I arrived from CDG earlier that morning with still some time to kill. Thanks to my Gold status with Air France

Love how airy and spacious this terminal is. BCN is a very nice airport. One of my favourite in Europe.

The lounge is quite easy to find. Just one floor above. It's located in the SkyCentre

A nice welcome. I find myself a seat. It's still breakfast time and the place is quiet.

I normally no longer eat meat but this time I want to try some nice Spanish cold cuts. A bit early for booze but who cares

It's all about meat here...

But the liquids are engaging. I'll settle for a Martini Bianco. Well

Wine and other alcohols are on offer

Juices and waters. Overall

Time flies and people come and go. It's time for me to go to the gate. Love this business guy's attach̩ case. What a serious matter to talk about in a meeting!

The plane has arrived on time from Paris. Sky Priority passengers are called for boarding. Vamos!

Love those airbridges in winter. Lots of light. Must be a hell though in summer.

About to enter the Airbus A320. A very nice welcome once I step in.

Nothing different from a normal Air France aircraft door. The branding is on the fuselage and the tail.

Yet

I quickly reach my seat. The pitch is ok for a flight of this duration and on par with whatever you find across Europe nowadays.

The rest of the passengers are boarding while some Air France music is being played on the aircraft PA.

The French airline also offers a business class section on these flights. The whole thing is a bit weird as it lacks full branding and a specific identity.

Not full today though...

Thank goodness

Home of Vueling. A competitor on the BCN - PAR route although they fly to ORY Airport.

We start taxying quickly as manual security demo is performed by the crew.

Ubiquitous TK with an A321 today. Cabin crew

Royal Air Maroc and Vueling

It's our turn.

V1

Level A330 sitting on the tarmac. This will soon be a more common sight in Paris Orly...

Another ubiquitous

Left turn towards the sea

Would die if I could not see the sea at least once in a while

Turning back northbound

Climbing...

Business class service about to begin.

The clouds are back and will not leave us until arrival. The carts are out.

Joon is a different low-cost airline concept. Free drinks are offered: coffee

They also have a limited wifi service with access to content. You must install the official app first though. I am not interested in music or video content

Both iOS and Android versions are available without noticeable differences. The app is free of charge

For those hungry

Dear avgeeks

Meanwhile

The weather outside must be crappy. Thank goodness

The catering affair is wrapped up in a proper way...

and disposed of in the seat pocket in front of me.

We'll soon start our descent into Paris CDG airport. Fasten seat belt is on. The nice crew comes clearing all rubbish.

Down into murk

Yup

A few feet above. A kiss-landing comes next.

On the ground

Reverse!

Ready to cross the parallel. CDG has 2 sets of 2 runways. 08/26 on the southern part of the airport and 09/27 on the northern part.

Once on the other side

More spotting as we taxi around to our gate with some local traffic.

AF A330-200

XL Airways and Royal Jordanian

Not really low-cost but definitely no-frills!

Company planes...

At the gate.

And the rain starts pouring down.

Everybody out. I shall leave the aircraft last to have a chance to talk to the crew.

And take a few pictures of the cabin.

The cabin looks empty as much as this "airline for millennials" concept. The crew was very enthusiastic

Hard to get a nice view of the bird with all those drops and some sort of plastic film on the window panes of the finger.

Oh! What a nice surprise. The French police has "organized" a welcome reception to greet us all. Well

It took us 50 minutes to get out of there. How ridiculous! France could offer a much better first impression. Well