We self handled at Seville which saved some useful cash and generally worked well but did not allow quite enough extra time to get to AIS, pay landing fees and still get off at the flight planned time. So we departed 35 minutes late, not that this mattered particularly. The morning was fine with the odd cumulus near the coast and we climbed towards the Spanish coast to our cruising level of F100.
Soon we were in Moroccan airspace routing past Tangier towards Casablanca, then Essaouira and so out over the Atlantic towards Lanzarote. Phil was flying and the weather was rather hazy with cirrostratus cloud above us and the odd patch of lower cloud below. The Atlas mountains appeared to the east of Marrakesh and we had lunch as we set out over the sea finishing with a piece of marvellous fruit cake made by Tracey, Phil’s wife. With luck, this should last us until Cape Town.
Once again, we had a headwind although not nearly as strong as on the two previous days. We were vectored on arrival at Lanzarote to allow a Condor airbus in first which added a few minutes to the flight. On landing our handler was waiting for us, fuel quickly acquired and the flight plan for tomorrow filed.
Then it was off to our hotel, a good walk along the beach in a fresh NE wind with much wind surfing going on nearby and a relaxing post flight beer and olives.
Seville to Lanzarote: 725 nm in 5 hr 05 min