Neos Air is actually owned by Italian tour operator Alpitour. They mostly fly to destinations where they have their own resorts or have deals with others. In fact most of their destinations are once weekly as they sell complete packages (flight+hotel) for one/two weeks. I'm mostly impressed they serve food in real plates, with real cutlery and that they have a good and free IFE. Good job on them.
I landed in Nose-be one month ago on my journey to Mauricius from Milan (Neos has a weekly route Milan-nose be-Mauricius, serving 2 Alpitour’s destinations with a single plane): we stay 2 hours until the takeoff for Mauritius: there was our 787 and…. A Cessna! No other planes…! I heard one of the pilots talks to a passenger-friend that the nose bee runway is quite short for the wide-bodies jet… I’d like to visit Madagascar, in the future…
Tahiti Airport has the same issue and 30 degrees with high humidity. No air conditioning and open areas, only with fans in the ceiling. That's a very hot experience to go through
Neos is not a Unknow airlines, is the airlines of Alpitour the biggest holiday group in Italy he mainly operates charter flight to the maldives, sharm el sheik, Zanzibar and the caribbean sea, bringing tourist to the resorts of the alpitour group, also operates some scheduled flight between Palermo and NYC and between Milano and NYC
Neos Air is for sure an excellent carrier but out of Italy is pretty unknown, impossible to be compared to the main european travel groups airlines. Italy does't have a true national airline anymore but its small companies, Neos Air and Air Dolomiti are top notch from any point of view
The food for the return flight is actually brought out on the outbound flight and just heated up. Hence, the Italian brands...can't get that In Madagascar.
6:43 Notice how the fire engines (possibly for the whole island, not just the airport) are standing by on the tarmac in case there is an emergency during takeoff. This is reminiscent of the situation in some remote Pacific islands where United Airlines operates and which Simply Aviation covered before :)
I was told by a friend Nosey Bey is beautiful. Italians love going there. Neos also flys to Mersa Matruh in Egypt near the Libyan border in the summer. Italians like going there too. It's beautiful there. Legroom quite OK. Nice meal.
Great flight. Before I watching this, I didn't know there's place called Nosy Be. The plane livery is definitely TUI but with Neos branding. Great seat even though no pillow and blanket, Great food even though it's cooked and stored with dry ice from Italy for return flight, Great IFE, and there's WiFi.
Very impressive all around with Neos. That airplane and catering must be down and back on the same day. The airport 'terminal' was nothing more than an open sided barn.
Was this the same airline chartered to transport cruise ship passengers from Marseille, France to US Atlanta at the beginning of COVID pandemic due to Covid cases on the Costa cruise ship? There was a RUclips video for that COVID flight. There were quite a few passengers died of COVID after the flight.
During Covid, I flew with Neos multiple times to China since China required direct flights from country of departure and Neos was the only one with direct flights from Italy organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, let’s say Neos didn’t give me a good experience
Just watching those passengers walking out to the aircraft with their cases terrifies the bejesus out of me. WHO in their right mind thought that the size of these cases was an appropriate size to be loaded into overhead lockers? I have not flown in a passenger aircraft for some considerable time and watching these passengers with their, in my view, oversized cases boarding the aircraft will ensure that I will not be flying anywhere any time soon. Having seen photographs from inside the recent Singapore airlines from London Heathrow it makes me deeply concerned about the safety on board aircraft should they encounter heavy turbulence when cases such as those seen here are placed in the overhead lockers.
Kindly David, I can tell you my experience with Neos Air, as an Italian I can tell you that you haven't tried the medium range, that I took a 7 hour flight from Milan to Cape Verde/green and the seats were narrow and the food was horrendous
From Nosy Be you can reach beautiful places by boat like Nosy Iranja, Nosy Tanikely and Nosy Komba. Put this destination on your travel list. Date of the flight?
I have an answer to the meals. Yes they are made prior and fly the route down to then be served on the return. But a lot of the time they will load the galley carts into cargo containers with dry ice to keep it cool.
