TRIP REPORT | First Time on KLM B777! | Amsterdam to Johannesburg | KLM Boeing 777-300ER
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- 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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This is so nice.
Thank you for dropping premium content always.
Also, What did you use to create that Travel animation map?
It's looking clean.
Thank you
When did you take this flight as I may have been on the same flight with you
I loved this. I will never forget my trip in the 70’s I fllew on a KLM 747 from Toronto to Amsterdam I was nearly empty we were able to go upstairs to the lounge and drink. It was the best trip. I would love that flight to Johannesburg.
I always love how clear and informative the announcements are on KLM
Shocking baggage handling!
I know it is not a nice work... but that doesnt mean that others property should be treated like this...
@@OnBoardHDa friend of mine lost one luggage wheel because of bad luggage handling
We experienced a lot of trouble last summer due to staff shortage at AMS. Nowadays it’s getting a bit better.
It’s really frustrating since KLM can’t do anything about this huge airport problem. As cabin crew member I can tell everyone that it wasn’t just Amsterdam with big staff shortages. I’ve been plenty times to LHR, FRA and a lot of other European (big) airports and all with the same trouble and staff shortages.
Since covid it’s a worldwide problem since there are everywhere shortage of staff, not just in aviation.
As KLM worker I also know that we are doing all our best for our lovely passengers.
For you guys, thank you for choosing KLM and of course we really hope to welcome you onboard KLM again soon! Hopefully in better times, where airports fixed their problems with staff shortage.
With kind regards,
A blue cabin crew member 💙
Thanks for sharing your insight perspective. The experience onboard was definitely enough to repeat with KLM 😉✈️
And the USA is having staffing shortages as well...
My first ever flight will be with KLM on Boeing 777 to Thailand in January. Im excited and nervous at the same time
I flew this flight KL591 (and same aircraft type) in Feb this year. Happy to say Schipol seems to be back to normal in processing passengers. Very easy through check-in and boarding. Had a seat in Economy Comfort, which was fine. Good flight. Food was quite good. Cabin crew were friendly and efficient. We departed about 10 mins late and arrived in Johannesburg 10 mins late about 10:20 pm. Overall a comfortable flight. KLM is a good airline.
very nacy aerport Amsterdam, i love aerport The Word. Congratulation trip report. I'm Laércio from Florianópolis Brasil 👊
KLM Is my Favorite arlines in europe,thay have a great cabin crew.Great work
Awesome video!
With respect to the baggage handling, when you deal with bags everyday they become just another bag. And those containers are not easy to load, especially when you have to unload them to find a bag, then reload those 40-50 bags, which I’d imagine are heavy as well. Then add in time constraints, you’re not going to be handling these bags with care when you have time pressures etc. Any rampie will tell you that. As well, that wasn’t even that bad so I don’t understand the criticism, it’s not like they were throwing them 10 feet across the tarmac, that was actually pretty gentle in comparison to other CZcams videos I’ve seen. Some compassion should be shown to the ramp staff, it’s not an easy job. That aside, I love your content and videos, they are amazing quality so keep them coming!
I know it is not a nice work... but that doesnt mean that others property should be treated like this...
Agreed, bags should be able to withstand what we saw
I love KLM
Nice flight report.
Great trip report! Looking forward to my KLM 777 flight to Lima in a few months :)
Super cool super awesome as always beautiful upload lovely trip report Merci have a wonderful blessing weekend stay safe take care Merci
Thanks so much, Azamy!!
Glad that you liked it so much!!
That's funny. Parked at the wrong gate and moved to another gate. Never seen that before......Got to love KLM . My favorite airline. Numerous times up and down. Always good !
I Love flying over AFRICA
Thanks Lucas.I simply love KLM, even with that delay they proved that they are the reliable airline
Thanks so much, mate! 😎
Love all your videos,just watched your flight to Johannesburg. Your trip reports for me edge other ones I’ve watched. As I haven’t flown in over 4 years these help to get that holiday feel. Keep up the great work and looking forward to next one👏
Thanks so much, Terry!
I reall appreciate your comment 😊
Solo por el simple hecho que hubo algo de humor llegando a puerta, te ganaste un suscriptor más :D
Felicitaciones! Es un gran contenido y espero poder ver más seguido! :D
Saludos desde México.
