TAP Portugal Lisbon to Geneva Take 2

TAP Portugal Lisbon to Gevena take 2

I arrived at the airport, early. Probably 6:20am for an 8:30am departure time. This would give me sufficient time to navigate the airport, and visit the lounge again.

Airport formalities

With boarding pass already in hand, I stopped at a bench where I had my bagged breakfast from the Holiday Inn Continental. Although simple, I did appreciate the banana, and fruit juice to help wake me up. From there it was a short walk to security (there is a fast track for business class passengers) where everything was moving well. Within 15-20 minutes from being dropped off at the terminal, I was in the lounge supplementing my breakfast. I had enough time to do a bit of work.

Breakfast at TAP lisbon lounge

Unlike the day before, the late sunrise and weather provided zero view of the apron and airport from the windows of the lounge — it was foggy. Extremely foggy. Only when I left for my flight did I notice that some air passengers spent the evening sleeping in the hallway alcoves on the upper level. I doubt the concrete floor would have provided much comfort.

For the flight, I arrived at the same (remote) gate. Quickly we were ushered onto, what felt, like a single bus for all passengers.

TP 944, Airbus A320
Lisbon to Geneva (LIS-GVA)
Scheduled departure: 8:25am
Scheduled arrival: 11:50am

The Airbus 320 was full, unlike the A319 that was cancelled the day before. I did notice a few familiar faces, however we all had different degrees of exhaustion and anticipation of taking this flight. With the fog, our flight was delayed 25 minutes from schedule before take-off occurred.

Once we broke through the clouds, the bright sun greeted us as we headed west to Geneva.

Breakfast was served on the flight, and the crew operating for a full business class did a good job, with it served within 40 minutes after take-off. Breakfast was filling, especially with the crew offering seconds and thirds for bread:

The meal itself was good. A breakfast with an assortment of cold cuts, cheese along with yogurt and fruit was filling. While having breakfast the captain came over the PA and confirmed that our take-off was delayed due to the thick fog limiting aircraft movements at Lisbon airport. It was expected that the time could be recovered during flight.

After the meal was cleared, I read for the remainder of the flight. Landing was smooth into a partly cloudy day in Geneva. Taxing to arrive at a gate was refreshing after having performed 4 remote stand visits in the past 24 hours at Lisbon airport.

Baggage arrived quickly, and effortlessly I was on a train off to my work event without issue.