@@cocazade7703 Nearly all Italian airplanes are Irish registered, as for ITA (and Alitalia), and most of Italian carriers (with Air Dolomiti as the notable exception). It has to do with a question of insurance and leased plates. Now it seems like some Italian airlines have started registering their planes in Malta (e.g. AeroItalia).
Fun fact: Neos’ livery is very similar to the TUI one because, from its foundation in 2002 until 2005, Neos was fully owned by the TUI Group. It later became independent. On the internet you can find some images of the airline’s Boeing 737s with the TUI logo on the tail and the typical font of the livery
I hate that flight attendants can "lock" the window dimming. Especially because on a daylight flight like this it is NOT good to sleep, as sleeping can upset your biological and circadian rhythm. They probably do this because they don't want to be bothered during the flight, but it's not good for the passengers !
Lemme answer some of the question you have about operating such a flight outta such a remote location. Everything that isn’t perishable or refillable, will be double stocked on board. Meals are prepared from the main hub and crews are instructed to keep them untouched and frozen until it’s time to have them reheated on the return leg. Although this is only if the plane is going back directly after arriving. Milk products are usually replenished on sight, as are toiletries and other sanitary products. Everything else required for service is double catered. I’m a flight attendant and my full service legacy carrier does this for most of its overseas flights.
Those are infra-red sensors. The light they emit cannot be perceived by the human eye, but cameras can make it visible. If you have a remote control at home (like for your TV), if you hold the sensor at the top into your phone camera and press a button on the remote, you'll see the same effect. :)
Ho viaggiato spesso con Neos.... Madagascar...Kenya.... Maldive... Spagna... Mi sono sempre trovata bene....anche in economy....economy Estra plus.... E Premium..... cibo sempre buono e tutto italiano....personale sempre molto gentile.... Neos for ever😊
Catering is a funny one. Location plays a big factor in catering. Many long-haul carriers will land and get fresh catering (meals, top-up on drinks/new bars) on turnaround away from the base. Sometimes airlines will stock extra drinks and snacks, which means only meals and trays are required down route. This often differs from airport to airport, not even country to country. If the airport is smaller and doesn't have catering facilities, they will have it driven over from a nearby major airport with catering facilities. Finally, some routes (and probably likely in this case) food is loaded in the hold in chillers. The aircraft will have extra drink trolleys to allow for top-ups usually sorted by the outbound crew. Once the aircraft has landed, the food is taken from the hold and placed into the ovens on the aircraft. The trolleys with trays are then swapped for the used trolleys and placed into the hold. I've seen this happen in Liberia on TUI flights and in the Bahamas. Sometimes the food has been known to spoil which has led to flight cancellations, and airport vouchers issued for snacks.
I flown Neos during covid period，it was the only vector flying from Italy to china (tianjin) during that time . Flight organized by the Italian commerce chamber. -3000 euro one way, of course no meal served.
I work at the Hamburg Airport in Germany and we have Neos with there 787 here too but ONLY when there is a cruise ship coming to the port of Hamburg. No cruise ship with italians on it= No Neos flight this week 😅 same with AirEuropa. They fly with the 787 to madrid IF there is a cruise ship with spanish people coming to the port of Hamburg
This video is reported by Felix right .... because I can some reflection coming his screen entertainment and I recognized his face also. Thanks and Regards, Anamitro Dasgupta (from India)
For a budget/holiday carrier, not bad at all!
What airline is Jet2?
Neos Air is actually owned by Italian tour operator Alpitour. They mostly fly to destinations where they have their own resorts or have deals with others. In fact most of their destinations are once weekly as they sell complete packages (flight+hotel) for one/two weeks.
I'm mostly impressed they serve food in real plates, with real cutlery and that they have a good and free IFE. Good job on them.
thougt they were italian TUI.