Nice KLM videoclip! I was flying with KLM with the Boeing 777-200 to South Africa! in autumn 2015 to JNB! I was there during 17 days tourist roundtrip!😀✈👍
Thank you for this video! It brought back some memories for me. I used KLM last December when I went overseas (to LA & back home as well). It was the best journey I have had so far. No delay, very nice staff, etc. I loved it.
Hey Eva! Nice to meet you, when was the last time you flew with them ?
Waaauuuu 😮espectacular video como siempre muy bonitos 👍👍👍👍🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🛫🛫🛫🛫🛫
This was an absolute pleasure to watch.Thank you for sharing.
Amazing trip report as always! It's frustrating to see how the baggage handleers treat the suitcases. Apart from that, stunning views of the Sahara desert during the day. I can definitely confirm that I have flown over the Sahara desert on my way to Johannesburg from London Heathrow. Keep up the good work man!! 😍😍😍
Ahhh, never fail to impress me every weekend and I hope this would be a good one.😁😁😀😀
Haha thankss
Another great video. As for those 2 baggage handlers I highly recommend you forward that footage to KLM. they should be reprimanded at the least.
Thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excelente tu reporte. Yo volé hace unos meses la ruta desde Santiago de Chile a Amsterdam con escala en Buenos Aires. Tome el vuelo KL702 en material B787. Mi experiencia en vuelo fue fantástica, la mejor en muchos viajes, rica comida, muy bien atendido. Sin embargo los aeropuertos una experiencia MALA. Partiendo por la escala en Buenos Aires Ezeiza, lugar donde estando en tránsito por una hora tuvimos que desembarcar todos y volver a hacer seguridad.... (insólito, mal en eso por Argentina). Luego 13 horas más para llegar a Schipol. Muchas demoras extra por problemas de personal en el aeropuerto. En todo caso, independiente de eso volvería a volar muchas veces más con KLM. Lejos superior a Iberia, Air France y la línea bandera de acá de Chile LATAM. Felicitaciones por los videos.
the meal portion are small that's why u felt hungry during midflight and not used to be as I flew KLM between AMS and YVR several times for 9 hr flight the meals served were adequate. Even the snacks at the galley are mostly stoopwafel and not much variety
excelente video como siempre , yo viaje con KLM y me parecio excelente el servicio. lo q mas me encanta de esta aerolinea q te da comida a reventar !!! . saludos mi hermano excelente tus videos .
Lovely video ❤, thanks again for sharing it with us 😊
14:05 fancy sparkling water! ❤❤
Quite simply fantastic,a calm and safe trip,and with great competence,it was only on that day that l was late,but it was worth having fun in Johannesburg.
Thanks!
I flew on this aircraft from Amsterdam to New York on November 30, 2022, with a female captain at the control its the smoothest landing I ever experienced. Congratulations to the captain and crew best ever.
That was nice of the crew to give you another hot meal in between...especially for such a long flight. Great tripreport.
It was a very nice experience onboard KLM. I will repeat. ✈️
The nice thing about north-south flights is there is not much time difference so the jet lag is minimal. Of course, the season can change if you cross the equator like on this flight.
Great video - shows how it really is on this route. Some interesting terrain over the desert too.
2:27 ... It flies over my house! SKY TEAM FOR LIFE!!!!
Me recordo mi primer viaje al extranjero. saliendo de Santiago de Chile por KLM Jumbo 747 a fines de la decada de los 80 a Sao Paulo Brasil el vuelo hacia escala en Buenos Aires Montevideo y Rio de Janeiro mas de 10 horas en el avión faltando el tramo Rio Sao.Hoy vuelo directo scl sao en una oportunidad via Latam en un 787 en vuelo solamente desde que despego en santiago y aterrizo en sao fueron 2 hrs, y 50 min.. Gracias por compartir.
Despite all this, the TR of KLM 773 was amazing, loved the wing views, and it seems KLM cabin crew is very friendly regarding your extra meal;) have a great trips it was nice to see it:)
Gracias por el video, me gustó mucho.
Muchas gracias :)
Very nice flight. 🌹 merry christmas 2022 and happy your news year 2023. As well.
Very nice and detailed report
Great video as usual. Good comms from the crew and you certainly didn’t go hungry - fair play to them.
Thabks so much!
The experience onboard was really good 💪
INCREIBLE!!!!
Great one ! Keep them coming
Nothing less than an amazing trip and pasta with sauce, wow delicious.
