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December 1, 2004 at 4:34 pm in reply to: Opinions of KLM short haul? #563912

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No way is the F70/100 noisy unless you sit close to the engines.
The UK fleet has only just been downgraded to the KLM Eurotrash service in the last couple of weeks.
Mainline staff were annoyed that UK flights still had the full bar service and a decent sandwich so this had to be axed.
And yes, the interiors are past the sell – by date and are looking tatty.

December 1, 2004 at 4:34 pm in reply to: Opinions of KLM short haul? #632796

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No way is the F70/100 noisy unless you sit close to the engines.
The UK fleet has only just been downgraded to the KLM Eurotrash service in the last couple of weeks.
Mainline staff were annoyed that UK flights still had the full bar service and a decent sandwich so this had to be axed.
And yes, the interiors are past the sell – by date and are looking tatty.

December 1, 2004 at 1:49 pm in reply to: Opinions of KLM short haul? #564148

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Love them and hate them at times.
The service is now crap in Europe since the cabin service was almost eliminated.
The F100 now has Euroselect without a curtain.
This means economy service and a £500 snack and alcohol.
In fairness, they now have loco fares.
Last 2 were LBA-AMS-MAD last week £56 + tax and on Sunday LBA-AMS-WAW £69 + tax. It would be better if you could pay for refreshments and have a choice.
Jet 2 are vastly superior overall.

December 1, 2004 at 1:49 pm in reply to: Opinions of KLM short haul? #632861

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Love them and hate them at times.
The service is now crap in Europe since the cabin service was almost eliminated.
The F100 now has Euroselect without a curtain.
This means economy service and a £500 snack and alcohol.
In fairness, they now have loco fares.
Last 2 were LBA-AMS-MAD last week £56 + tax and on Sunday LBA-AMS-WAW £69 + tax. It would be better if you could pay for refreshments and have a choice.
Jet 2 are vastly superior overall.

November 30, 2004 at 3:02 pm in reply to: Wizz Air to the regions #565672

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Poland is becoming a very popular tourist destination.
Even Krakow supports direct flights to the USA.
Krakow could become another Prague, especially considering it is a better destination in my opinion. I doubt if all the cheap flights will be packed with immigrants. Many visitors to Krakow and Warsaw are Jewish people making a pilgrimage, or just tourists wishing to visit somewhere different. Leeds for example has large Jewish and Polish communities.
Also, Zakopana 30 mins from Krakow is a fantastic ski resort.
LOT has controlled the routes and fares for too many years, now they are waking up and trying to compete with the likes of Wizz.

November 30, 2004 at 3:02 pm in reply to: Wizz Air to the regions #633320

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Poland is becoming a very popular tourist destination.
Even Krakow supports direct flights to the USA.
Krakow could become another Prague, especially considering it is a better destination in my opinion. I doubt if all the cheap flights will be packed with immigrants. Many visitors to Krakow and Warsaw are Jewish people making a pilgrimage, or just tourists wishing to visit somewhere different. Leeds for example has large Jewish and Polish communities.
Also, Zakopana 30 mins from Krakow is a fantastic ski resort.
LOT has controlled the routes and fares for too many years, now they are waking up and trying to compete with the likes of Wizz.

October 2, 2004 at 1:48 pm in reply to: Best Business Class: narrow body short haul #625157

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I think business class short haul is not what it used to be.
The airlines are changing their business class model to try to become more efficient.The problem is,they cannot estimate how many seats will be required.KLM used to have about 8 rows 3+2 and move the curtain to suit.
This meant that you could have a business class seat in economy albeit with slightly reduced catering.Not very efficient. Now it has gone too far the other way.All 3+3 economy seats with 2 or 3 rows seperated by a curtain.
For the traveller in business class,an economy seat, and a meal with alcohol for about £500 extra. The best business class travel seems to be with the Eastern European carriers, Asian airlines,or third world type airlines who have not yet caught up with this trend.
This situation has been created by the huge demand for low fares.

October 2, 2004 at 1:48 pm in reply to: Best Business Class: narrow body short haul #715070

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I think business class short haul is not what it used to be.
The airlines are changing their business class model to try to become more efficient.The problem is,they cannot estimate how many seats will be required.KLM used to have about 8 rows 3+2 and move the curtain to suit.
This meant that you could have a business class seat in economy albeit with slightly reduced catering.Not very efficient. Now it has gone too far the other way.All 3+3 economy seats with 2 or 3 rows seperated by a curtain.
For the traveller in business class,an economy seat, and a meal with alcohol for about £500 extra. The best business class travel seems to be with the Eastern European carriers, Asian airlines,or third world type airlines who have not yet caught up with this trend.
This situation has been created by the huge demand for low fares.

