TRIP REPORT | First Time on KLM B777! | Amsterdam to Johannesburg | KLM Boeing 777-300ER

KLM Trip Report of the flight from Amsterdam to Johannesburg onboard one of the KLM Boeing 777-300ER on a beautiful early-summer morning.

A flight with mixed feelings with KLM from Amsterdam to Johannesburg onboard the Boeing 777. On one side it was a very comfortable flight. As the flight was around 60% of its maximum capacity, the crew allowed the passengers to move to another seat just after takeoff. That meant that I enjoyed 3 seats for myself for the majority of the flight. The crew was polite and offered a nice onboard experience. On the other hand, we have the Amsterdam airport staff shortage and KLM staff shortage, which impacted very negatively on the whole experience.

The flight started with more than a 1h30min delay. Schiphol airport is known for don't have enough staff to carry out normal operations on time... but the problem is that KLM neither has, at least at the moment I recorded this flight, in early summer. The delay was caused because there was no staff to load the bags. On top of that, the workers seemed to not be very motivated. We could see how they were treating the bags in front of their owners from the plane. Totally disgusting!

About the onboard service, after 1h of flight, the crew served the main meal: chicken curry & tikka masala or veggie pasta. A salad as a starter, with a piece of cheese and a piece of bread. As always in KLM long-haul flights, the dessert came after they collected all the main meal trays. In this case, it was a little lemon cake. 3h before landing, almost 7 after the main meal, I was hungry again. Really hungry. Not for 1 snack. I went to the galley and asked the cabin crew if they still had any remaining meals from some hours ago. I was surprised that they gave me a full one again (including salad) with another drink. This time, I got the vegetarian pasta. What I didn't know at that moment was that the crew would serve another warm snack in 1h or so... :)

About the flight itself, after a really beautiful takeoff from Amsterdam, we flew over Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany Switzerland, and Italy, in Europe. Sadly, all the continent was under the clouds. However, the really interesting part of this flight was flying over Africa. And that one was great. Flying over hundreds of thousands of square meters of sand and desert is something amazing. I'd never seen the Tunis and Sahara desserts. They were something beautiful and terrific at the same time.

From there we flew towards the Central African Republic, where we saw a completely different landscape. Not dessert anymore but green and humid. From there we flew to Congo, where the night caught us, to Zambia, Botswana and, finally, South Africa, where we landed with around 1h delay.

To put the cherry on the top, we parked at the wrong gate at Johannesburg airport, so we had to turn off the engines, and wait for a pushback tug to take us to the correct parking position. No comments :)

Now it's your turn! Have you ever flown with KLM? How was the experience? Which route did you fly? Have you been in Johannesburg? Maybe in Amsterdam? Have you ever flown on a Boeing 777? What are your thoughts about it?
Lots of things to talk about! See you all in the comments!

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FLIGHT INFO:
· Airline: KLM
· Airplane: Boeing 777
· Flight number: KLM591 - KL591
· AIRPORTS:
- Departure: Amsterdam (AMS - EHAM)
- Arrival: Johannesburg (JNB - FAOR)
· Departure Gate: E17
· Seat: 54A
· Registration: PH-BVK
· Date of Recording: June 2022
· Recorded with SAMSUNG GALAXY S21 Ultra (in UHD 4K).

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---- CHAPTERS ----
00:00 Intro
00:27 Amsterdam Airport
02:17 Planespotting in Amsterdam
03:19 Boarding the KLM B777
04:52 Problems at AMS airport
07:09 Taxi in Amsterdam
08:22 Takeoff from Amsterdam
11:20 Lunch Service (main service)
12:37 Flying over the Sahara Desert
15:55 Huge Clouds over Central Africa
17:18 Second Meal (asked for it)
18:14 Pre-landing Snack
19:13 Approaching Johannesburg
20:06 Landing in Johannesburg
21:11 Arriving at the Wrong Gate
22:01 Disembark & Johannesburg airport

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