@@skylineXpert yes, in the beginning they were part of TUI, Italian division..on the older aircraft the tail reported TUI logo
Its Not From Italy The Original Neos's Hometown Is Ireland
Such a large aircraft at such a small airport, interesting
I landed in Nose-be one month ago on my journey to Mauricius from Milan (Neos has a weekly route Milan-nose be-Mauricius, serving 2 Alpitour’s destinations with a single plane): we stay 2 hours until the takeoff for Mauritius: there was our 787 and…. A Cessna! No other planes…! I heard one of the pilots talks to a passenger-friend that the nose bee runway is quite short for the wide-bodies jet…
I’d like to visit Madagascar, in the future…
Tahiti Airport has the same issue and 30 degrees with high humidity. No air conditioning and open areas, only with fans in the ceiling. That's a very hot experience to go through
Neos is not a Unknow airlines, is the airlines of Alpitour the biggest holiday group in Italy he mainly operates charter flight to the maldives, sharm el sheik, Zanzibar and the caribbean sea, bringing tourist to the resorts of the alpitour group, also operates some scheduled flight between Palermo and NYC and between Milano and NYC
Neos Air is for sure an excellent carrier but out of Italy is pretty unknown, impossible to be compared to the main european travel groups airlines. Italy does't have a true national airline anymore but its small companies, Neos Air and Air Dolomiti are top notch from any point of view
@@d8889Italy have ita airways
The food for the return flight is actually brought out on the outbound flight and just heated up. Hence, the Italian brands...can't get that In Madagascar.
Nosy Be is a hilarious name
I misread it as "Noisy Bee" 😂
I read nosy bee
It means "big island" in Malagasy. It's pronounced "noo-see beh"
@@cheune6677 « nuus bé »
@@cheune6677who cares
I miss the old jingle! 😢 it was so soothing
nice flight, i love the italian airlines thank you🇮🇹
6:43 Notice how the fire engines (possibly for the whole island, not just the airport) are standing by on the tarmac in case there is an emergency during takeoff. This is reminiscent of the situation in some remote Pacific islands where United Airlines operates and which Simply Aviation covered before :)
Pretty sure the actual capital will have some fire engines too, Madagascar is quite big :p
@@waytoomanysquids614Nosy be is on a small separate island a few Miles of the mainland so it may actually be the only fire engines for the island.
Look's like you guys been pumping out more videos, nice!
The new intro in your trip report videos are more better than the old ones.
I love the old ones❤
I was told by a friend Nosey Bey is beautiful. Italians love going there. Neos also flys to Mersa Matruh in Egypt near the Libyan border in the summer. Italians like going there too. It's beautiful there. Legroom quite OK. Nice meal.
Beautiful video as always
Nosy Be, what a uniquely hilarious name for a town!
It’s video like these that make simply aviation an amazing channel 😊
The Italians certainly don't mess with their food
Yep I like it
Nosy be is such an amusing name! Amazing video as always!
Please consider trying T'Way's new Zagreb-Bishkek-Seoul route!!
That's the most random route I ever heard of, even more than Shanghai Airlines Budapest-Ningbo.
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Looks very impressive for a very unknown airline, perhaps I should fly with them one day!
Hii, Incredible vid like always
I would love to fly to Madagascar, it seems to be only something true AVgeeks do (like this channel lol)
Fantastic video! As always :). (I haven't watched it yet but it looks fire)
That’s one very smooth landing. Buttery.
😅Great video, 🎉 can you plz do a tripreport on scoots new e190 E2 to krabi
Great flight. Before I watching this, I didn't know there's place called Nosy Be. The plane livery is definitely TUI but with Neos branding. Great seat even though no pillow and blanket, Great food even though it's cooked and stored with dry ice from Italy for return flight, Great IFE, and there's WiFi.
Did you sleep on the plane, even though it's a daytime flight?
I will report Tui airlines on my channel. Good report!
Next week I’m flying Lufthansa😮 to Munich
Finally neos...
I would never describe an apricot tart for dessert as "perfect".
Fichissima la sigla 🤩
Mini airport big plane 😊
The hot meal served at 11:27 its Called "Calzone al Forno"
Very impressive all around with Neos. That airplane and catering must be down and back on the same day. The airport 'terminal' was nothing more than an open sided barn.
I ALSO FLEW ON NEOS! TO MILAN
Good thing you tried this airline!
When are you going to try Garuda again?
Was this the same airline chartered to transport cruise ship passengers from Marseille, France to US Atlanta at the beginning of COVID pandemic due to Covid cases on the Costa cruise ship? There was a RUclips video for that COVID flight. There were quite a few passengers died of COVID after the flight.
