Review of KLM Cityhopper flight from Bristol to Amsterdam in Economy

Bye bye corwall!

Hello fellow FR!

Today I will post a flight from the county of Cornwall, where the in-laws live, to our new home.
After having spent a good 10 days reuniting with friends in London, we went to see them by train for a couple of days. Besides the 15 degrees and cloudy weather, this is an interesting place to visit… 

Today the flight will be operated with KLM ShittyHopper as Esteban calls it. (maybe due to the fact that the catering is inferior than KLM!) 

And for those who know the famous legend or the french series Kaamelot, here is the - allegedly - castle where King Arthur was born, in the small and cute town of Tintagel. This part of the country is interesting, as the name of towns are more latin or french based; indeed this is where the "Britons" still lived unattacked by the Angles and Saxons and where, there are some evidences that a War King (named Arthur?), after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire from Britain - lived and fought. Yes I love history too ;-)

Very surprisingly, KLM was just 89€ to reach Lyon, despite the fact that Bristol is an Easyjet territory…

Flying blue Miles earned with this flight: 225
Status earned: 5 XP
Air France doubling the XP status in 2021: 5 additional XP

Although the app usually let you check in and have your boarding pass, I found out that going to/leaving the UK was limiting this service - indeed it is only at check in that the lady would double check your paperwork and issue a paper boarding pass.

As an elite skyteam member, I was able to choose for free, from the time of booking my seat on this E175 of KLM City Hopper, not sure why this is not possible with Hop then?

at bristol airport

We were dropped at Bristol airport by my brother in law, after a tiring 2hours drive from Plymouth (yes Bristol is the nearest airport).
As you can see this was just a few days ago, in mid august with the Glorious British Summer weather. 

Easyjet is heavily present at the airport, as you can already notice.

Checkin was fast, luckily because of the Skypriority lane. What wasn't the case for the security lane, where the bloke didn't let us through the VIP lane of the security, despite me showing the "skypriority" mention on the boarding pass… The guy told me that was to board the plane first, I think he is more used to Easyjet…

at the aspire plus lounge

We went to the lounge assigned to KLM passengers, that was almost empty. 
The food offered wasn't that impressive, the drinks sections was a bit more popular. I must say it was qbout 9.30 am, but those who regularly travel to the UK or Britons know that there is no time for a beer. 

The airport has an outside terrace for smokers, which is not something common and quite cool for spotting. Unfortunately the only colour visible was orange..

Boarding happened with priorities respected, a good 40 min later than expected as the plane arrived late too.

onboard the e175

Aircraft:Embraer ERJ175STD
Registration: PH-EXR
Engines: 2x GE CF34
Age: 3 Years
Layout: Y88
Observation: with new livery.

The cabin is clean but the seats are a bit disapointing, Air France Hop E jets offer a slightly more comfortable seat.

Loading of luggages happened the old fashion way: one by one and brutally.

Push back and taxi in front of Ryanair, a plane I am luckily not familiar with anymore!

Align…

And take off!

climbing over these nasty clouds..

Unlike partner Air France and the vast majority of airlines, KLM decides to still print and offer its onboard magazine, with the mention that states it is being regularly cleaned..

with this month a specific review on the worlds best swimming pools..

the network… with the description of both KLM and Air France..

and of course the fleet page, where you can see the newly received E2-195 jets and sadly no more B747s.

You can of course enjoy the Air France app; I am not sure why KLM hasn't launched one too..

The service started shortly after, and like I have read on FR and my little own experience, it is very rare to find a grumpy crew - they were all rather friendly and even craking a few jokes which is always appreciated - at the very least in the UK.

This is not the best onboard service ever, enough to be more than the majority of fellow majors and above all enough to surprise most of the passengers living in Bristol, being used to the Easyjet BoB!

We landed in sunny Schipol on runway 06, directly next to the terminal so the taxi was less than 5 min!

at amsterdam - schipol airport

We parked in a crowd of other E jets of KLM, just next to the new terminal being built (will it be called A? it is positioned next to B…)

Thank you for reading me!