Review of TUS Airways flight from Tel Aviv to Prague in Economy

introduction

Long time passed since my last flight report…
So here is my experience on Tus flight (operated for Elal as the flight number suggests) from Tel Aviv to Prague.

Since this was flight branded as Elal flight, at this time, the flights to Berlin, Budapest, Prague (and more) took off from terminal 1.
Currently, due to the situation in Israel, terminal 1 will open again in June.

TLV AIRPORT - TERMINAL 1

I arrived to the terminal 3 hours before the flight.
The entrance to terminal 1:

Inside the terminal:

I made my way to the security check and the check in area:

15 minutes passed since I entered the terminal until I received my boarding pass, not bad:

Then it was the time for passport control, as well as hand baggage check, which took less than 10 minutes!

Airside:

I spent some time in the duty free shops:

And of course I had to grab a cup of coffee :)

After a while I went to the "new" waiting area in terminal 1:

I found it very nostalgic, look at the old Elal logo:

There is nothing to do there actually, but it was a quite place to eat, drink, etc.

I went to the toilets in the "new" waiting area:

Though the cleanliness factor was ok, it looks very old.

At 6:30 I went to the gate area:

A bus took us to the aircraft, since terminal 1 isn't equipped with jet bridges.
I like those bus rides, since I can see some aircraft on my way :)

Smartwings Boeing 737-800 (OK-TSO), wet leased to one of the Israeli carriers.

CSA Airbus A320 (leased to Israir) and Sundor Boeing 737-800 (4X-EKR):

Israir Airbus A320 (4X-ABI):

And finally, our ride to Prague, Tus Airbus A320 (5B-DDK):

FLIGHT EXPREIENCE - TLV TO PRG

Aircraft information:
Airbus A320-200
Delivered to Air Malta on October 2004 (9H-AEK), delivered to Tus on April 2021 (5B-DDK)
Making it almost 19 years old when I flew on it

Cabin view:

My seat (18F) area:

This aircraft made the flights for Elal on the TLV-PRG-TLV route, meaning they had 3 hours to clean it for the next flight, but someone missed this stain.

Wing view:

Legroom wasn't great at all:

As a reminder, I'm only 1.64m tall and it was tight. For taller people it could be unbearable.

The Gopro is ready for the take off video:

On 7:15 the aircraft was pushed back and we made our way to the runway (26).

Israir Airbus A320 (4X-ABW):

The old overhead PSU:

Trade air Airbus A32O (9A-BTI) operated for Israir:

Wing view with terminal 1:

Old Elal aircraft (Two 747-400 and one 777-200ER):

Take off video:

Shortly after take off:

15 minutes into the flight:

40 minutes after take off, sandwich was served as a breakfast :

This was a sandwich with cheese, it was tasty but small.

Mid flight cabin view:

Two hours into the flight, I went to the toilets:

As you can see, the toilet condition was pretty good.

During flight wing view:

During descent

Landing video in PRG airport:

Shortly before landing:

Touch down:

During our way to the jet bridge.
Ryanair Boeing 737-800:

Lufthansa Airbus A320:

Smartwings Boeing 737-800 and British Airways Airbus A319:

Cabin view during deboarding:

PRG AIRPORT

On my way to the baggage claim area:

Unlike my previous visit in Prague airport, this time the passport check process was much faster.

Baggage claim area:

After customs check:

Outside view:

Thanks for reading!