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DEC-1994 JPC

Swissair MD-11 HB-IWS

Nairobi Airport, Kenya view map

Nairobi/ZRH

This, a big adventure!
Again, the horrendous Air Seychelles Administration goofed! They did overbooking on their flight to Madrid with a spotover in Narobi, where I was, finishing my trip and work. They left me and a Family of 4 (2 chirldren) out. And has it was Friday, we had to wait to Monday for new flights. Stayed at the Grand Hyatt, not so bad there! But due to the horrendous, criminal environement in Nairobi, didn't dare even going out of the hotel.
But, arriving at the airport on Monday, all flights sold out! The couple managed to board KLM to Helsinki, via Ams, and I got stuck!
Of course, I had to make a scandal, so they decided to put me on the only Business seat left!
Oh! what a delight! I've never flown Swissair or the MD-11. It was beyond description. The food, the service, and above all, I could visit the cockpit and have (again) a log talk with the very nice Captain!
Also he was surprized how nice the weather was! Not a single motion!
The only problem was I didn't have a connecting flight to Lisbon, I had to go to Madrid, again, with no connection...
But this, will be next story...
The big lesson was: The MD-11 was a great airplane, very confortable, and Swissair was 1 milion times better then Swiss that replaced it! Even on Business...

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