Already more than 20 minutes and I was still walking but suddenly I had to exit landside and to go upstairs to the checkin area
and I had to go through all the checks :(
VIE is on the same level as FRA !
I finally arrived at D gates area and didn't stop at Air Lounge
but I was looking at the OS Senator lounge A red jacket woman (who seemed to be there to help people) told me that the elevator was out of order and that I had to use the emergency stairs
But I arrived just in front of this door and wasn't able to enter the lounge this way
I went back up and unfortunately the red jacket woman had disappeared ! So I went to the OS Business lounge
The dragon was busy with a phone call and looked barely at my boarding pass Then she went away to continue her phone call
I was alone in the lounge
Do&Co Austria is the provider of the lounge but it didn't look great Two different cakes
Broth without Frittaten as I was expecting :(
Coffee
Alcohol
Snacks and peanuts
Austrian wines and juices
So disappointed : I was expecting wienerschnitzel, or at least cold cut(usually austrian cold cut is very good) or apfelstrudel !
Soft drinks and beers
Anyway the lounge was very large and wth a nice view on the tarmac
There were showers
Business corner : printer was out of order !
I spotted this A320 QR which had to fly a long way to Doha
MS and OZ cargo
LX
A 738 TK was flying back to IST
The QR was pushing back
OZ Cargo was taking off
And my TK 738 was coming
TC-JFV, an old 738, first flight was on 04/02/2000
Few OS
I had to hurry up because it was almost boarding time
I didn't know that there was a security check at the gate
The agent was very rude asking that I arranged my stuff the way she wanted : computer, belt, suitcase, and so on No comment on such behavior :(
Anyway it was fast because I was the last to board
Of course it was an old business cabin with neutralized middle seat
Decent legroom
I don't know why there are two small tablets for the middle seat
PDB : a choice of great home made juices
Safety card
Seatback stuff
A Pegasus is coming beside us
The winglet
An oshibori is handed out
The menu
Pushback, taxi to runway and take off were on time
As soon as we were airborne the dinner was served
with the beverages
Assorted Turkish Appetizers
Shepherd Salad
Assorted Cheese
Home Made Chocolate and Hazelnut Mousse Cake
Turkish Style Grilled Beef Fillet, creamy eggplant purée, tomato and green pepper/rice
Not impressed by the beef(but the eggplant purée was very very good) I asked a second hot dish
Seems like you were clearly underwhelmed by your ground experience in VIE from lounge offering to transit facilities and security check, I would have expect better too.
Shame that you are once again scoring an old TK plane with this awful C class, at least catering looks so yummy.
Thanks for the report! As a cliche I expected this airport to have German-style efficiency... but not, seems not really organised... I may not be the main draw for a lounge but I like the brightness a lot and the colour of the furniture match OS' logo. More than the food itself, the catering looks like long-haul with plates and proper cutlery rather than plastic and aluminium usually seen on 320/737 flights
Your pictures and words about VIE are just pretty well describing my feelings about it. Last time I experienced that airport was a week ago. Thank you for this report.
thanks for sharing this FR about my current home airport :) Lovely pics.
I think the problem with Vienna is that they tried to mix old with new and this resulted in a highly inefficient mess. I vaguely recall a scandal a few years back with the CEO of the airport but don't recall any more details. The fact is now that VIE is a very long airport for its size and results in much walking when transferring gates, the airport could use much improvement when it comes to high end services.
Thanks for this FR. That's a long way home!!! There's also a lottery with TK but regarding the seats you're gonna get and not the FAs. I really like the looks of VIE.
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Seems like you were clearly underwhelmed by your ground experience in VIE from lounge offering to transit facilities and security check, I would have expect better too.
Shame that you are once again scoring an old TK plane with this awful C class, at least catering looks so yummy.
(fyi you indicated 321 iso 738)
As a cliche I expected this airport to have German-style efficiency... but not, seems not really organised... I may not be the main draw for a lounge but I like the brightness a lot and the colour of the furniture match OS' logo.
More than the food itself, the catering looks like long-haul with plates and proper cutlery rather than plastic and aluminium usually seen on 320/737 flights
Thank you for this report.
I think the problem with Vienna is that they tried to mix old with new and this resulted in a highly inefficient mess. I vaguely recall a scandal a few years back with the CEO of the airport but don't recall any more details. The fact is now that VIE is a very long airport for its size and results in much walking when transferring gates, the airport could use much improvement when it comes to high end services.
That's a long way home!!!
There's also a lottery with TK but regarding the seats you're gonna get and not the FAs.
I really like the looks of VIE.
VIE is obviously an airport to avoid.
This old J cabin turns what might have been a great experience into a so-so one.
Are there 2 airports in Istanbul? I only heard of Ataturk.
Thanks for sharing.
TK is using increasingly SAW for its European flights because Ataturk is saturated
I guess it may be a mess with a connecting flight !
VIE is one airport that I detest. Some of the personnel there seems to lack the most basic forms of courtesy.
Food is always great on TK or at the least decent.
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