KLM Europe Business Class, Amsterdam Schiphol - Londres Heathrow, Boeing 737-800NG : quite a standard flight

This is a sporty connection! With only 45 minutes to go before our next flight to London, we had to wander through the corridors of Schiphol before we could board.

As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:

#	Type	Review
1	Diary	Mexico City and Cancun
2	Hotel	Courtyard Marriott London Heathrow
3	Lounge	American Express Centurion Lounge, London Heathrow T3
4	Flight	Air France Business, Londres Heathrow – Paris Charles-de-Gaulle, Airbus A320
5	Lounge	Air France Business Lounge, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle 2E-K
6	Flight	Air France Business, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle – Cancun, Boeing 777-200
7	Hotel	Royalton CHIC Cancun, an Autograph Collection Resort
8	Diary	Mexico day 3 : Playa del Carmen et Tulum
9	Diary	Mexico day 4 : Chichén Itzá
10	Lounge	The Lounge, Cancun T4
11	Flight	Aeromexico Domestic Business, Cancun – Mexico Benito Juarez, Boeing 787-9
12	Hotel	The St. Regis Mexico City
13	Restaurant	Quintonil, Mexico City
14	Diary	Mexico day 7 : Mexico City
15	Diary	Mexico Day 8: Mexico City, Historic Center
16	Restaurant	La Buena Barra, Mexico City
17	Diary	Mexico day 9 : Teotihuacan
18	Diary	Mexico day 10 : Xochimilco
19	Lounge	Grand Elite Lounge, Mexico T1
20	Flight	KLM World Business Class, Mexico Benito-Juarez – Amsterdam Schiphol, Boeing 787-9
21	Flight	KLM Business Class, Amsterdam Schiphol – Lodon Heathrow, Boeing 737-900

Today’s itinerary

Connection circuit

Coming from Mexico, a non-Schengen country, and going to the United Kingdom which is in the same case, only a simple security check is necessary.

We arrive when there are only a few people in front of us, but it will take almost 10 minutes, while theoretically, you should not take anything out of your bag!

And I don’t want to tell you how friendly the attendants were in Czechoslovakian hammer thrower mode…

Anyway, at H-25, we are past security checks and run to gate D8 which handles document checks for the UK. Everything is OK, we already had the mention Ready2Fly on our boarding passes so after a sticker and a stamp, we can board towards the “real” boarding gate of the flight, gate D47.

Boarding

We arrive at the gate while boarding has already started and the SkyPriority line has even finished. We go through this line and are given priority by the ground staff.

So more fear than harm.

Cabin and welcome

We board just after the end of the SkyPriority boarding.

This is KLM’s new medium-haul cabin, all in shades of blue. Very nice.

We don’t have far to go to get settled, since we are in seats 01D and F.

Service and catering

As the flight is very short, the service starts right after take-off. A box, designated by Marcel Wanders, is distributed to us.

I’ve heard a lot of criticism about this box, but compared to what is served by Air France on a similar route, it is very decent.

The Caesar salad will be absolutely delicious and will delight my wife, as will the cherry cake.

The service will be absolutely attentive and charming.

Arrival and disembarkation

We arrived at Heathrow about ten minutes ahead of schedule.

And even though we will wait quite a long time, our luggage will arrive at the same time, a great KLM performance.

Bottom line

Honestly an excellent medium haul flight, a real positive difference in service between the two airlines of the Air France-KLM group. And a very decent operational performance.