INTRODUCTION
Hello FlightReporters
After finishing my university exams in mid-July I started to plan many activities for September
A dear friend and I decided to make a long weekend in Berlin around mid-September
He had never been there while I've visited it in 2014
For me it would have been an occasion to see the German capital with a different eye
A couple of days before my journey to Vietnam and Cambodia we booked the flight and the hotel
The best solution was with easyJet from FCO to TXL
Departure was set for Thursday 12nd September
Flight routing
- 1U25702 - Economy - Rome → Berlin - Airbus A320
- 2
At the airport
Having the flight at 10.20 my friend and I decided to meet at the airport around 8
This would allow us to check-in, drop our baggages and pass through security
My dad brought me to the airport
Since there was a bit of traffic we arrived at Roma-Fiumicino "Leonardo Da Vinci" International Airport around 8.15
Since my friend was already arrived my dad left me at the kiss and ride
Terminal 1, base for Alitalia's flights
Terminal 3, which hosts most of the flights at FCO
easyJet departs from here
The departure hall was a bit crowded
Old-style FIDS
Our flight, reported to be ontime, was handled at check-in desks 307-312
The gate was already showed, C15
The oldest part of the Terminal, renovated in 2017
easyJet uses almost an entire desks' line
During booking we made also the check-in and printed our BPs
It took around 10 minutes to get to bag drop desk
The lady at the desk confirmed the boarding gate C15
Having nothing to do landside we proceeded straight to the checkpoint
Even if the airport was quite crowded it took 6 minutes to get airside
Turning right to boarding areas B-C-D, which handles all domestic and Schenghen flights
Extra-Schenghen flights are handled at gates E
Gate C area has a good choice of Italian shops and food
The departure lounge
None of the C gates is equipped with with jetbridges, they are all bus gates
Plane spotting was almost impossible
AZ A320s parked at Pier B
At 9:40 boarding was called at gate C15
Spotting time from the bus and the plane
While most of the passengers doesn't like boarding by bus, for an avgeek like me is a good occasion to spot planes
Vueling A320 at Pier D, Swiss A320 taxing and Air Europa Boeing 737 at Pier B
China Southern Airlines Boeing 787 Dream)Liner
Norwegian and El Al Boeing 787 Dream)Liners, Ryanair Boeing 737 and Sichuan Airlines A330
Norwegian Boeing 787 Dream)Liner
El Al Boeing 787 Dream)Liner
easyJet A320 taxiing
Our aircraft:
easyJet Europe Airbus A320-200, OE-IZE, delivered to Niki in Febraury '11 (8.6 years old)
It was later transfered to AirBerlin and later to easyJet
The plane is equipped with 180 seats, all in Y
Being in row 22, we boarded from the rear door
Orange tail
Norwegian Boeing 787 Dream)Liner from the stairs
Neos Air Boeing 767 in the distance
Fuselage shot
I gave the Flight Report form to the Purser and made my way to my seat, 22F
The view from my seat
Sichuan Airlines A330
When we left to HKG on the 18th August our CX A350 was parked at the Satellite Terminal
On the return flight on the 1st September we were parked at a remote gate
While we were waiting I saw CX A350 being towed to the Satellite Terminal for boarding
easyJet A320 taxiing, American Airlines A330 and Hainan Airlines Boeing 787 Dream)Liner at the Satellite Terminal
Air Canada and United Airlines tails in the distance
Around 10:30 we left our gate
El Al Boeing 787 Dream)Liner and Sichuan Airlines A330
El Al Boeing 787 Dream)Liner El AlBoeing 787 Dream)Liner
Norwegian Boeing 787 Dream)Liner
It is dedicated to Kirsten Flagstad, a Norwegian opera singer
Alitalia Boeing 777 parked in the distance
Also El Al Boeing 787 Dream)LIner was pushing back
Norwegian Boeing 787 Dream)Liner and Sichuan Airlines A330
Norwegian and El Al Boeing 787 Dream)Liners
Heavies apron at FCO
El Al Boeing 787 Dream)Liner
Cathay Pacific A350 just towed at the gate
Hainan Airlines Boeing 787 Dream)Liner
Etihad Airways Boeing 777 and American Airlines tail behind
Many heavies parked at Pier F and Satellite Terminal
Alitalia, Emirates, Air Canada and Etihad Airways Boeing 777s and American Airlines A330
Air Canada Boeing 777 and United Airlines tail behind
Delta Airlines A330 and Boeing 767
We would depart from RWY25, generally used for T/O at FCO
Uzbekistan Airlines Boeing 767
American Airlines A330
Mistral Air Boeing 737 and FedEx Express ATR42 parked in front of the Cargo City
Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737
TAP Air Portugal A319
THE FLIGHT
There was no queue for the takeoff at RWY25
And here we go…
…and in the air
Crossing RWY16R/34L
It's generally used for heavies' landings at FCO
Fiumicino town and Roman coastline
Banking over Tyrrean Sea
Approaching land again
Bracciano Lake, north of Rome
Vico Lake
Viterbo, located 65km from Rome
Military Airport in Viterbo (ICAO: LIRV)
There are plans to transform it in the new low cost airport for Rome
Bolsena Lake, the 5th largest lake in Italy
The cabin while paid food service started
Trasimeno Lake, the 4th in Italy
Crossing the Appenines
Approaching Adriatic coastline around Ravenna
Po river's Delta
Venice Laguna
Flying over Veneto
Pordenone and Aviano Air Base (IATA: AVB, ICAO: LIPA)
Crossing the Alps
Since I woke up around 6:00 I took a little nap
I woke up while approaching Berlin
Cloud of layer
Around 20 minutes before landing cabin was prepared
German countryside below us
Crossing the clouds
Flaps down
Berlin suburbs
Last moments on air
We would have land on RWY26R
Perfectly on time, at 12:35, we touched down at Berlin-Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport
Landing was a bit bumpy
Meine Damen und Herren, willkommen am Flughafen Berlin-Tegel
Vacating the runway while another plane T/O on RWY26L
The apron
Taxiing was quite short
Eurowings A320s
Lufthansa A321 parked at hexagon-shaped Terminal A
It was painted in new livery
Finnair A321
Delta Airlines Boeing 767 and Alitalia A321 in Landor Livery
No doubts about the location
Alitalia A321 pushing back
We were parked at a remote stand in front of Terminal C
While desembarking I asked for the Flight Report
It was filled properly
I really like pilots' kindness with it
Last views of our plane
Bye Bye OE-IZE
Even if the Terminal was close, we were carried to the baggage claim by an apron bus
Qatar Airways Boeing 777 landing
The warehouse-style Terminal was quite horrible
It looked like CIA or other low cost airports
We waited for the baggages around 5 minutes
The main hall, which serves both arrivals and departures
Having our hotel close to Tiergarten and Kaiser Wilhelm Kirche we decided to take a taxi
It brought us there in about 25 minutes
To be continued…
