FRANKFURT to MALTA (FRA-MLA) on Lufthansa A300-600 A321-100 in business class

After a while our aircraft arrived and disgorged its load of passengers and crew. A few announcements were made that boarding was imminent, and the monitors continued to lie about on time departure. Thus we were trapped at the gate and I couldn't go back to the lounge for a much needed coffee.

Eventually boarding was called. First families with young kids, then business and *G which was ignored and became a free for all. No wonder most of the agents don't bother with priority boarding. This is a moderately empty flight, perhaps half full, and thus we leave not too late.

I was by now very sleepy and so I can't recall if newspapers or magazines were offered pre-departure. We had a long taxi. Each time I was awoken by a passenger behind me coughing loudly we were still taxiing.

Breakfast was served

choice of pancakes or scrambled eggs with potatoes
roll
cold meat cut
4 different cheeses
some fruit
cinnamon scroll

I had several coffees to try and stay awake properly and get my body onto european time.

There wasn't much of a view - extensive cloud from the approaching low pressure system obscured the land from Germany, across the Alps, the length of Italy and Sicily and until we were on final approach at Malta. We had some good views of the island though and I was excited to arrive.

No airbridge. Several busses were waiting and business class passengers got a bus to themselves. No immigration because Malta is part of the Schengen zone. I bypassed the shuttles (7 euros) and grabbed a cab (20 euros fixed fare) in under a minute. I had arrived.