Hello everyone,
Very happy to see you again for a week trip to Vietnam.
To do so, direction Hanoi, which will be our base camp to visit the bay of Halong.
In order to reach Hanoi, only 1 option live from CDG: Vietnam Airlines.
Very happy to try this airline, especially on the A350.
We meet around 10 a.m. at Chatelet-les-Halles station, to take the preferred means of transport in the Paris region: RER B.
Arrival at CDG 2, after 30 minutes by direct RER CDG.
The characteristic FIDS is quite busy this holiday season:
Head towards T2E, from where VN leaves:
We will register from zone 2, the area used by non-air France airlines :
Our suitcases will be quickly processed by the registration agents, and a paper BP will be given to us:
Head to the LISA, for a departure from doors M:
This will allow the beginning of the spotting.
With an A220 and a B772 from Air France:
The security checks will be passed quite quickly.
Mandatory passage through the duty-free, decorated for the holidays:
The FIDS of doors M.
And, below, a museum space that I don’t know:
I will take advantage of this visit to discover the museum space.
The exhibition below is proposed:
Very interesting and pleasant space, especially in correspondence, without knowing Paris.
Head for our boarding gate, located at the bottom of the terminal:
The spotting can continue.
With Air France, in A350:
B777-300ER :
B787-9 :
Followed by SkyTeam airlines
B777-300ER China Eastern :
And, finally, our very beautiful A350 Vietnam Airlines:
We are arriving at our gate at the end of boarding.
At that time, there was no more waiting line for boarding.
Direction the Economy jetbride :
Fuselage shot :
Doar time :
My seat for this flight
The 16A :
Although located in the 1st row of the eco, the pitch will not be huge, but sufficient.
The seat looks quite worn, armrest in poor condition.
That will surprise me for an A350.
As a reminder, VN was among the first customers of the beast:
The A350’s characteristic ceiling light:
The view of the wing, our neighbor a B777 AF, and an A330-900 from Air Calin:
The Captain will take the floor to welcome us.
Right after, an ad will be launched.
This surprised me, but it will happen at several key moments of the flight:
Safety video presentation, who will start with a B787?!?
Will follow several scenes about Vietnamese culture, a very successful video:
We will postpone on time, and taxi to the northern doublet.
Many barcodes on the road.
Passage in front of the Terminal 2F :
Then, another bunch of barcodes off the coast:
Alignment, then takeoff in the process:
Crossing the cloud layer:
To find clear, and quite calm skies almost throughout the trip:
Discover the contents of the cover and the headphones:
Which will have the distinction of not having protective foam.
Indeed, it will be distributed by the crew in a rather original format:
Then, discovery of the IFE.
Of reasonable size, but with current affairs films and quite a bit of diversity:
Accompanied by the geo-vision.
Still represented by a Dreamliner:
1 hour after takeoff, we will receive lunch.
This one will be presented by a poster to express our choice:
The set will be very substantial, and very good:
Cheers to all the community :
After the meal, we will only be unloaded an hour after the end of the service.
It will seem quite long, and I am all the more surprised that the service will have started very quickly, and in a very efficient way after takeoff.
In the meantime, I will try the WiFI, which will be effective.
But, unfortunately, free messaging will only be effective for 15 minutes:
At the end of the service, and throughout the flight, an instant noodle service will be offered.
The VN branding is quite valuable:
The flight continues, with a very beautiful sunset over Turkey:
I would fall asleep, afterwards, during a large part of the flight.
I will be woken up by an oshibori, for the morning service:
Again, a menu is offered to us to make our breakfast selection:
The breakfast as served :
without the caps :
Again, everything will be very good.
And, above all, very substantial, especially for a second performance.
Very good point for VN.
As with the first meal, the defrosting will be quite long.
I take this opportunity to watch the presentation of the network and the VN fleet on Géovision.
Very interesting, but only in Vietnamese:
The descent will begin 30 minutes before landing.
The helmets will be collected by the crew at the beginning of the descent.
The forecast shows us an arrival quite close:
final in sight :
Landing 25 min before schedule at HAN :
Parking at the international terminal :
Already VN neighbours at this very early time :
Deboarding quite quickly and passage through the Premium Economy:
Last sight on our aircraft :
Immigration will take quite a long time to pass.
The FIDS of the morning arrivals:
Our luggage, although Sky Priority, will be delivered quite late:
We will reach the city center, thanks to Grab (for about 8€) in 45 minutes.
Thank you for reading this FR.
See you soon for the return flight.
Papa Sierra Golf 91
