Time for another quick snapshot, where I look at Iberia across the pond between Madrid in Spain and Chicago O’Hare aboard Iberia 6275.
Boarding:
Boarding was very organised for this fight, with different groups queuing in different zones. Actually rather refreshing to see people queued in zones waiting to board, and not in the main mêlée, pushing and shoving. Boarding was controlled, and zones policed – which is nice to see.
The Plane:
It’s an Airbus A330-300 that was operating Iberia 6275. At Economy Class and Beyond towers, I love the A330-300 as an aircraft in and economy class. Mainly as the seating formation in economy is a simpler 2-4-2 – somewhat better than 3-3-3 if you’re stuck in a window seat. That and the seats on the A330s are wider that the Boeing wide-bodies I fly in.
The seats: Whilst Business class looked ok…
Economy class was the joy of slimline seating. Slimline seating is great for short haul trips, but for longer haul runs, can lead to rumps being a bit sort after a while. Lets just say these seats could do with a bit more padding…
IFE: Well, lets look at the positive points. The system appears Panasonic eX2 system – and it’s a great system in terms of user interface (with a tablet-like interface) and really simple to use. Which is nice.
You’ll notice there are a bunch of ports on the left hand side
So we have (L-R) a Headphone port, a eXconnect cable port, and a USB port. So, yes there is the ability to charge your USB device in economy. What a great idea!
However, whilst the hardware is great, the content on the IFE falls into the category… Oh dearie me.
Put it like this: I found minimal things to keep me entertained.
Even Taylor Swift singing about Starbucks lovers that tell you I’m insane was pushing it IMO.
What does this mean people? Of course – it’s a GhettoIFE system
GhettoIFE system with iPhone 6. In the end, the Map was probably the best feature of the IFE system.
Food was a case of Chicken or Pasta. And well, being a carnivore, I went of the chicken.
Ok, you’ve got love those 250ml cans of Coke Zero. Better than the 150ml BA uses.
And Absoult Vodka. +1 for that…
Spanish style chicken with potatoes (Tomato casserole sauce with chicken and potatoes. Surprisingly filling).
The pre-arrival snack was… different too, with a cheese and ham croissant.
Have a delicious day??????
Legroom wasn’t THAT bad for Economy class.
Find me something called an “acceptable legroom in economy”. It’s tight, but not extensively tight.
The Cabin was an A330 cabin, which have had mood lighting installed. Rather funky, but more importantly – not overly blue or getting in the way. Overhead lights had the newish Airbus lights that brighten up slowly and dim slowly.
Without mood lighting
With…
Onboard WiFi was offered, but it was stupidly priced as I wrote about last week…
Check back soon for the full trip report!
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Its not Starbucks lovers! Its a long list of ex lovers!
Welll. They’ll tell you I’m insane 😉
Did you get to select seats or were they assigned?
I selected seats and fiddled as best as I could with the seat map before depature. As Oneworld elite, I was able to assign my seat for free.