southampton – jersey
dep date:8th april 2004
flight dep:8:15am
reg:GJEDK
seat no:9a
we got to southampton airport at 7am for checkin we checked in by 7:15am and headed into departures. then we got some duty free and had breakfast and waited for our flight to be called through. We waited in the lounge and got called through at 7:50am once we boarded our Q400 dash8, we had to wait until 8:35am till we started to move as we had to wait for a load sheet. while we waited eastern airways to leeds headed off and then we took off at 8:40am once in the air we flew over st marys stadium and the docks and we saw guernsey after 20min and then after another 10min we landed in jersey and got our hire car which was a mercedes a160 excellence and had a great 7 days
jersey – southampton
dep date:14th april 2004
flight dep:6:30pm
reg: GJEDU
seat no:15a
we left for jersey airport from my aunts in longville st saviour at 4:50pm and we checked in and i went up to the viewing area and saw a 737-500 british airways and i saw our Q400 dash8 land we got some dinner and went through to departures and boarded. at 6pm and took off early at 6:25pm and took off over the island the we flew over a blanket of white fog until we flew over southampton docks and landed on time at 7pm also on the flight i bought a Q400 dash8 flybe model for £9.
when we were taxiing we pased a DeHavilland DH6 Twin Otter in air jamaica colours i previously saw it on monday over jersey race course which i won £20 overall on does anyone know which airline it is operating for and why it was in jersey?
overall i would say a very good flight and the service was good 9/10 only because of the delay on the way out
By: T5 - 16th April 2004 at 15:40
An excellent report EAL_KING, I’m glad you enjoyed the trip.
Looking forward to reading more of your reports soon. 🙂
By: EAL_KING - 16th April 2004 at 01:24
it is a nice small airport and they have smoking areas in the airport that have heaters and air blowing out and it is like a small prison but is a good idea although i would say there is not much at the airport and i wouldnt use it for international flights i.e salzberg or tenerife or majorca,prague ect as there is not much to do and would be v.cramped.
By: wannabe pilot - 16th April 2004 at 01:18
Nice report, how would you rate Southampton airport? Always comes across as nice, small and efficient to me, but have never flown from there myself.
By: wysiwyg - 15th April 2004 at 15:29
Well I have to say that if you compared that report to what EAL was writing last summer it is absolutely excellent. Well done EAL-King and thanks for the effort you have made. I’m particularly keen to hear your report on Guernsey.
By: Bhoy - 15th April 2004 at 14:55
What’s a 15 year old doing betting at the Races? :rolleyes:
By: batbay - 15th April 2004 at 14:49
Thats right markkipling – as it’s EAL shouldn’t there be a full stop in there somewhere?:D
By: markkipling - 15th April 2004 at 14:30
any chance of punctuation EAL? Makes it so much easier to read
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th April 2004 at 02:10
Oh right,cool!
By: EAL_KING - 15th April 2004 at 02:05
aparently andrew/a330crazy said and showed me its a new aircraft for rockhopper now le coqs airways
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th April 2004 at 02:02
Hi,
sounds like you had fun,you saw a little Air jamaica?Unusual!
By: EAL_KING - 15th April 2004 at 01:55
i did go to guernsey and will post a flight report later
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