Travel report from Frankfurt to Moscow
Dear readers,
Welcome to another report of mine!
This time I will show you the service in two European sectors with Swiss.
The route is a simple FRA-ZRH-DME.
To get to Frankfurt I used the train combination again and in the blink of an eye I was in Frankfurt.
Since Swiss uses Terminal 1 in Frankfurt along partners * A, it is only a short walk to Check-In from the train station.
Security this morning at Pier A was a bit crowded, because it was one of the days that LH went on strike. So there was a bit of chaos everywhere.
But after 10 minutes I was in the boarding area and took a leisurely walk to my door.
The flight was completely full, because agents in Frankfurt used all available seats on non-LH flights to remove passengers from FRA.
Very soon our plane went into taxi, and luckily it was one with a special livery, the A320 jet with the StarAlliance logo.
Boarding was announced shortly thereafter and finished in about 15 minutes.
Even if it was a fully packed cabin, everything went quickly and smoothly.
After a short taxi, we took the air for the short drive to Zurich.
The service on this flight was just a canned orange juice.
Very soon we started the approach to Zurich and landed after less than 45 minutes in sunny Switzerland.
I had around 2 hours in Zurich so I headed to the non-Schengen gates and relaxed there until boarding was announced.
Instead of the old cabin as in the previous FRA-ZRH flight, this flight to Moscow was operated by one of 320 refurbished ones, with also the so-called NEK cabin, which was first introduced by its parent airline Lufthansa.
Although in my opinion the seats are a bit harder than the old ones, the legroom is usually excellent, thanks to the very slim seats.
The captain announced the flight time as a little over 3 hours and after a short queue, it was our turn to take off. This flight was 80% full.
After that, I just relaxed a bit to some good music, and soon the descent to Moscow Domodedovo airport began. After around 3:15 we landed on time.
On the way to the gate, you could see the famous Domodedovo cemetery with many interesting planes.
Conclusion:
Overall the experience with Swiss was fine. The flights were punctual and the service was good for the length of the sectors. I think the only improvement would be to offer a larger main meal and smaller sides, not the other way around.
Thanks so much for reading! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me.