I had gone to Egypt before, but I had the opportunity of flying again there after a short break in Milan. And it´s always a pleasure. Last time I was on Egyptair all the way, and this time I had booked all flights on Spanair which is quite safe. On the airport I found a TU204, although I was scared at the first moment, the flight from MAD-LUXOR, LUXOR-MADRID were really smooth, the plane quite silent and the pitch great. The food was superb. I even think more confortable and stable than a B757. I know it´s not as technically as advanced as the american model, but I quite enjoyed the flight. On a domestic sector I flew something called Air Luxor MD83 supposely new and modern, but on the flight I was reading an aviation magazine while flying to Abu Simbel on a 15 minutes hop, that the airline had been banned in France for a terrible dangerous approach at Nantes…funny eh. Fortunately it was on the flight back…..but I wasn´t amused. :confused:
By: Gaurav - 4th May 2004 at 15:40
undefinedNow is my opportunity to find out. Did the TU-204 have any inflight entertainment?? I’ve always wanted to know if you can watch movies on modern Russian palnes
By: steve rowell - 4th May 2004 at 03:55
Excellent photos
By: Bhoy - 3rd May 2004 at 15:44
Keltic, what was the registration of your Luxor MD? I took this photo of SU-BMF in July last year… nice to see they’ve got a livery now…
By: Jeanske_SN - 1st May 2004 at 14:24
Keltic, the TU204 with Rolls Royce engines have Western avionics.
You probably flew a TU204-120 or 220.
By: Sonnenflieger - 1st May 2004 at 14:17
Thanks for the report! Didn’t know Cairo Aviation had pax TU-204s.
By: keltic - 1st May 2004 at 14:07
When I last flew a Tupolev was on a CSA TU154 and it looked odd inside. No racks, strange seats, old fashioned interiors, but this time once inside it was hard to say one was travelling on a Tupolev. On the contrary, it was so smooth and the noise of the engines was the typical Rolls Royce whispering sounds. Racks were a bit smaller, but that gave the plane a widder look and sensation. Lots of open spaces, hugggeeeee pitch and spacious toilets. Really nice. It was a pity I wasn´t allow to get into the cockpit.
By: A330Crazy - 1st May 2004 at 13:08
Nice little report Keltic. Very Lucky to have had an experience on the TU-204, which in my opinion is one of the best looking aircraft around today. 😎
By: LBARULES - 1st May 2004 at 11:35
Top notch pictures 🙂
Lucky git getting a 204!
By: MEA380 - 1st May 2004 at 11:14
keltic, nice pics, I always like trip reports 🙂
By: KabirT - 1st May 2004 at 10:54
Hey Keltic,
long time. 😀 ….all i have to say u got to sample a TU 204 and your a lucky sod. 😀
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