Hello and welcome to my report of a TAP Portugal flight from Lisbon to Vienna. This the return journey from my highly enjoyable two-week vacation in Portugal with warm and sunny weather.
Itinerary
11.8.2017 / VIE-LIS / TAP Portugal / TP1273 / A330-200 / Economy ~ Click here
26.8.2017 / LIS-VIE / TAP Portugal / TP1274 / A330-200 / Economy ~ You are here
Lisbon Airport
I arrived to the airport by rental car.
Lisbon Airport.
Walk to the check-in area.
The check-in area.
The waiting time for check-in was rather long even though I just had to drop-off my bag, as Lisbon Airport uses a self-service check-in system, were passengers who have not done online check-in have to print their boarding passes at a machine and afterwards have to drop off their baggage at the drop-off counter.
After check-in I visited the lavatory. It was dirty and broken.
Then I continued to security. Again I had to wait rather long. The whole process from arriving to the airport to passing security took me one hour. In my opinion, that is to long for an airport of Lisbon's size.
Duty free.
Food court.
My flight on the FIDS.
The gate for this flight, S19.
Enough seating space available.
At the gate, I tried to do some spotting.
Unfortunately, spotting at the gate was nearly impossible as the view out of almost all windows was obstructed by a special kind of foil.
The Flight
Airline: TAP Portugal
Aircraft: A330-200
Age: about 18 years
Registration: CS-TOG
Name: Bartolomeu de Gusmão
Flight Number: TP1274
Seat: 12G
Load: about 95%
At 12:19 (WEST), boarding began 19 minutes late and priorities were respected.
After walking downstairs we had to wait in a small, crowded room for the bus to arrive.
In the bus.
Our A330-200.
Because we were behind schedule, the front stairs were opened for economy class passengers when I arrived.
Beautiful view of the nose/cockpit.
Aircraft door.
Entering aircraft and walking through business.
My seat 12G.
PTV screen. As on my previous flight the screen is VERY small and controlled via a handset. During boarding and taxi the screen displayed commercials as well as the safety video. After Takeoff, the screen was activated and displayed the moving map. 10 audio stations including pop and classical music were also available. Additionally, there is the option of downloading international e-papers from TAP's app prior to the flight.
Handset.
Buttons for recline and to control the hardness of the seat cushion.
Overhead panel.
View from my seat.
Legroom, footrest and entertainment box.
13:02 (WEST), boarding was completed and we were pushed back. After that followed TAP's award-winning retro-style safety video and a short taxi, then we took off at 13:24 (WEST). Unfortunately, there are no take-off pictures this time as my seat was an aisle seat.
At 13:52 (WEST) the seatbelt-sign was turned off, the business curtain was closed and the moving map was activated.
Seat pocket content.
Duty-free magazine.
Safety card.
Seat manual.
Magazine.
At 14:01 (WEST), meal service was started. In addition to a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, a box containing a chicken sandwich, a plum or pear juice and sugar for coffee and tea was offered. I chose a black tea and a cup of water. Overall the meal was good.
After the meal I visited the rear lavatory.
Rear galley.
View from the porthole in the right rear door.
Cabin views.
At 16:44 (CEST) we started our descend to Vienna. Then, at 17:07 (CEST), we landed, 13 minutes early.
Last view of seat 12G.
Exiting the aircraft by jetbridge.
Vienna Airport
Walking to luggage claim.
My luggage arrived at belt 05.
The waiting time was shortened by funny lottery (18+) advertising. :)
Which way should I take? ;)
I had nothing to declare so I left straight for the suburban train line S7 to Floridsdorf which took me to the center at a low fare.
Bonus
Lisbon:
Sintra:
Porto:
Sesimbra (Cabo Espichel):
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