Review of Vueling Airlines flight from Bordeaux to Barcelona in Economy

Hello dear Flight-Reporters!
After my January university exams, a friend of mine invited me to his place in Vienna.
From Bordeaux, ASL Airlines (ex Europe Airport) operate seasonal direct flights to VIE. I could have chosen Air France or KLM, but I chose to make three different reservations with Vueling, Air Berlin and Air France. In the end, I paid 150 euros (I used FlyingBlue miles for the Air France flight).
The final journey is:
- VY 2916 BOD-BCN [you are here]
- VY 8710 BCN-VIE [included as a bonus in this report as it is very incomplete]
- AB 8318 VIE-CDG
- AF 7630 CDG-BOD.
On January 13, three days after my last exam, I went to BOD using public transport. I barely needed half an hour from downtown as there was no trafic.

I arrived at 1PM for this 3.20PM departure.

There were only a few people at the check-in desk. I didn't need to queue as I checked in online.

I had free time before boarding time, so I went outside to spot a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 take off to CRL.

A HOP! CRJ1000 in bound from NCE.

Such a big surprise today: an Ilyushin IL-76T which belongs to Air Volga Dnepr.

I used the FlightRadar24 app to know more about the inbound flight from BCN. Good news: I will be flying in a Sharklet-equipped Airbus A320 for the first time! Bad news: due to traffic, the flight is delayed.
Today's A320 is EC-MDZ, delivered from Airbus to Vueling in November 2014. It has been named Air Force Juan.

I went back to Terminal A and proceeded to security. Heavy work on the apron.

I went to the gate. The gate next to us was getting ready for a Royal Air Maroc flight to CMN, which is to depart 40 minutes after us.
The inbound flight eventually landed at 3.50PM. Boarding was called at 4.05PM, which is 45 minutes after the scheduled time of departure.
I sat at seat 25A, which allowed me to admire those Sharklets.

The legroom is more than acceptable for this one hour flight (I am 1,65m tall).

The captain took the mic to apologize for the late departure. He then explained that we missed our slot in BCN, and announced another delay.
The RAM flights, that was planned to take off after us, finally leaves before us.

A Thomas Cook Belgium A320.

While waiting for push back, the flight attendants handed glasses of water to passengers.
We eventually pushed back at 4.20PM.

We headed to runway 29.

Two Air France A320 are waiting at Terminal B. The left one was ready for push back for its flight to CDG. The right one had just arrived from ORY.

A last shot of this IL-76T.

We took off at 4.27PM.

Once at cruising altitude, flight attendants got ready for the Buy On Board service.
The flight flew to Toulouse and Andorra before heading straight to BCN.

While descending, the A320 crossed heavy turbulences. A flight attended almost injured herself while walking through the aisle.

We aligned to BCN, under this unfriendly Mediterranean sky.

The captain performed such a hard landing in BCN. We landed at 5.19PM (with a delay of almost 50 minutes).

We exited the runway and taxied to the gate.

After a long bus ride, I was in the terminal at 5.50PM.

The next flight to Vienna is reported below, as it is very incomplete. If you choose not to read it, I thank you for reading and I hope to see you soon! ^.^

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Right when I reach the gate, ground staff announce that my flight to Vienna is delayed, without any explanation.

Boarding was called at 6.15PM (for a 6.10PM departure).

We pushed back at 6.45PM and took off 15 minutes later.

This flight crossed many heavy turbulences. We overflew Marseilles.

We eventually landed in VIE at 9PM (with a delay of 25 minutes).

I reached Wien Mitte station at 10PM.
Thank you for reading and see you soon!