Haha thanks :)
6:29 I love this soundddd!!!! ❤️
And thats why we as Dutchies always fly with Lufthansa/Swiss from Frankfurt or Dusseldorf.
Don't fly KLM!! Not good to see. But thanks for sharing. Enjoying your vlogs, great work and Thank you 😀
Well, I enjoyed a lot the onboard experience..
I love this flight.
Hahaha, that passenger with the leg up though.
Thanks mate!
Excepcional vídeo
👏👏👏👏
Excelente Producciòn. Felicidades.... Saludos desde Mèxico.
És bueno saber que ahora te vás más lejos, no te limitas a viajar por la Europa, me gustó mucho saber que te fuistes a mi continente, buén viaje.
Los planes para esto eran para el 2020... pero la pandemia paró todos los planes. Ahora los estoy llevando a cabo.
Espero pronto poder ir más por Asia y América Latina ✈️
@@OnBoardHD , te deseo buena suerte en tus planes.
Superb viewsof the ground! The most important clouds for planes to avoid? Mushroom clouds!
Saludos desde Bolivia 🇧🇴 y desde cochabamaba cuando puedes viajar en asiana airlines en airbus a380-800
Asiana no opera el A380.
Thanks so much for this lovely video I really felt like I was traveling with you, I love KLM, I flew them only four times
Thanks so much Anthony!!
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Un vídeo interesante para conocer de primera mano las vicisitudes del mundo de la Aviación, cómo tu bien dices la experiencia de vuelo en el avión ha sido satisfactoria pero en los Aeropuertos da vergüenza como tratan las maletas en Amsterdan eso pasa porque los operarios están sobrepasados pero los viajeros no tienen la culpa y cómo no refuercen las plantillas de cara a las Fiestas Navideñas será un caos seguro. a mi me paso un caso parecido el mes pasado en Sevilla . Un cordial saludo y buen finde.
Muchas gracias, Rafa!
Totalmente. Parece que poco van recuperando personal... pero veremos si el suficiente y a tiempo...
Feliz domingo!
I flew KLM ~ Boeing 777-300ER from GRU to AMS and AMS to GRU for me was the best economy cabin instead Lufhthansa and Swiss i really apreciatte KLM and recomend this airline! Now KLM pick the top of my scores and is my favorite! 👑💙
I enjoyed watching this video some fascinating stuff and interesting to read and watch
Congratulations ordinary view and heartfelt behavior. Good.. 🎉🎉🎉
Wow...beautiful video 😍
Well filmed 👌
Thanks so much! 😊
Super video! 👏
Another wonderful trip report!! Superb!
Thanks a lot mate ✈️
I traveled in 2002 AD from Sanaa Airport to Amsterdam with a stopover at King Abdulaziz Airport, Jeddah. It was a very beautiful and comfortable trip, especially from the hospitality staff of the Royal Dutch
Looking forward to fly to Jeddah!
Hopefully soon! ✈️
Wow, that is truly a huge desert!
it is! it is! hehe
Really love your videos. They make me feel like I am the one fliying. Appreciate subtitles in spanish. Already subscribed!!!!
Nice video. Thanks 👍
Cada día mejor, este reportaje está perfecto espero que lo hayas enviado a la Dirección de KLM para vean como tratan las maletas y la escasez de personal.
No justifica tal tratamiento, las personas pagan para recibir un buén servicio, no me gustaba recibir mi maleta e mis obyectos rotos porque el personal és reducido e trabajan con prisa.
El proposito de estos vídeos es entretener. A veces hago alguna pequeña denuncia, pero no es su proposito ✈️
If you send the video to the management they won't do anything trust me, they are doing that because they've to offload a big which they doesn't know which one it's. It is a must to just throw the suitcase because of back injuries so this is nothing compared to the baggage hall where u actually doesn't see it but if u see it u will never fly with checked baggage. After all klm is the best one in bag service if it was swissport or aviapartner they wouldn't even let bags on the aircraft so yeah I hope you seem to understand it
Excelente video dsd Costa Rica 🇨🇷👋💯
Ojalá poder visitar Costa Rica pronto!!
Thank you for a great flight. The B777-300ER is a magnificent aircraft, and glad to see that the KLM onboard service is still good. However, the airport at Schipol is now a disgrace, which is sad, for before Covid it was always a nice airport to transit ! As for the wrong gate at Jo’burg, that was a farce. Clearly no-one cares, which is dreadful after a long haul flight.
