo VCE - Amsterdam-Schiphol AMS (here)
19th August Amsterdam-Schiphol AMS - Rome-Fiumicino FCO (you are here)
As soon as our residence was quite close to Schiphol (we saw many planes landing from our room) we decided to take a taxi instead of going to the station and take the train. It would have take too much
We arrived about 2 hours and half before in order to spend a bit of time on the famous airport Panorama Terrace
Some planes from the motorway
AZ A320 to Rome-FCO
KL 787 DreamLiner and 777 behind
Entering the airport
Schiphol Plaza from outside with the IAmsterdam sign
The taxi left us in front of us Departure Hall 1 which hosts SkyTeam flights to Schenghen countries plus others
The departure hall is quite similar to many others but it is quite well keeped
Before accessing to the passengers area we checked-in through self check kiosks
The queuing area for the check-in desks is accessible only with BPs or e-Ticket
As soon as we had a couple of hours before the departure we headed to the Panorama Terrace, a must for avgeeks at Schiphol
The KLM CityHopper Fokker 100 on the Panorama Terrace
Inside the Fokker 100
The cockpit
KLM and TuiFly 737s parked at Pier D and C
TuiFly 737
Kenya Airways 787 and KLM 777s at Pier E
KLM 747, the "Queen of Skies", named after the City of Shanghai
New KLM livery is quite amazing
Father and son…KLM Asia Triple-7 and KLM 737
KLM Asia 777 departing from RWY 24
flybe. Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Alitalia A320 departing to Milan-Linate
Departure board
After about a half hour there we went downstairs to Plane@Plaza to buy a couple of plane models
I bougth Etihad A380 and KLM A330
As soon as boarding time was close we went to the security checkpoint
The whole waiting time and check lasted about 25 minutes
The security checkpoint area was however very pleasant
Going towards gate C7
The departure lounge is very good and there are a lot of shops
Inside Pier C
Air France A320
And our AZ A320
Even this time no new livery for me
BA and LH A320s
Boarding started on time
The plane was not full
AF A320 with the Panorama Terrace in the background
TuiFly 737 taxiing while we pushed back
Pier D
Transavia 737s at Pier C
AF was behind us for takeoff from RWY24, named Kaagbaan
Bye bye Amsterdam! Hope to visit you again
After a light turbolence we flied over clouds
A snack made of a spinach sandwich and beverages was served
I'm always impressed by the friendliness of AZ cabin crew
After the snack I relaxed a little bit listening to music
We started to fly over Central Italy at sunset
Bracciano's Lake
Final moments of the flight
We landed on time on RWY16L
Unfortunately outside was dark and I wasn't able to take some good pics
Luxair 737 departing
AZ and Niki A320s
We parked at Gate B close to an AZ A320 in new livery
Inside Pier B, AZ base for Domestic and EU flights
Down to Arrivals Area
Terminal 1 currently hosts AZ and SkyTeam short and medium haul flights but in the future it will be expanded to be Alitalia's base for all flights
After collecting our baggages we took the shuttle bus to the long term parking and came back home
Thanks for sharing this FR!
Excellent spotting shots from the deck. The new livery does look good, almost the inverse of the new BR livery the way it curves around the nose.
Is this new catering with the new AZ? I always thought AZ only served the salt/sweet snacks on flights, a spinach sandwich sounds like an improvement to their catering. Friendly crews are certainly a recent improvement to AZ, lol.
Thank you for your appreciation ;) Actually it was the first time I flew AZ on a EU flight since 2013 and at that time I remember the snack was just a choice between biscuits or chips. Perhaps they have improved the service on European flights because on the first leg of my journey (FCO-VCE) there were just biscuits or chips as before
Thank You very much for your flight report :)
I especially like those many photos of AMS, it is really one of the top airports in Europe.
Some photos of the cabin or catering would have been nice.