During Covid, I flew with Neos multiple times to China since China required direct flights from country of departure and Neos was the only one with direct flights from Italy organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, let’s say Neos didn’t give me a good experience
Just watching those passengers walking out to the aircraft with their cases terrifies the bejesus out of me.
WHO in their right mind thought that the size of these cases was an appropriate size to be loaded into overhead lockers?
I have not flown in a passenger aircraft for some considerable time and watching these passengers with their, in my view, oversized cases boarding the aircraft will ensure that I will not be flying anywhere any time soon.
Having seen photographs from inside the recent Singapore airlines from London Heathrow it makes me deeply concerned about the safety on board aircraft should they encounter heavy turbulence when cases such as those seen here are placed in the overhead lockers.
Kindly David, I can tell you my experience with Neos Air, as an Italian I can tell you that you haven't tried the medium range, that I took a 7 hour flight from Milan to Cape Verde/green and the seats were narrow and the food was horrendous
The subtitle is wrong. Not "it's perfect", but "perfecto!!!!" hahaha~ Thanks for sharing!!
From Nosy Be you can reach beautiful places by boat like Nosy Iranja, Nosy Tanikely and Nosy Komba. Put this destination on your travel list. Date of the flight?
I think David should put brutally honest about 75%, cause i got Brutally honest intro in my mind again💀💀
4 euros for a seat reservation- I'm sold
Awesome❤❤❤
Kuwait Airways Please
I never knew there was a place called: Be Noisy, oh sorry, Be Nosy, sorry again Nosy Be
What was that laugh at 04:41? 😅
I'm sorry but was never been an unknown airline . As you said . I'm not Italian tho
I speak Italian too: A-bippedy boopedy….bippedy boopedy bippedy.
Can you do Brutally Honest on Air Serbia 🇷🇸 Belgrade 🇷🇸 to Tianjin 🇨🇳
Can you do a Tripreport on Lao Airlines 🇱🇦 from Savannakhet/Vientiane 🇱🇦 to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi 🇹🇭?
Wide Body Aircraft on tiny airport
It's unusual to be able to understand anything that the crowd says in an english-speaker video (I'm Italian)
Where's Felix?
He must be here
Nosy be really be Noisy
The entire process strikes me as an accident waiting to happen at the airport.
old intro better 🥲
kinda agree
do air peace i think ull get clout
🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
A couple hundred nautical mamamias🇮🇹
I have an answer to the meals. Yes they are made prior and fly the route down to then be served on the return. But a lot of the time they will load the galley carts into cargo containers with dry ice to keep it cool.
Return catering comes in deepfrozen''' the hotmeals are heated and the tray setup are in trolleys in the hold.
What about fuel? I don’t know if any aircraft has the range to do this route twice on one tank
Classmate named Be: Where did you go for the holidays
“Nosy Be”
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why does nosy be remind me of a bare essentials airport that Ryanair would enjoy?
1:36 Classic Italian situation with an (obv) Irish registered plane! 😂
Why is it Irish registered?
@@cocazade7703 Nearly all Italian airplanes are Irish registered, as for ITA (and Alitalia), and most of Italian carriers (with Air Dolomiti as the notable exception). It has to do with a question of insurance and leased plates. Now it seems like some Italian airlines have started registering their planes in Malta (e.g. AeroItalia).
It seems that there was constantly some background conversation going on throughout the flight. It must have been exhausting.
I flew the same route in January! The food was fantastic! Migliore compagnia aerea❤
I love the 787 it’s just so comfortable and quite in the way you think ❤️
Fun fact: Neos’ livery is very similar to the TUI one because, from its foundation in 2002 until 2005, Neos was fully owned by the TUI Group. It later became independent. On the internet you can find some images of the airline’s Boeing 737s with the TUI logo on the tail and the typical font of the livery
è vero, che belle le livree ibride
You got me there.
I thought it was TUI at first 😅
I hate that flight attendants can "lock" the window dimming. Especially because on a daylight flight like this it is NOT good to sleep, as sleeping can upset your biological and circadian rhythm.
