Interesting new design at the entrance to Málaga airport


Good selection of sherry at Málaga airport duty free

Once again, security was very efficient at Málaga AGP airport and I was through in less than 10 minutes. I picked up some dry white sherry in the Dufry duty free shop and ended up not having so long to wait before boarding this easyJet Switzerland operated flight to Geneva. What a long way easyJet has come since its origins in the mid 1990s: now they get the best gates in the airports which are closest to the main terminal. Boarding was a bit odd, with two lines of people, which turned out to be boarding both ends of the plane. It was a question of choosing the right one according to your seat number, which I did correctly without being aware of it. So while the left line boarded through the connected airbridge, my line on the right side ended up walking out onto the apron and boarding the aircraft by the rear. The whole process was surprisingly efficient (it looked messy to begin with and for a moment I thought that I was standing in a line to board the wrong flight).


Security control at Málaga airport was calm and well organised


At Málaga airport (AGP), boarding the easyJet flight which would carry me to Geneva (GVA)


Almost walking under the wing of the easyJet plane at Málaga airport

This flight had a very friendly and open French speaking crew, whom I was able to engage in an interesting conversation about the state of other airlines. I, on the one hand, was eulogising about the quality of easyJet service these days, with its affordable menu card. They, on their side, were acting quite humble and apologetic about all the delays and cancellations during the French strikes at the weekend. Once again, despite being assigned a free middle seat, I managed to cadge an aisle seat. The flight was comfortable and calm, although these seats always cause a certain amount of back pain. For the first time, the trolley did not have the items I wanted on the menu card, but I was happy with the Grisons Laugenbrot sandwich of dried meat with a miniature of white wine. As a snack I chose a Milka LU chocolate bar which contained biscuit in the middle (although I am no fan of the chemical company Kraft/Mondelez which owns Milka) and had a Segafredo coffee later on. The menu deal price including wine was CHF12.50 and the coffee was CHF3.60. The flight landed smoothly and on time at Geneva.


A look down the interior of the easyJet cabin on the flight to Geneva


The catering I bought from the BoB menu wasn't too shabby and it was very reasonably priced


Leaving the plane at Geneva airport (GVA)

Rating 8.5*
Seat 19E-19D
Aircraft 32A
Registration HB-JXQ