TRIP REPORT: Luxair, Belgrade - Luxembourg
TRIP REPORT
Written by Tomislav Ivanović
On 20th June, while arriving at the airport, I was admiring the outlines of new developments at Belgrade's airport. The construction site of the new control tower dominates the area whilst new extensions of the terminal make an impression that the airport is truly changing its attire and turning into a state-of-the-art airport...
Covid-pandemic in Europe seems to be losing force, so life slowly seems to be returning to normal. Hence, I have again started receiving invitations to judge wine competitions. The following day, one of the most important global wine competitions (Concours Mondial de Bruxelles) was about to start in Luxembourg. I am happy that Belgrade profits from direct flights to Luxembourg provided by Luxair. I have never flown this airline company before, so felt even more excited to board a Luxair plane.
Check-in area at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport was surprisingly quite busy. A lot of people swarming around Air Serbia counters... I reached the check-in desks of Luxair, where only 3-4 passengers were queueing to check-in. I could notice that everyone was wearing masks although it didn't seem that distancing rules were followed. During check-in, the staff asked me whether I have any document to prove the purpose of my trip (Luxembourg still didn't allow non-essential travel). Luckily, the organisers of the wine competition have sent me the invitation letter. Also, she asked for either PCR test or confirmation of being vaccinated with any vaccine approved by EU regulator.
The flight LG8116 to Luxembourg was announced to leave from gate A4a. While the passengers were entering the bus, I counted. There were about 40 passengers in total. Most of them were actually Serbs, Montenegrins and Macedonians who live in Luxembourg.
We reached the parking position of flight LG8116, a Bombardier Q400 plane. My seat was 5A. The flight departed on time. All passengers were instructed to wear masks during the entire flight.
Soon, the crew started distributing sandwiches and drinks. I was quite surprised to see that Luxair actually still offers a meal box with a sandwich and a package of dried fruit & nuts. I asked for a glass of white wine as well but felt even more surprised when the flight attendant offered me cremant (sparkling wine). Of course, who could say no to some bubbles in the glass. Actually, that was the moment when masks were not worn by passengers (and so was the case until we started to descend).
When the plane landed, the bus took us from the parked plane to the airport building. Police was controlling whether we have all the required papers to prove the reason for entering Luxembourg, PCR test or vaccine confirmation, but everything was checked quite efficiently. However, it took some 20 minutes to pick up luggage.
Altogether, flying with Luxair was a nice experience and already looking forwards flying again with this company on my return flight.
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