Review of Lufthansa flight Catania → Munich in Business

I just noticed I never finished publishing this series from last year, back from Catania :)
Here we go !

The day before the flight I checked in online and noticed that the A321neo that was supposed to operate the flight has been replaced by a 321ceo. #nexttime

catania airport -CTA-

I was dropped off by my driver in front of the terminal building, the drive was much faster than when I arrived, only around 20 minutes. That would leave me plenty (in fact, too much!) time in the airport.

When I entered in Sicily it was open bar: no controls nor any Covid papers checked. But to enter the airport, you can't without Covid and Boarding pass. But at least, everything was well organized:

Social distancing was not really respected :(

In the terminal building:

As I was able to check in online, no need to go through physical check-in, I headed straight to the departures controls:

Business Class flying is something a gift :) :)

Since there was a special and "private" lane to avoid the queue:

Almost nobody at the fast track and now, I got two hours to kill!

There is a lounge, at least, supposed to be a lounge, the airport website says it is closed, Priority pass says it is open. And the screens show the way to go. Let's see:

This way then:

I wasn't expecting anything else :)

The FIDS:

Quite a lot of people in the airport:

Impossible to find a seat close to a power plug. I tried my luck downstairs, and lady luck was with me :)

Lady luck will not stay with me too long, a boarding gate change meant that a Ryanair flight was due to start boarding where I was half an hour later, I escaped quickly and went back upstairs.

The 321 bound to FRA:

EasyJet A320neo:

And my flight:

Two Wizz A321neo:

Again my plane:

Before boarding I went to the lavs, that were clean enough:

Non Schengen part of the terminal:

My gate:

Monaco stands for Munich in Italian

the flight

Boarding started right on time while a Eurowings Airbus was leaving to DUS:

Alitalia last days of operation:

Down to the plane:

Door Shoot:

Fuselage shoot:

Old NEK seats:

There was water available on all business class seats:

Safety card:

I am not a big fan of first rows, I find the legroom to be limited, but there wasn't any other window seat available:

AZ again:

The purser sees me taking a lot of pictures and offers me a cockpit visit. How not to say no? :)

The crew is really friendly we had a chat about the swap from neo to ceo and they were also looking forward to do the flight on the neo, at least I wasn't the only one disappointed :)
Back to my seat:

We pushed back a few minutes late:

Line up and a rolling take off:

I'll be back, but with a nicer weather this time :)

Beaches south of Catania:

Rocky coast north of Catania:

My hotel is at the left bottom of the picture, you can see its pool:

During climb there were some pretty heavy turbulences.

And still impossible to see the Etna :(
WiFi was available but no power plugs :(

Les tarifs hors pass gratuit :

Vulcano Island, behind is Lipari and at the back Salina:

Very scenic views, just loved it!

The only regret was we didn't overfly the Stromboli but there were heavy thunderstorms there.

The tray table is attached to the wall:

Then come Ischia and Procida:

Back towards Italy:

Meal is being served:

It was a shrimp salad that tasted really great, the bread was served hot.
I took a Campari Orange to go with:

The cruise was smooth:

A coffee and the LH chocolate to finish:

The Alps:

Bavaria:

Nearing MUC:

And landed!

Heading towards the gate:

I'll catch you one day ;)

A320neo:

Waiting for the jetbridge to connect:

And leaving the aircraft:

A last look to my plane:

The connecting flights are well mentionned, mine is not on the list I have a rather long connection :(

bonus / north coast of catania

I had a bit of luck since there was a short window of sunshine where I could walk a bit on the shores. No beaches, only lava rocks:

Most of the seaside shops / restaurants have already closed:

Some more view during my short walk:

four points catania

My hotel had pool and I was even able to have a swim between two thunderstorms. The water was heated otherwise it would have been too cold to swim.

The room was nothing special, but the price, at around 80€ was unbeatable!

I had a seaview room:

The building is know for his 80' style, you love it or you hate it. Not my taste :)

italian kitchen

Caprese salad:

Wonderful fruits:

Italian sweets:

And a too die for risotto:

I rounded up this meal by a cannello, a Sicily speciality with sweet ricotta inside. Another thing to die for :)