June 20, 2004 at 8:40 pm in reply to: Best And Worst Airport Facilities i.e terminal etc #668547

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Best airport

In stark contrast to my comments about Warsaw,the best has to be from a terminal point of view,Chek Lap Kok. Built to handle 87m and only operating at 30% capacity.Best airport 2001-2004.
The terminal claims to have the worlds largest enclosed space.
Very impressive and a big improvement on I have to say the more exciting Kai Tak.
KUL is almost a carbon copy so also worth a mention.
Alongside Warsaw,Manila is the absolute pits.

June 20, 2004 at 2:50 pm in reply to: Best And Worst Airport Facilities i.e terminal etc #669276

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Worst airport for sure!

The worst airport has to be Warsaw.I pass through about 4 times per month.
Last week I arrived at about 4.30 in the morning more than 2 hours before departure.In the area where I need to be,there are 2 scanners for about 1500 pax.The scanner guy also opens many suitcases.The waiting area is so small,I could not see where to queue with the huge seething crowd.I queued for 30 minutes at the wrong scanner.Then as usual about 30 mins before the flight,the check in desks were being closed.Many people were still wanting to join the flight.I left my bags as I have done before and grabbed one of the staff to let them know.All this with priority check in privileges.
And,it used to be worse,the mob going through the left hand scanner went to the right hand desks,the mob going through the right hand scanner went to the left hand desks.Between the scanners and the desks (about 2 metres) there were about 500 gridlocked pax forming a scrum.
This is only part of it,I could go on and on.
I have travelled to many many airports throughout the world but this a****e of an airport is the worst.

April 1, 2004 at 10:34 am in reply to: Your Last and next flights please….. #710032

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Last and next flights

Hello,
This is my first posting although I have been interested in the site for some time,these are my recent and next flights,
wawkrk

2004
JAN
LBA-AMS –KLC F100
AMS-WAW –KLM 734
WAW-KRK-LOT ER145
KRK-WAW-ELOT ATR42
WAW-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC F100
LBA-AMS-KLC F100
AMS-MAD-KLM 734
MAD-BCN-IB 321
BCN-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC-F100
LBA-AMS –KLC F100
AMS-WAW –KLM 734
WAW-KRK-LOT ER145
KRK-WAW-LOT 735
WAW-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC F100
FEB
LBA-AMS-KLC F100
AMS-MAD-KLM 734
MAD-BCN-IB 320
BCN-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC-F100
LBA-AMS –KLC F100
AMS-WAW –KLM 734
WAW-KRK-LOT ER145
KRK-WAW-ELOT ATR72
WAW-MXP-LOT E145
MXP-WAW-LOT E145
WAW-KRK-LOT 735
KRK-WAW-LOT 735
WAW-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC F100
LBA-AMS-KLC F100
AMS-MAD-KLM 734
MAD-BCN-IB 300?
BCN-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC-F100
MAR
LBA-AMS –KLC F100
AMS-WAW –KLM 734
WAW-KRK-LOT ER145
KRK-WAW-ELOT ATR42
WAW-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC F100
LBA-AMS –KLC F100
AMS-WAW –KLM 734
WAW-KRK-LOT ER145
KRK-WAW-ELOT ATR42
WAW-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC F100
APR
LBA-AMS –KLC F100
AMS-WAW –KLM 734
WAW-KRK-LOT ER145
KRK-WAW-ELOT ATR42
WAW-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC F100
LBA-AMS-KLC F100
AMS-MAD-KLM 734
MAD-BCN-IB 321
BCN-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC-F100
MAY
LBA-AMS –KLC F100
AMS-HKG-KLM 744
HKG-KUL-MAL A330
KUL-SIN-A300?
SIN-AMS-744
AMS-LBA-KLC F100
LBA-AMS –KLC F100
AMS-WAW –KLM 734
WAW-KRK-LOT ER145
KRK-WAW-ELOT ATR42
WAW-AMS-KLM 734
AMS-LBA-KLC F100
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