I am in no way an expert in photo editing the only thing I did was shrinking them to 40% of their original size so they would fit a little better in this forum , the original size was 2272 * 1704.
Our flight was IB4215 to Barcelona with a sheduled departure at 19:10 connecting in Barcelona to IB1242 with a scheduled departure at 22:25.
We checked in about 2 hours for departure so check in was really fast. (3 counters open for "only" 6 families/persons checking in). We then immediately proceeded to through passport control and begun our long "hike" to the A pier, luckily our gate was at the beginning of the A pier. Nonetheless since we were well in advance of our boarding time, I walked all the way to the end and took some pictures while enjoying the view of the unfortunately not so busy airfield.
The plane from Barcelona arrived late and hence we departed about 20 min late. Luckily we had a good tailwind so we arrived in Barcelona on time.
Our plane was an Iberia A320 (I do not have the registration) and it was parked next to EC-HIV an Iberia B757-200 bound for Madrid.
We pushed back from stand 145 all the way across R4 to taxiway S and while pushing back I could also take this picture of an Sn Brussels Airlines Avro jet who was taxxing to its gate.
We taxied to rwy 25R and I grabbed the opportunity to take a picture of the new tower as well.
While holding into position of rwy 25R I took an other picture of the Antonov 124.
We took off over Brussels center ("de kanaalroute") which gave us a good view of Brussels, sadly the weather was not good enough for a good picture.
In flight service on Iberia is crap, you don´t get anything not even water (unless you pay 2 euros). We didn´t get any food either, luckily I was prepared by all the other comments I had read already so I had brought my own sandwich and water. Still a carrier who doesn't offer free drinks is not worthy to call themselves a full cost carrier.
Nonetheless time went fast and before I well realised we had flown already 1.5 hours we commenced our descend into Barcelona. With a smooth but firm landing.
My last picture was when we boarded our plane again an Iberia A320 from Barcelona to Malaga where we arrived 1hour behind schedule on a 1.5 hour flight. Because some stupid woman´s dog had run away on the airport in Barcelona. How stupid can you be in not putting it in a small container.
As you can see on the picture we boarded via the stairs on the apron, so it ran lose on the airport aprons and the firemen had to come to search the dog as it could be very dangerous for planes. Unfortunately the dog wasn´t found in over an hour of searching so in the end we just departed without the dog yet with the crying woman.
Iberia brings you safely from A to B, but compared to KLM and SN Brussels Airlines that is about the only thing they do. Luckily I just love the flying and I´m not too picky yet on a small delay or no food or drinks, but otherwise I strongly suggest you take another carrier for your flight.
Hope you enjoyed my first basic flight report,
Thomas
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