OSL - CPH - DUS

Oslo is a nice airport, but it costs you an arm and a leg to buy even the most basic stuff. So better bring your lunch bag.


Endless walkway at OSL airport

We only spent 15 minutes in Copenhagen for transfer on the flight from Oslo to Düsseldorf, but there is always time for a quick photo...


Estonian airliner at CPH Copenhagen Kastrup airport

Olympics Airlines

Well, you know, I never used Olympics Airlines before. Might be because I am not really that often in Greece. But yesterday I did and I do not know what to think of it. It took the poor check in clerks 1 and a half hour to check us in. We were not really more people than you would usualy expect on a plane. But the just took their pace. So we waited, and waited. The queue was hardly moving at all. Patience is what we needed.

When I arrived at the counter, they told me and the guys waiting behind me there are no seats anymore on the plane. Wait a minute... no seats? Yes, no seats. All blocked. We panicked, and they managed to get us checked in at last. This is not really how you want a flight to start.

The plane itself had something like the "80s are back" flair in it. They used a VCR based entertainment system, and the inflight magazines looked like the just wanted to go back to the 70s. But the legroom was remarkably large, and the food was all right as well. There was that steward (no, they are called flight attendant these days). He was so big that he hardly had enough room to walk down the aisle. I have never seen such a heavy guy serving as a stewardess before. But there is always a first to everything, I assume.

In the end I guess if I can I will avoid Olympics again. Dont know, there are more professional and convenient airlines around that you can use.

LIS - Portela Lisbon Airport

Getting there was a nightmare. The Brussels Airlines plane was so crowded, it was incredible. There was a felt 15cm space between my chair in Economy and the row in front, which was definitely to less for my knees.


TAP Boeing taxiing at LIS airport

But Lisbon is actually worth the tough ride to get there. Its a great city right at the ocean. Much to beautyful for a business trip...


LIS Lisbon Airport under blue sky,
palm trees at the front door - what elso could you want?

ATH - Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport

Athens is a fantastic city - it has the most beautyful sun when it is raining under grey clouds in Belgium. Simply fantastic and hard to not be in good mood. Also the airport reflects the sunny athmosphere, it is a light and functional architecture with great views on the taxiways under the blue sky.

Definitely worth coming back and spending more time!


ATH Athens International Airport under a perfectly blue sky

ARN - Stockholm Arlanda Airport

Stockholms airport is a big surprise. It is a quite, clean, friendly airpotr with virtually no crowds. What a contrast to buzzing Heathrow or Frankfurt! At ARN, you feel immediately at home, and start enjoying the great shops right away. Off course, there is not much else to do...



Stockholm is waiting!

Malaysian plane at ARN

Ethiopian plane at ARN. Wonder if they
got a cold as soon as they left the plane...

MAD Madrid Barajas

When I was about to fly to Madrid, I was afraid of a terrible airport with terrible Iberia staff. Check here for what happened last time we flew Iberia. But is was not like that at all. MAD is a really modern, nice airport with great architecture.


Iberia planes waiting at MAD Madrid Barajas

Great architecture at MAD terminal 4

Iberia airbus about to be boarded

MXP Milano Malpensa

MXP is a really nice airport. It is beautifully located at the southern rim of the Alps, and rather close to Milano. Not as close as Linate, but close enough. If one has time, and the weather is ok (meaning clear air to see the Alps), the view is marvelous.


Plans at Milano Malpensa with panoramic view on the Alps

Cargo liners at MXP

That was close...

Hope these passengers know the difference between well trained Lufthansa pilots and other low cost carriers now. Good for them this happened in a Lufthansa plane. Have a look:

IAD - Washington Dulles Airport

Actually we only wanted to visit the outpost of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum but we ended up visiting Washington Dulles Airport as well. They had these funny signs indicating a "cell phone area". Have never seen that before, and never again. Guess that means its only allowed to use a cell phone in these areas - but what happens if you get a call elsewhere? Wonder what happens if you call mom from the terminal building - will they kick you out?


Terminal Building at Dulles

Highway to the airport

Boarding passes piling up...

I could not believe it when I emptied my pockets to look for a receipt I was missing. Having already thrown away most of the boarding passes of the last three months, the remaining ones still piled up. Ok, there is other stuff too. But it looks like I can call airports home again after a very relaxing break in air travel over the past year or so.


Boarding Passes and stuff from my blazer pocket

YUL Montreal Trudeau Airport

I have never been there but friends brought this picture from the plane that brought them to us: the Air Canada Jazz flight on its way to Newark (EWR)


Air Canada Jazz at YUL Montreal Airport

EWR: Air Jamaica

After several times at Newark without my camera I finally managed to bring it. It was either in the car or at home or the battery was low... I was waiting for nice and colorful planes to show up, and Air Jamaica came in the nick of time.


Air Jamaica and Alitalia at Newarks Terminal B

FRA Frankfurt Airport (Fraport)

I really haven't been at FRA a long time. When I was in Germany the last time, I arrived at Düsseldorf's International Airport, or went to Brussels and then by car to Germany. This is why I asked somebody to take some pictures from Frankfurt airport to be posted here. I just felt it is time to have Germany represented here again. This is what I got.


A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 at a Frankfurt terminal


A Lufthansa Airbus in Frankfurt.
What kind of Airbus is it? An A340?

MCO Orlando International

When you arrive at Orlando Airport (MCO), you know you are in Florida. There are palm trees between the runways and everything looks neat and clean. The sky is blue and clouds are not to be seen. It is a really nice airport with lots of extraordinary shopping like a NASA store, Universal studios and Disney stores, and many more.


Terminal A ,Orlando International Airport

Unfortunately my cameras memory chip was full (thanks to tons of Disney pictures), so I had to look around for other peoples pictures of the two airlines that seemed to dominate the MCO terminals:


Southwest Boeing, picture taken from www.mrprophead.com


Air Tran plane, picture taken from p.airliners.net

Lake Placid Airport

Little airfields without scheduled connections have their very own character. Lake Placid (IATA/FAA: LKP) is such an airfield. You hardly ever notice it, especially around this time of the year. Only offering scenic flights, it is even nice to visit and watch Cesna's take off from an all-white snow covered runway.


Lake Placid Airport

The airport is off Route 73, but the small connector from the road to the airport gate even has it's own street name. It's really cool looking...


Airport Lane @ Lake Placid