Your video was actually well done! 👍
Amsterdam has the potential to develop another already existing airport outside the city - Lelystadt is an airport that dates back from WWII but as I say has the potential to made into a 2nd Amsterdam airport.
I think the Dutch government have already been looking at plans to use Lelystadt for short-haul European flights, while long-haul would keep using Schiphol.
Correction: Lelystad did not even exist during WW II. The plans were there to make it into a satellite airport of Schiphol but those have been shelved
Perfeito! 🇧🇷
Wow 🤩
Yes, this Summer for flying to Europe was a mess! I flew to Italy in June and back to the U.S. in July and the airport experiences were not good there either. I did hear about all the problems at the time in Amsterdam. I'm glad you showed the mishandling of luggage in this report and the very next minute I laughed out loud when the "don't be this passenger" title was on the screen. It is just not acceptable to have one's feet up like that but there are people out there that just don't care. I did enjoy your views flying over over Africa and information. Always nice to wake up on Saturdays to another trip report. Thank you for your excellent videos☆☆☆
Thanks so much Tina for your very kind words! 😊😊
I agree with all your comment. Glad that you finally had your very desired trip to Italy!! 💪✈️✈️
Hey Tina! Nice to meet you, when was the last time you flew with them ?
Good flight MR
As for the luggage handlers it’s the same in all airports I know use to work at Manchester airport cleaning the the aircraft and have seen how people’s luggage gets treated
Impressive views of the desert 😯👍. Well done!
They were amazing!
Thanks ✈️
Something so majestic about the desert
Thank you
Very good.
Nice
Very well narrated video 👍
leuk gefilmd😃😃
That was a great video. Thanks for the honest review - New subscriber 😃
Thanks so much! Welcome! :)
The interior seating on the KLM 777-300 ER is 3-4-3, but the legroom looks very generous. I like this product !
Nice Airport I like it. It’s beautiful ❤
Overall, it was a nice trip!
Glad that you liked it :))
Como siempre tus vídeos muy buenos! Una cosa estaría bien que en el inicio enseñases la manta y la almohada y si el pan de las comidas es caliente. Sigue así 👏
KLM need to make sure nothing getting broken, People could wtach this video and show proof to KLM
3:43 he spoiled his own voice. Free voice reveal without us knowing, but great video!
He’s done a face video and voice at the same time years ago..
Ottimo video
I like al lot!!! 😍
My favoutite plane finally
Sensaciones de todo tipo en este vuelo... Contratiempos desde la salida hasta la llegada X2 son esos días en que las cosas no salen del todo bien. Respecto a la panorámica del desierto... Terrible nuestro futuro, no ver nada de verde es conmovedor 😥😥
Nota: muy sencillo el interior de ese avión, no tiene gracia, falta color, creo que los de Emirates y algunas aerolínea norteamericanas y asiáticas, la sensación es mucho mejor en el interior de sus aviones, felicitaciones por tus apuntes y
Viajes, nos muestras tus vivencias que sirven mucho, un abrazo desde 🇨🇴
Love the stroop waffels you can get from the bar at the back :)
Klm must be one of The best airlines for ecomony espically on their newer jets
I really enjoyed the flight experience.
Travelled to ORD from EDI with an overnight stop in AMS. Experience of KLM was great - great staff, food, aeroplane. Schiphol not so good. Long queues for immigration and, next day, security.
Great video👏😍🫶
A pesar del retraso en tierra, me pareció que la tripulación fue muy comunicativa e informativa. Eso hace mucha diferencia. La comida se ve muy exquisita.
Sin duda, por eso digo varias veces en el vídeo que la experiencia a bordo fue muy buena, y en tierra de lo peor que he visto en mucho tiempo
To be honest.. I dont think there where to many people on Schiphol as airport. In the past it was even busier. But as you noted correctly, the issue was with security staffing and luggage handling.
During Covid many were layed off and after the quick rise of passengers retuning after covid, they were not able to keep up the pace in hiring new people again. Hence indeed the queues.
But Schiphol as a whole can deal with more passengers.
Good review! I would add more info about the plane and the airline like the specs of the 777-300er with it's powerful engines and a bit of history about KLM like it being one of the oldest airlines.
The oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name, Date of 'birth" :October 17, 1919!