Our meal. The sandwich was a bit dry but the fruit salad was good!
Coffee, white wine and apple juice. Lots of drinks are available!
Overflying Madrid airport
Madrid city
Over the dry Spanish land
Cabin view
After meal and bar service were done and trash collected, the duty free service started. Surprisingly, quite a lot of sales were done, including from me. After I bought my item, i asked if they had any playing cards onboard. Initially, the steward misunderstood me and gave me a postcard but after realizing his mistake, he brought a pack of playing cards for me and even apologized! How's that for service!! In fact, I was even surprised that they had playing cards onboard as BA did not have any stocked on their european flights, as claimed by the crew. The crew were on their feet throughout and the duty free service lasted till we were on our final descent. In fact, the crew took their seats only when the gears were down and ensuring the cabin is secured, which is just slightly more than a minute before landing!
Descending into Barcelona
Final approach
Landing video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=071saIfdmMw
We landed smoothly and taxied to the new Barcelona Terminal 1, just a couple of weeks after its opening! The new terminal was very airy and spacious and felt a bit like Hong Kong Airport. There were also a lot of shops such as Zara, Desigual and many more spanish brands with summer sales to go, making the airport seems like a shopping mall! I would mind being delayed at this terminal!
Parked at the gate beside a LH A321
Our plane again
Terminal 1. Very new, bright, spacious and clean.
Shops ahead. Its the summer sales!
Overall, I am very satisfied with TAP on this short flight. Given my expectations were quite low, this flight had highly exceeded my expectations of TAP. In fact, they were much better than BA inflight service wise, except for the slight delay. Crew were genuinely friendly and very professional, just like any world class asian carrier. I was genuinely impressed by TAP on this flight!
Next flight would be on Vueling, a low-cost Spanish carrier. Stay tuned!