Review of Austrian Airlines flight from Dubai to Vienna in Economy

AUA

OS - Austrian Airlines

Flight taken on 17 January 2015
OS840
02:25 06h 25m 05:50
Class Economy
Seat 32A
whitelight44
5,006 · 106 · 9 · 0

Hi all,
This is about my trip back home to Iran and to the Arabic countries in the Persian Gulf area, you can see all parts here:
Toronto to Frankfurt- Air Canada: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9253.html
Frankfurt to Tehran- Lufthansa- Tehran Pictures: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9322.html
Tehran- Shiraz- Tehran- Mahan Air: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9666.html
Tehran to Kuwait- Kuwait Airways: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9383.html
Kuwait to Dubai- Kuwait Airways: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9456.html
Dubai to Doha- Qatar Airways: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9501.html
Doha to Bahrain- British Airways: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9519.html
Bahrain to Kuwait- United Airlines: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9554.html
Kuwait to Dubai- Fly Dubai: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9600.html
Dubai to Vienna- Austrian Airlines: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9622.html
Vienna to Toronto- Austrian Airlines: http://flight-report.com/en/report-9629.html
This part is about our return back to Toronto from Dubai via Vienna by Austrian airlines
Austrian check in at terminal 1


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After passing huge lines at passport control and passing security check we went down to the tunnel that connects the terminal to the airside terminal


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Shops at terminal 1


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Some books in Arabic


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Picture of Dubai's future terminal at world central airport. It looks not bad but I kind of like DXB and it's awesome location right next to Dubai's city centre much more


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Rendering of future Kuwait airport's terminal, which is very nice


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Rendering of Rome's future terminal. I had no idea about this one. Looks like FCO is expanding nicely


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Inside a book. The Arabic alphabet is the same as Persian (Farsi) alphabet of Iran but words mean totally different things except for some similar words. It's like English and Italian, same words but different meaning with some common words.


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A cute camel that I got for myself :)


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Now at our gate area
Air Inida


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Our plane's tail visible


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The seating area


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Boarding


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Beautiful refurbished cabin


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Our seat


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Blanket


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Pillow


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The great IFE


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Shaheen Airlines next to us


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Safety video


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Shaheen Airlines, Aeroflot and Air Algerie


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Taxing


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Take off


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Going over Iran


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First they served a snack sandwich, which was tasty


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Around 1:30 hour before landing in Vienna, they served the breakfast, which was very delicious as well


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Landing in Vienna


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Disembarking


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A look at our plane


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Vienna's new terminal does not have much to do except some shops at the beginning of it, also it's very dark and I wished they used brighter furniture. It was also very hard to take pictures of planes due to glass reflection


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But it had an amazing thing, which is these seats that you can sleep on. It's very handy and useful for passengers with long connections and they were super comfy.


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And I slept on this comfy seat for the next 2 hours before our flight to Toronto :)


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Hope you enjoyed this FR :)

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Product ratings

Airline

Austrian Airlines 8.8

  • Cabin9.0 / 10
  • Cabin crew9.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi9.0 / 10
  • Meal/catering8.0 / 10
Departure airport

Dubai - DXB8.0

  • Efficiency6.0 / 10
  • Access8.0 / 10
  • Services9.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness9.0 / 10
Arrival Airport

Vienna - VIE8.0

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

Conclusion

Overall a great flight by Austrian. Very clean and fresh cabin. Comfortable seats for economy with good legroom and seat width. Nice crew and the meal tasted good too. The IFE was great too.

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Comments (9)

  • thanks for you report,

    I guess you found the right place to sleep in VIE before your flight to YYZ.

    I'm quite astonished as OS made effort for economy class (IFE is huge!)

    See you!

  • Thanks for the FR!

    The OS product looks good for this segment, which is probably expected since they are competing with Gulf carriers on these routes. The 763 (2-3-2) is always a great cabin for comfort, better than the high-density 3-4-3 that OS uses on the 772 (as shown in the safety video).

    A snack and full meal is correct catering for this route, and the offering looks good by Do&Co.

    Why do the 'reserved' seats in economy get J-class blankets?

    • As far as I know, these seats come with extra legroom and can be booked for 70€ (on longhaul routes). So you would probably expect some nice extra features economy class usually doesn't offer.

    • Thanks NG085 for the info. Oh, good eye, I did not notice the J class blankets on the reserved seats. I'm not sure why they give out those blankets there.

  • Thanks for this FR.

    I love the look of the new OS cabin.

    The timing of the flight does not allow for any lunch or dinner, but the breakfast they serve is indeed nice and elaborate.

    • Thanks very much KL651. Yes, their cabin is very nice, fresh and the seats were comfortable. The breakfast was very good and tasted good too.

  • Hello,

    Thanks for this nice report.

    I like the cabin & the catering is ok.

    See you,

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