My flight to Barcelona could not land, had to cycle in the air for 1 hour, return flight was delayed 2.5 hours because of bad weather. What's your flight experience this summer?
Über Europa gibt es die letzten Tage und Wochen vermehrt Gewitter und dadurch wetter-bedingte Flugverzögerungen, die teilweise heftig ausfallen können.
War am Wochenende in Barcelona, beim Hinflug konnte das Flugzeug nicht landen und musste 1 Stunde in der Luft vor Barcelona kreisen, bis das Flugzeug landen konnte. Während des Flugs gab es auch leichte Turbulenzen.
Und auch der Rückflug war 2.5 stunden verspätet, kam erst um circa 01:10 in Wien an, da es eine Gewittersituation in Norditalien gab, was zu leichten bis mittel starken Turbulenzen geführt hat. Musste sogar meine Cola-Dose und den Becher in der Hand halten wegen der Turbulenzen.
War überrascht, dass es bei Schlechtwetter trotz hoher Flughöhe zu relativ starken Turbulenzen kommen kann.
Außer der Verspätung war aber sonst alles in Ordnung, auch nettes Service diesmal, und beim Rückflug haben wir sogar einen kleinen Snack und Wasser auf Kosten der Airline bekommen (WizzAir).
Was ist die Flug-Situation bei euch diesen Sommer? Was war eure größte Verspätung beim Fliegen?
Thick cloud cover over Barcelona
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Over the last few days and weeks, there have been increasing thunderstorms over Europe, causing weather-related flight delays, some of which can be quite severe.
I was in Barcelona over the weekend, and on the outbound flight, the plane was unable to land and had to circle in the air above Barcelona for an hour before it could finally land. There was also slight turbulence during the flight.
The return flight was also delayed by 2.5 hours and did not arrive in Vienna until around 1:10 a.m. due to a thunderstorm in northern Italy, which caused light to moderate turbulence. I even had to hold my Coke can and cup in my hand because of the turbulence.
I was surprised that relatively severe turbulence can occur in bad weather despite the high altitude.
Apart from the delay, everything else was fine, including the service, which was nice this time, and on the return flight we even got a small snack and water at the airline's expense (WizzAir).
What is your flight situation like this summer? What was your longest flight delay?
So far so good, and I've taken like 10 flights this year already. No major delays.
Yeah in general not too many delays for me either, which is a good thing, summer could be more affected because of increased flying activity and thunderstorms.
Ich fliege nicht oft, hatte bisher aber eigentlich immer gute Erfahrungen gemacht. Und auf den Langstrecken fand ich auch das Essen nicht verkehrt.
Yea the weather is bad the last weeks... It never happened a delay on the plane to me but once I had a 4 hours delay on a departure
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I haven't had any flight delays this summer.
I don't have any travel experiences this summer. In fact, I haven't traveled in about two years. Money, you know, haha. However, I haven't had any bad experiences flying. I only remember one time when the flight was delayed and I had to wait for more than three hours. But no more than that. I hope i can travel the next year!
I've never had a flight delay, but I hate the check-in process.
Oh what do you hate most about the check-in process? Lining up in the queue?
Yeah, I hate the long queues — and also having to arrive so early.
I experience some long flight delays when there is a heavy rains in the airport
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It's a little surprise that the elements are acting up strangely these days in many parts of the world. It's good your flight was able to land after the storm and no negative events followed.
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Schön, dass es einen Snack gab ;-)
I've been there before, thunderstorms can be a serious bumpy experience. Sorry to hear about your delays, but at least you enjoyed the trip. The worst city to land in Thunderstorms for me was El Paso, TX. I remember the pilot making three landing attempts before being able to land, aborting the first two because it was too dangerous!
it was 8 hours
Thunderstorms really messing up flights this summer. I really hope it calms down soon for everyone flying.
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Wir werden den Klimawandel zähmen - auch damit das Fliegen wieder ruhiger wird.
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I am not flying this summer, and I don't fly much. I think my longest delay was just half an hour. It's too bad that you had to wait so long.