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
At the bus stop, then a short walk to the terminal
Check-in area
The FIDS
Check-in 4 and 5 for TAP flight
After Check-in you need to turn right to go to security area. Not well signed
Before Security
The duty free shop and the upper part of this small terminal
Airport view's
Due to a bird strike at Lisbon, the inbound flight have been delayed and our departure also delayed for 1 hour
My ticket
Finally the CS-TRV, an ATR 42-600, MSN 1016, arrived from rwy 29
The lower part of the terminal
Last minute change - Gate 2 to Gate 3
In the bus to the aircraft
The tail of this small aircraft
Operated by White Mark
Inside this bird. The view from my seat, 3D!
The Pratt & Whitney 127M turbo-prop engine
Pushing back at 16h23lt and fastly taxi to runway 29 for departure
Lift-off at 16h26lt
The very nice departure view's
The snack box
Inside snack box a flavored sandwich of cheese, ham, tomato and lettuce, a water, a refreshing towel and headphone for the noise
The PSU
The lavatory in the rear of the aircraft
The cabin
As I'm TAP maintenance staff I was invited for for a short cockpit visit to know more about this small plane
Then returned to my seat for this amazing aproach to Lisbon
Out Oeiras and Cascais coast for turn 180º to final appr rwy 03
Descending on ILS over the 25th April Bridge
Lisbon Terminal 2 - The low cost terminal
Iberia plane holding at M5
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
2 EuroAtlantic Airways (another portuguese charter airline) Boeing B767-300 and the CS-TNP, an A320 from TAP Portugal with the Star Alliance livery
The airport
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 Hangar 6
The cabin
Disembarking
F-HBXL an Air France regional airline: HOP! Embraer ERJ-170LR (ERJ-170-100 LR)
The CS-TRV
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 !