After a quick trip back to OSL along the airport express, it was time to go to Bodø. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Bodø is situated north of the Arctic Circle and is one of the largest urban areas in Northern Norway.

SK4122
18/8/2014
SAS Go/Economy
Boeing 737-700 LN-RNN

This was my first experience with the automated baggage tagging, and it was...pretty uneventful. I'd have to say that the most interesting part was finding a kiosk to check in, because there really weren't any staff around and all I saw at first were kiosks that let you check in for every other airline...except SAS. After you check in and affix the tag to your bag, you scan the tag, place your bag on a belt, and the bag gets whisked away. I'm surprised that there wasn't at least one staff member overseeing the area. (Sorry no pictures-couldn't really get away from my family).

After a TSA-esque incompetent and long experience at security we finally headed down to our respective flights (for some reason we decided to travel in two groups, with the others flying DY. Our SAS flight was located in the far wing of gate 19 (seriously the only area that's separated from the rest of the domestic terminal...).

Bunches of SAS 737s-mine was the second from the front


Across the way were some DY planes with the tails painted with famous Norwegians. Unfortunately I couldn't get a profile shot and here's the best I came up with. I do remember seeing one with Henrik Ibsen, who notably wrote the Peer Gynt plays.


This was my first time experiencing a "silent boarding", as no announcements were made whatsoever about the flight and the gate agent more or less just opened the gate to the jetbridge to signal the beginning of the boarding process. Newspapers were available before boarding, though none of them were in English.

The plane was configured in an all-economy configuration, with SAS Plus and SAS Go, with the main difference on board that the SAS Plus passengers got complimentary access to the BOB menu and sat in the front of the plane. I'm not really a fan of SAS Go, mostly because it's similar to UA/LCCs in that just about everything is charged other than water/coffee/tea

The plane felt and looked really old. The seats were the more padded non-slimline seats, but it was fairly obvious the seats had seen much better days-the armrests still contained the small ashtrays and a good number of small parts were missing.




Obligatory Legroom shot


The load was pretty heavy, with the first 20ish rows jam packed and about one person per row in the last 5. Since I was in the back, the middle seat was empty and it was much quieter than it was in the front, though I could hear some loud woman going on about something about 10-15 rows up from me The FAs performed a very fast (and indifferent) beverage service since most of the Go passengers didn't seem interested in buying anything (or even the free water/coffee/tea) and about an hour after taking off we were on the ground again. Thank goodness too, as that experience rivaled the bare bones that I experience on UA and definitely a far cry from LH