Review of Aeroflot flight Moscow → Istanbul in Economy

Hi

Here is my FR for this weekend in IST last summer (now with correct links to the English versions for each segment)



(SU 2001) - WAW to SVO : http://flight-report.com/en/report/20754/Aeroflot-SU2001-Warsaw-WAW-Moscow-SVO
(SU 2134) - SVO to IST : here

(SU 2135) - IST to SVO : http://flight-report.com/en/report/20803/Aeroflot-SU2135-Istanbul-IST-Moscow-SVO
(SU 2000) - SVO to WAW : http://flight-report.com/en/report/20804/Aeroflot-SU2000-Moscow-SVO-Warsaw-WAW

After immigration and a stamp on my BP , i can start to explore the terminal D




Now let's go to the lounge , but the question is …. Which one ??? As i have plenty of choice in terminals D/E/F. Finally i read the reviews on internet and choosed the "gallery lounge" , located between terminal D and E



It's a new lounge located over gate 32 , it's not so poshy but i like it


The offer is perfect for a breakfast/lunch , that's perfect in my case cause i'm hungry




Just few pixs to help you understand what's available



And now enjoy the restricted panorama, thats the weakest point of this lounge



FIDS in the lounge , awesome because the lounge is between two terminals , so gives you infos about flights departures from terminals D, E and F




8 o'clock , time to go, before boarding i need a walk . SVO looks like AMS but smaller



The shocking fact about this airport , its how many people are sleeping on the floor

At gate 28 , boarding already started



Here is what's left after me , sorry i forget to take a pix before , cause things went so fast



It's raining on SVO , next to us another SU and then china eastern or southern



Flight is full , but boarding was quick

While taxing we met another AF

And a OK to PRG



Today's flight will be 3h40m long



Take off , and 10 mins later , over the clouds , here are the moon and the sun together




The pitch was awesome, my knees don't touch the front seat ! Nothing else compare to the 777-300er of AF in high density's configuration (see my first trip)



Time for drink and food , meanwhile the FA called me by my name and greeted me for flying with SU , even as a FB silver. Such things are dedicated for gold/platinium with AF/KL

Let's check the food , its quite basic , not awesome but not aweful neither



Service is done , i cam open my tablet and finish my series/clips



When we started our descent to IST the captain made an announcement , because of this i yelled in the plane like a **** , i was so happy : 2-0 ! France won against Germany



Welcome to TK land .



i have only hand luggage so i can rush to immigration . I heard that queues were huge lately , because of aid/bayram , finally it was empty



Here i'am again in istanbul . I missed the last shuttle to city center , so i shared a cab with another cab (30tl/around 12€)

That's all folks