They probably do this because they don't want to be bothered during the flight, but it's not good for the passengers !
The windows were dimmed and locked by the crew, so.....definitely not my airline to fly!
Nice flight simply aviation 👍
Lemme answer some of the question you have about operating such a flight outta such a remote location. Everything that isn’t perishable or refillable, will be double stocked on board. Meals are prepared from the main hub and crews are instructed to keep them untouched and frozen until it’s time to have them reheated on the return leg. Although this is only if the plane is going back directly after arriving. Milk products are usually replenished on sight, as are toiletries and other sanitary products. Everything else required for service is double catered. I’m a flight attendant and my full service legacy carrier does this for most of its overseas flights.
How can an airport with only 2200 meters can accomodate Widebody plane to Rome (9hrs) and no transit in somewhere tp refuel??
Full thrust and no obstacles on the departure route.
Thanks for posting another great trip report David. 😊🛩
4:54 can anyone please tell me what are those blinking lights at the bottom of IFE Screen (they suspiciously blink like iPhone’s FaceID LoL)
Those are infra-red sensors. The light they emit cannot be perceived by the human eye, but cameras can make it visible. If you have a remote control at home (like for your TV), if you hold the sensor at the top into your phone camera and press a button on the remote, you'll see the same effect. :)
Great trip report video as always! Madagascar looks like a beautiful country!
lol, I never thought there would be a place called Nosy Be 😂 thanks for the awesome review David ❤
Can you go with air Algérie pls❤
Very beautiful video!
Ho viaggiato spesso con Neos.... Madagascar...Kenya.... Maldive... Spagna... Mi sono sempre trovata bene....anche in economy....economy Estra plus.... E Premium..... cibo sempre buono e tutto italiano....personale sempre molto gentile.... Neos for ever😊
Catering is a funny one. Location plays a big factor in catering. Many long-haul carriers will land and get fresh catering (meals, top-up on drinks/new bars) on turnaround away from the base. Sometimes airlines will stock extra drinks and snacks, which means only meals and trays are required down route. This often differs from airport to airport, not even country to country. If the airport is smaller and doesn't have catering facilities, they will have it driven over from a nearby major airport with catering facilities. Finally, some routes (and probably likely in this case) food is loaded in the hold in chillers. The aircraft will have extra drink trolleys to allow for top-ups usually sorted by the outbound crew. Once the aircraft has landed, the food is taken from the hold and placed into the ovens on the aircraft. The trolleys with trays are then swapped for the used trolleys and placed into the hold. I've seen this happen in Liberia on TUI flights and in the Bahamas. Sometimes the food has been known to spoil which has led to flight cancellations, and airport vouchers issued for snacks.
I flown Neos during covid period，it was the only vector flying from Italy to china (tianjin) during that time . Flight organized by the Italian commerce chamber. -3000 euro one way, of course no meal served.
Excellent trip report Felix!😸
Do an Aeroitalia tripreport! Maybe from PEG airport would be cool!
Veloma ✈️😊
Try malawian airlines but their is a boing 737-800 max8😊😅
I work at the Hamburg Airport in Germany and we have Neos with there 787 here too but ONLY when there is a cruise ship coming to the port of Hamburg. No cruise ship with italians on it= No Neos flight this week 😅 same with AirEuropa. They fly with the 787 to madrid IF there is a cruise ship with spanish people coming to the port of Hamburg
why neos airlines is in ireland?
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love the new intro.
This video is reported by Felix right .... because I can some reflection coming his screen entertainment and I recognized his face also.
Thanks and Regards,
Anamitro Dasgupta (from India)
I wonder if the widebody aircraft could fit in the smaller airports like Caticlan in the Philippines (gateway to Boracay)
It's nice to see Felix back again(Or am I mistaken?), and great video as always. What happended to the sign that tells who made the report btw?
Hey, did you know that austrian airlines got their new B787-9 dreamliner?
you should fly air India's new a350 and indigo's new 777
I have an idea why not make the intro showing the seat type and aircraft sit pan into a poster and buying it
flying from smaller known locations to a bigger on is always interesting lol