Round The World and other travels
A frequent flyer's collection of trip diaries
This is: A Taste of the Deep South (2013)
Flight Log 3: DL1752
Atlanta (ATL) - Savannah (SAV)
 ABOVE: Delta MD-88 at Atlanta |
Remarkably, this was my
first-ever Delta flight. I was one of the first people to
board, thanks to holding a Flying Blue gold card, and I
quickly noticed two things: first, the aircraft had an
attractive interior despite its age, and second, the seats
in Economy Comfort (where I had managed to secure a place)
had excellent legroom. All things considered, this seemed to be
going rather well!
The flight time was announced as a mere 35 minutes to cover
the 214 miles from Atlanta to Savannah. We pushed back
precisely on schedule and as ever, this rear-engined
aircraft struck me as being extraordinarily quiet from a
passenger's perspective, even during the long taxi.
We finally became airborne at 1124, executing a steep climb that quickly had us into and then above the clouds. Very little happened during such a short hop, although the seat belt signs went off and then on again several times. There was no cabin service at all, except for a couple of garbage collection runs.
Feeling as though the flight had barely got underway, we touched down at our destination at 12 noon and, having left exactly on time, made a text-book arrival precisely on the scheduled time of 1207. It seemed like a short but smooth introduction to one of the world's largest airlines.
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| Date: Sat 18 May 2013 |
| Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88 |
| Scheduled dep: 1105 |
| Actual departure: 1105 |
| Scheduled arrival: 1207 |
| Actual arrival: 1207 |
| Cabin: Economy Comfort |
| Seat: 11A |
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