This trip report covers a short weekend trip to the land with no sun - Tromso, 200 miles above the Arctic circle on New Year's Day.
Part 1 (LGW-TOS)
Flight: D82470
Reg: LN-FJB
Type: 737-800
Seat: 1A
Class: Economy
Load: 100%
The trip started on the afternoon of 1 January 2016 in the nondescript check in hall of London Gatwick South Terminal where D8 flights depart from.
For Norwegian flights, self check-ins are encouraged. Not only boarding passes are issued from here, even baggage tags. These are becoming widespread in Europe and Australia but not in Asia.
After a quick check in and baggage was sent off to the belt, we proceeded to security.
Same case, everything is automated. Boarding passes are scanned at these turnstiles.
Gatwick seems quite a pleasant enough space and on New Year's Day, it didn't seem too crowded and there was no feeling of stressful congestion like in LHR. The overall feel is also more like a shopping centre rather than an airport.
I didn't expect the Priority Pass lounge of Gatwick to be anything to write home about but to my pleasant surprise it's actually a really good lounge.
If has a nice spread of cold starters with good quality produce
And a bar with to-order-menu serving fresh food such as these bean stews and beef stews.
Upstairs is a nice quiet seating lounge. Overall I am really impressed by this lounge. We should have come here earlier.
It's a minihub for Norwegian. But also surprising there were 3 TK flights at the same time.
D8 also flies long haul from LGW to the United States using 787s.
Part 1 (LGW-TOS)
Flight: D82470
Reg: LN-FJB
Type: 737-800
Seat: 1A
Class: Economy
Load: 100%
The trip started on the afternoon of 1 January 2016 in the nondescript check in hall of London Gatwick South Terminal where D8 flights depart from.
For Norwegian flights, self check-ins are encouraged. Not only boarding passes are issued from here, even baggage tags. These are becoming widespread in Europe and Australia but not in Asia.
After a quick check in and baggage was sent off to the belt, we proceeded to security.
Same case, everything is automated. Boarding passes are scanned at these turnstiles.
Gatwick seems quite a pleasant enough space and on New Year's Day, it didn't seem too crowded and there was no feeling of stressful congestion like in LHR. The overall feel is also more like a shopping centre rather than an airport.
I didn't expect the Priority Pass lounge of Gatwick to be anything to write home about but to my pleasant surprise it's actually a really good lounge.
If has a nice spread of cold starters with good quality produce
And a bar with to-order-menu serving fresh food such as these bean stews and beef stews.
Upstairs is a nice quiet seating lounge. Overall I am really impressed by this lounge. We should have come here earlier.
It's a minihub for Norwegian. But also surprising there were 3 TK flights at the same time.
D8 also flies long haul from LGW to the United States using 787s.
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