Milan to Amsterdam

Date: 12 August 2022

Aircraft: Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

Airline: KLM

Departure: LIMC (Milan Malpensa, Italy)

Destination: EHAM (Amsterdam Schiphol, The Netherlands)

Callsign: KLM1630

Cruising Altitude: FL400 (40,000feet)

Flight duration: 1:02 (1 hour, 2 minutes) 

First European flight! I took out the official KLM Boeing 787 that comes with the simulator (I was initially going to use FlyByWire's A320NEO in an easyJet livery, but installation was problematic).

The flight was smooth overall, and the autopilot was obedient for once. It was really cloudy for most the flight, so visibility not ideal (I was using live real world weather), this also meant that I missed out on the scenic views that comes with this route, particulary the Swiss Alps you'd find shortly after departure from Milan. ATC also bugged out too which was disappointing. For the sake of increasing realism, I also started to get used to using real life airport diagrams to navigate through taxiways at airports rather than the ingame arrows that would appear on the ground.