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
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- 2U25707 - Economy - Berlin → Rome - Airbus A320
AT THE AIRPORT
After a very pleasant weekend in Berlin it's time to come back home
Our flight was scheduled for 17:10 of Sunday
In order to be at the airport with enough time we left by taxi around 15
It takes around 20 minutes to get from our hotel in Charlottenburg to Berlin-Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport
Hexagon-shaped Terminal A-B
Since our flight departed from Terminal C, we took a walkway from Terminal A-B
The apron from the walkway
Neos Air Boeing 737 landing and Lufthansa A321 pushing back
easyJet A320 in Berlin livery parked in front of Terminal C
Mongolian Airlines Boeing 767
I've never seen this airplane
Terminal C exterior
The cramped warehouse-style departure hall was quite crowded
The boarding gate, C42, was already showed
Having a baggage to check-in we went straight to easyJet desks
Passengers with boarding pass could use automated bag drop
The machine is very easy to use and in about 5 minutes we had our baggage checked
Time to proceed to gate area C38-51
Security checkpoint was a bit messy
There was almost no space for the queue and some lanes were close
Moreover the control was made with a bodyscanner
It took around 20 minutes to get airside
The departure lounge looked like a warehouse, it was full, cramped and dark
Our gate area
Even if there was no agent at the gate people started to queue
Boarding was scheduled to end at 16:40, but actually it started at 16:50
easyJet-coloured apron
THE FLIGHT
Our aircraft:
easyJet Europe Airbus A320-200, OE-ICZ, delivered to Avianca Brasil in June '15 (4.3 years old)
It was later transfered to easyJet
The plane is equipped with 180 seats, all in Y, and winglets
Being in row 20, we boarded from the rear door
I gave the Flight Report form to the Purser and walked to my seat, 20A
My passport and BP
The view from my seat, with Ryanair Boeing 737
Inside the cabin, while boarding ended
Around 17:20 pushback started
easyJet tails in the distance
Taxiing to RWY26L for take off
Flaps down
Just landed Lufthansa A320
Swiss Airlines A220 departing
easyJet A320 taking off
Our turn to go…
SAS A320 queuing behind us
RWY26L
Auf Wiedersehen Berlin
And in the air…
Terminal A-B
Berlin city in the distance
Kraftwerk Reuter Power Plant below us
Olympiastadion
Spandau Zitadelle and Olympiastadion in the background
Banking over Berlin countryside
Krafwerk Reuter and Olympiastadion with Berlin-Tegel Airport in the background
Olympiastadion, built for Berlin Olympic Games in 1936
Berlin-Tegel Airport
Berlin city with Tiergarten in the middle
Reichstag Building, Tiergarten, Sony Center and Brandeburg Tor
Museum Insel and Alexanderplatz, with Fernsehturm Television Tower
Old Tempelhof Airport
Really sad to have no possibility to land there anymore
German countryside scrolling below us
Entering the layer of clouds
Since I started feeling tiredness due to Berlin nights I felt asleep
I woke up while approaching Italy and Adriatic Coast
Central Italy below us
Perugia, capitol town of Umbria Region
Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi - Umbria International Airport (IATA: PEG - ICAO: LIRZ)
The cozy airport terminal was designe by Italian famous architect Gae Aulenti
Corbara Artifical Lake
Corbara's Dam
15 minutes before landing we started our descent
Orte A1 motorway's toll plaza
Countryside north of Rome
Bracciano Lake
Flaps down
Crossing A12 motorway
Almost on land
As it happens with most European flights at FCO, we would land on RWY16L
Perfectly ontime, at 19:10, we touched down at Roma-Fiumicino "Leonardo Da Vinci" International Airport
Landing was very smooth
Vacating the runway
Mistral Air Boeing 737 parked in front of the Cargo City
Mistral Air ATR72-500
Alitalia Embraer E-190 in SkyTeam livery
Pier A under construction
Along with the new departure lounge it will host domestic and Schenghen flights
Pier B and D, used for domestic and Schenghen flights
Alitalia A320 and Embraer E-175, and KLM Boeing 737 parked at Pier B
We would park at Pier D
Boarding area C and ATC tower in the background
Lufthansa A320 next to us
Desembarking I asked the Purser for the Flight Report
The form was not particulary filled
Last pic of our plane
Finally at R(H)ome
The arrivals mezzanine
Heading to Terminal 3 baggage reclaim
Definitely the best airport in Europe
Well done FCO!
Getting downstair for the baggage reclaim
The baggage reclaim hall
Belt 11 for us
Baggages took around 5 minutes to be delivered
We proceeded immediately to the exit
My dad was waiting me with car
It took around 45 minutes to get home since there was a bit of traffic on the motorway
Thank you for the attention!
