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25 July 2008 03:07:14 Guest
KBP to Baku in a Boeing 737-200. The plane was a bit old, but clean and staff very friendly. The seating was very cramped. The problem in this flight was that in the last minute came a group of about 10 young Russians who made the flight the one of the worst I have experienced. Before the plane had even started, they had already drunk a bottle of something with a lot of alcohol (and this was only the beginning). As they couldn't sit all together, the ones seating in the front rows came back to drink with the rest standing in the middle, and of course they were getting louder and louder. And they refused to switch off their mobile phones, because they were taking pics with them. The staff tried everything to calm them and stopping them using their phones, but there was no way with this kind of people. In the middle of the flight, we started to smell smoke and, what did we see? The man in the row behind of us was smoking. The stewardess came running from their cabin and told him to stop, and this man did as he was told. Food was served at about 2 o'clock in the morning, it was a full meal with blinys with meat, salad and a yoghurt. Drinks were offered 4 times during the flight, of course there were no alcoholic drinks available. I admire the staff and how they could stay calm with these Russians, explaining in a resolute but friendly way every detail over and over again, while the Russians were laughing about them. I really don't know if I would fly with Aerosvit again, not because of the airline, but because of the other passengers. In Baku, we had a little surprise, because our luggage was t
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