Review of LAN Argentina flight from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires in Economy

Hi! This is the last part of the series of reports from my trip to New York City last month.
So I had landed at 7.55 on flight JJ8103 from JFK and I still had about 3 hours for my flight to Buenos Aires. As I mentioned in my previous report, this time I arrived to Terminal 3 in GRU and I was departing from this terminal as well.
When I booked my trip, I was really looking forward to get to know this new terminal they opened for World Cup in 2014. I remember I was twice in GRU on the beginning of that year, and they were still building the structure.
The European side of GRU

Swiss Airbus 340

Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 “Fanhansa”

More Terminal 3

Duty Free and food court

I found a place where they serve açaí! What is açaí? It’s a tropical fruit from the Amazon. They freeze it and crush it, and the final result is like a sorbet. They eat it with muesli, and it’s a great source of energy.

LAN Argentina Airbus 320 arriving from EZE. This was the aircraft it took. Register: LV-BET

Another view for LV-BET, next to a TAM Airbus 320, departing to EZE as well, at almost the same time

Argentineans really anxious for boarding haha!

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Date: 07/03/16
Origin: Sao Paulo – Guarulhos GRU
Destination: Buenos Aires – Ezeiza EZE
Scheduled departure: 11.15 (11.35 real)
Scheduled arrival: 14.20 (13.55 aprox real)
At 10.45 the boarding started. The flight was 100% full. Most passengers were Argentineans connecting flights to get back home. From what I heard most people were coming from MIA. So maybe because of that, the airline agents knew there will be some people will be bringing extra cabin luggage pieces. During boarding they announced that if they see any passengers with more than 2 cabin luggage pieces they will have to dispatch one. So at the entrance of the plane there were a lot of people waiting to dispatch the extra luggage. When I heard this I worried, because I had my backpack and a huge bag where I put my big winter coat. But they didn’t say anything to me.
Acceptable leg space

United Boeing 777 near us

At 11 the captain and the chief FA introduced their selves and we taxied to the runway. At 11.35 we took off and headed west.

I had amazing views from the city. I even could recognize some neighborhoods, the Paulista Avenue, etc.

When we reached cruise altitude, the FAs delivered lunch service. There was a cheese and ham sandwich and cold or hot drinks. Pretty poor, but it’s a 2 hour flight…

Something interesting about this flight was that there was available wifi service for in flight entertainment. There is an app for Android and iOS that must be downloaded before the flight (because wifi only works for this app), and you can access to the all the contents that include films, TV series, also you can follow the air map. I knew about this but I completely forgot to download the app. thankfully there is a chance to access this by the internet browser on your portable device.

LAN’s Airbus 320 doesn’t have PTVs, so this is an excellent way to entertain yourself!
The flight was quite short, and I didn’t want to focus on a long film, so I watched the air map, and enjoyed views from the window.

At 13.45 we started descending quickly over Buenos Aires
Rio de la Plata

Buenos Aires Federal District

Ezeiza Airport

We made some turnings, and I don’t know why, this never happened to me before, but my ears started hurting me so bad, I scared a bit. Even they hurt when we landed. I took some chewing gum quickly, but it didn’t help.
At 13.55 we landed and headed to Terminal A

Migrations and Customs were a breeze. Only the suitcase delivery took more than I expected.

From there I took a shuttle to the bus Terminal in Retiro, and from there a bus to my home city