Flights within Norway
Jan 31, 2016, 3:20 pm
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Flights within Norway
I'm flying from Oslo to Bergen and then Bergen to Alesund in late May, early June.
For OSL-BGO, found an SAS flight on a 737.
But for BGO-AES, there were some choices which I am unfamiliar with, with planes operated by Wideroe and Jet Time.
The hours for the direct flight weren't the greatest. No flights before 1 PM for June 1st, so we'd have to leave luggage after checking out of Bergen hotel.
I ended up booking the Jet Time flight which had an SK flight number. The Wideroe flight was WF on some plane called the De Havilland.
The Jet Time flight is on a Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 72. Probably some kind of prop plane?
Is there going to be overhead luggage space for the 21 inch rollers on that plane?
The only Boeing 737 flight that day, which was a direct flight, not going to OSL, was after 9PM. I know the days are long at that time of the year in Norway but I don't know about hanging out in Bergen 10 hours after checking out of hotel.
Are these odd flight schedules the result of the small market for that flight or the long days there in the late spring?
For OSL-BGO, found an SAS flight on a 737.
But for BGO-AES, there were some choices which I am unfamiliar with, with planes operated by Wideroe and Jet Time.
The hours for the direct flight weren't the greatest. No flights before 1 PM for June 1st, so we'd have to leave luggage after checking out of Bergen hotel.
I ended up booking the Jet Time flight which had an SK flight number. The Wideroe flight was WF on some plane called the De Havilland.
The Jet Time flight is on a Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 72. Probably some kind of prop plane?
Is there going to be overhead luggage space for the 21 inch rollers on that plane?
The only Boeing 737 flight that day, which was a direct flight, not going to OSL, was after 9PM. I know the days are long at that time of the year in Norway but I don't know about hanging out in Bergen 10 hours after checking out of hotel.
Are these odd flight schedules the result of the small market for that flight or the long days there in the late spring?
Jan 31, 2016, 3:57 pm
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The Dash 8s from Wideroe and the ATR 72 are both Turboprops:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATR_72
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Dash_8
The ATRs have surprisingly quite big overhead bins. Anyway, if you're roller doesn't fit (and also on the Dash 8) they will load it to the cargo area but unload and give it back to you at th etime of deplaning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATR_72
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Dash_8
The ATRs have surprisingly quite big overhead bins. Anyway, if you're roller doesn't fit (and also on the Dash 8) they will load it to the cargo area but unload and give it back to you at th etime of deplaning.
Feb 1, 2016, 7:02 am
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Boarding in front for WF
The Jettime flights with ATR-72 are SK wet leases, with standard SK domestic service (i.e. Plus and Go).
The WF routes are operated by Widerøe, a separate company, until recently owned by SAS, but now only partly owned. I get my SKD mainly from WF, so I fly them a lot. AFAIK they are not part of *A. One gets basic points in Eurobonus, but not necessarily on other *A programs. Thus SK flights are better. The DH-8s have smaller overhead lockers, too small for a 21 inch cabin roller. I would have thought the ATR-72 overhead lockers were too small as well, but as I usually travel with a WF DH-8 combatible bag, I don't get to test it!
As for service, WF does not serve free Food in Plus; all is buy on Board.
Feb 1, 2016, 2:55 pm
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Feb 2, 2016, 6:45 am
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Actually, WF serves free breakfast on certain domestic flights to all passengers. This is on the longer commercial flights, not the government subsidised flights, operated by -300 and -400s)