Frankfurt-Seattle - LH490/91 A330-300B

It’s the beginning of a gorgeous holiday for the still-tired passengers of the Condor flight to La Palma. For Captain Thomas Lindner’s rested crew the working day begins with the check list routine before takeoff: runway, wind direction, visibility conditions, flight route, amount of kerosene – everything is discussed in this take-off-check. Before take-off in this weather condition, the A320-212 needs to be de-iced. Co-pilot Patricia Gross explains how external temperatures and the de-icing-mixture influence the duration of this process. Landing in La Palma is spectacular: first straight on in direction of a rock, then in the last second, a right turn followed by a quick touchdown on the airstrip. The difficulty level of this touchdown is even higher as the runway follows the island path – first upward then downward. Full concentration is needed for the pilots! At the end of the runway the A320 needs to make a 180-degree turn to get to the terminal.