Review of Air Berlin flight from Vienna to Paris in Economy

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AB - Air Berlin

Flight taken on 17 January 2017
AB8318
17:05 02h 05m 19:10
Model Airbus A321
Class Economy
Seat 28A
SINner
529 · 25 · 0 · 2

Hello dear reporters!
Voici le retour de mon voyage à Vienne.
Here is the first part of my return trip from Vienna.
The journey was:
-VY 2916 BOD-BCN / VY 8710 BCN-VIE :

[here]
-AB 8318 VIE-CDG [here you are]
-AF 7630 CDG BOD [to be published]
On January 17, after four days spent in Vienna with a friend, it was time for me to head back to Bordeaux, France. I chose to reach Schwechat Airport with the S-Bahn: tickets are not very expensive (4 euros) and it only needs 25 minutes.
I arrived at Terminal 1 at 2.30PM. My flight was to depart at 5.10PM. I went to the check-in desk as I couldn't open the text message that would have given me my boarding pass. Fortunately, there was absolutely nobody.


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The desk employee handed me my boarding pass within a minute. I passed through security within 15 minutes: even if there was nobody, the distance to walk is quite long.
A view of the apron:


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I sat somewhere in the terminal and waited for boarding. It was called at 4.30PM. The flight was half empty: boarding was completed in 15 minutes.


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Today's flight was operated by a Niki Airbus A321, OE-LCC. This plane was delivered to Air Berlin in 2010 and transfered to Niki in 2016. However, it still carries the Air Berlin colors. Only a small sticker over door 1L indicates that this Airbus is owned by Niki.
The legroom is more than satisfying. Note that nobody sat next to me.


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We pushed back at 5.05PM. Screens were deployed to show the safety demonstrations.


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We took off five minutes later.


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This late afternoon flight allowed me to catch an amazing sunset.


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A sandwich snack was handed by the flight attendants (chicken or veggies). I chose the chicken one.


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The flight flew to Nurnberg and Frankfurt before heading to Paris.



We overflew CDG before performing a 180 degrees turn. We landed on runway 09R at 6.35 (35 minutes ahead of schedule).


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After a quite soft landing, we taxied to Terminal 3 and parked next to an Enter Air Boeing 737-800.


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A last glimpse of tonight's plane.


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And this Flight Report ends here! Thank you for reading, see you soon! ^.^

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Product ratings

Airline

Air Berlin 7.0

  • Cabin7.5 / 10
  • Cabin crew7.5 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi6.5 / 10
  • Meal/catering6.5 / 10
Departure airport

Vienna - VIE8.3

  • Efficiency9.0 / 10
  • Access8.0 / 10
  • Services7.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness8.5 / 10
Arrival Airport

Paris - CDG7.5

  • Efficiency7.5 / 10
  • Access7.5 / 10
  • Services8.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness7.0 / 10

Conclusion

A very enjoyable flight with Air Berlin/Niki. The cabin was very comfortable, especially because the flight was half empty. Special mention to the free snack (I expected a Buy on Board service) and the ahead of schedule arrival.

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