Review of TAP Air Portugal flight from Asturias to Lisbon in Economy

TAP

TP - TAP Air Portugal

Flight taken on 23 February 2015
TP 1113
16:25 01h 35m 17:00
Model ATR 42-500
Class Economy
Seat 3D
FConceicao
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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


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

At the bus stop, then a short walk to the terminal


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

Check-in area


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

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


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

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


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

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


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

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


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

2 EuroAtlantic Airways (another portuguese charter airline) Boeing B767-300 and the CS-TNP, an A320 from TAP Portugal with the Star Alliance livery


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

The airport


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

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


TAP Air Portugal Asturias → Lisbon

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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Product ratings

Airline

TAP Air Portugal 7.9

  • Cabin8.5 / 10
  • Cabin crew9.5 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi5.0 / 10
  • Meal/catering8.5 / 10
Departure airport

Asturias - OVD8.2

  • Efficiency10.0 / 10
  • Access10.0 / 10
  • Services5.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness8.0 / 10
Arrival Airport

Lisbon - LIS8.0

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

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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Comments (5)

  • 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.

  • Thanks for sharing this impressive flight report. The snack box looks pretty cool, and the plane great !

  • 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.

  • Thanks for sharing the pretty nice report.

    This ATR is really beautiful.

    Catering is very nice on that kind of short flight.

    Se you,

  • 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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