Review of Air France flight Mulhouse / Bâle → Paris in Economy

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to this new series of flights that will be quite long … but I won't say more for the moment :)

EuroAirport basel Mulhouse Fribourg

It's a grey winter day today, the perfect day to fly far, far away!

The upper ramp is now closed to any traffic, since there is a new drop off parking at the ground level:

Air France check in zone:

It is still Christmas time despite being January 05th :)

The FIDS:

We were a bit too early, the check in only opened two hours before the flight. We waited a bit and once the check in opened, our bags were quickly tagged to our final destination, somewhere north.

Security was easy and quick and we were airside no more than 5 minutes after check in. Once airside, there is this lovely classic, a 734 from Elinair:

Time to go to the lounge!

Skyview Lounge EAP & Spotting

The cold buffet:

Hot items:

My lunch:

It was ok, not a fancy meal but it was appropriate for a lounge and it did its job. The only thing that bothers me is that they have no real dessert apart from some fruit stew and fresh fruits.

There is a very nice terrace where you can easily spot. Ellinair again:

Vuelling A319:

TK 737-900ER:

DHL A300-600R:

Ryanair Ex- Dublin 738:

HOP! E90 ferry back to CDG:

Skyworks Saab 2000 ex VIE, that airline went bankrupt a few months after:

Vueling to BCN:

A private jet:

Ellinair is leaving:

The HOP! takes off:

Ellinair again:

The Saab2000:

CRJ 900 LH ex FRA:

Güle Güle TK :

 Pilatus PC - 12:

And eventually Ellinair leaves:

Our E-170 arrives:

A bit closer:

the flight

As our plane arrived we made our way to the gate, here the E-70 a bit closer:

Boarding started on time, there was, at that time, still newspapers available in the jetty:

This bird belonged to Alitalia Express thus the differents seats vs the standard E-70:

The safety card:

Seat pitch is more than ok:

We pushed back earlier than scheduled:

Firebrigade station:

That F-27 is the local fire trainer:

Take off:

MRO zone:

Some views over the villages around the airport:

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The winglet:

The snack:

Top of descent:

Almost there:

A330-200 AF:

A319:

77F EK:

The 319 seen before:

AZ:

RJ A320:

The 330 seen before:

77F EK:

We landed on time and headed to the CDG Marriott since our next flight wouldn't be before the next morning.
Stay tuned for the next part :)