Review of TAP Air Portugal flight Asturias Lisbon in Economy

Airline TAP Air Portugal
Flight TP 1113
Class Economy
Seat 3D
Aircraft ATR 42-500
Flight time 01:35
Take-off 23 Feb 15, 16:25
Arrival at 23 Feb 15, 17:00
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By 2690
Published on 21st March 2015
Hello

That's my short trip from Asturias to Lisbon in brand new ATR operating for TAP Portugal in the colors of it's own reginal airline: Portugalia Airlines. This aircraft, in particular, is operated and owned by White Airways, a private portuguese charter airline.

Arriving in Astúrias Airport, near Aviles City and 40km from Oviedo, the capital of Astúrias region
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At the bus stop, then a short walk to the terminal
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Check-in area
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The FIDS
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Check-in 4 and 5 for TAP flight
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After Check-in you need to turn right to go to security area. Not well signed
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Before Security
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The duty free shop and the upper part of this small terminal
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Airport view's
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Due to a bird strike at Lisbon, the inbound flight have been delayed and our departure also delayed for 1 hour
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My ticket
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Finally the CS-TRV, an ATR 42-600, MSN 1016, arrived from rwy 29


The lower part of the terminal
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Last minute change - Gate 2 to Gate 3
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In the bus to the aircraft
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The tail of this small aircraft
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Operated by White Mark
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Inside this bird. The view from my seat, 3D!
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The Pratt & Whitney 127M turbo-prop engine
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Pushing back at 16h23lt and fastly taxi to runway 29 for departure
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Lift-off at 16h26lt
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The very nice departure view's
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The snack box
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Inside snack box a flavored sandwich of cheese, ham, tomato and lettuce, a water, a refreshing towel and headphone for the noise
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The PSU
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The lavatory in the rear of the aircraft
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The cabin
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As I'm TAP maintenance staff I was invited for for a short cockpit visit to know more about this small plane
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Then returned to my seat for this amazing aproach to Lisbon
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Out Oeiras and Cascais coast for turn 180º to final appr rwy 03
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Descending on ILS over the 25th April Bridge
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Lisbon Terminal 2 - The low cost terminal
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Iberia plane holding at M5
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In the photo 2 White Airways Airbus: A310 (CS-TQV) and an A320 (CS-TRO). Also A SATA Int Airbus A310 and a TAP Portugal A321
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2 EuroAtlantic Airways (another portuguese charter airline) Boeing B767-300 and the CS-TNP, an A320 from TAP Portugal with the Star Alliance livery
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The airport
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Taxiing to stand 703 the beautifull A340-300 CS-TOD that had arrived from Luanda. This aircrafts will be replaced by the A350's in 2017
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TAP Hangar 6
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The cabin
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Disembarking
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F-HBXL an Air France regional airline: HOP! Embraer ERJ-170LR (ERJ-170-100 LR)
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The CS-TRV
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Verdict

TAP Air Portugal

7.9/10
Cabin8.5
Cabin crew9.5
Entertainment/wifi5.0
Meal/catering8.5

Asturias - OVD

8.2/10
Efficiency10.0
Access10.0
Services5.0
Cleanliness8.0

Lisbon - LIS

8.0/10
Efficiency8.0
Access8.0
Services8.0
Cleanliness8.0

Conclusion

Very enjoyable flight and I was impressed because ATR wasn't very noisy as I thought, is a very computerized aircraft and the fuel efficiency was impressive. Just burned 1000kg of fuel in this flight. The flight was smooth and the snack very tasty and very good for the type and length of flight.

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5 Comments

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  • Comment 132140 by
    SKYTEAMCHC GOLD 10143 Comments
    Thanks for sharing with us this short flight . It to me a while to understand that Ranon was Oviedo !
    The catering and beverage service is ok for a short flight and i find the box nice.
    ATR are quite convenient for this type of route and the new generation is much quieter than the previous one.
  • Comment 132149 by
    Esteban GOLD 19960 Comments
    Thanks for sharing this impressive flight report. The snack box looks pretty cool, and the plane great !
  • Comment 132164 by
    eminere™ 271 Comments
    How impressive that a full large bottle of water is given to every passenger on this short regional, turboprop flight. Usually you see this only in the premium cabins on longhaul international flights.

    Very fresh looking interior as well.
  • Comment 132181 by
    Mathieu 2067 Comments
    Thanks for sharing the pretty nice report.
    This ATR is really beautiful.
    Catering is very nice on that kind of short flight.

    Se you,
  • Comment 158159 by
    marathon GOLD 10137 Comments
    Ear plugs, a sandwich, a bottle of water... wow, I never had that on any of my turboprop flights !
    I love the view in the descent towards Runway 03 in LIS.
    Belated thanks for sharing this interesting report !

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