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Air France is an airline which certainly has its critics. Maybe…they’re a bit stuffy. Maybe…their service is a bit formal. However, sometimes sticking to tradition has its upsides – Air France produced a superb experience on this flight to Washington DC. Transatlantic business class is super competitive, and Air France put excellent service front and centre along with an ambitious and fabulous meal offering. Enjoy the video!
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0:00 Intro
0:40 CDG ground experience….eek.
1:30 Air France Lounge, Hall M, CDG
3:03 Some face time about the flight and ticket details
4:45 Integrated sponsor segment (thank you Surfshark)
5:39 Boarding our A350-900 in business class
7:42 Taxi and takeoff
9:07 Cabin and seat tour
11:05 THAT menu by 3* Michelin chef Anne-Sophie Pic
13:02 Getting into the spirit…ahem.
14:00 More amenities, bed time, and second meal service
16:14 End, conclusions, fare paid and thanks as always.
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Date of Travel: 25 OCT 2022
Airline: Air France
Livery: Air France standard
Route: CDG-IAD
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900 XWB
Flight Number: AF 26
Miles: 3,851
Airborne time: 7h46m
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Air France is an airline which certainly has its critics. Maybe…they're a bit stuffy. Maybe…their service is a bit formal. However, sometimes sticking to tradition has its upsides – Air France produced a superb experience on this flight to Washington DC. Transatlantic business class is super competitive, and Air France put excellent service front and centre along with an ambitious and fabulous meal offering. Enjoy the video!
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I was on AF from LAX – CDG – LAX the other week. In business. Very impressed by the food and service. Blew my mind when I was offered an expresso after dinner. With a great Calvados to match!
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ROFL Chartreuse is incredible. Typically made by monks. I visited the Chartreuse monastery when I was 11 ( sometime in le last century lol) green chartreuse is the strongest liquor available to buy, but they have many more, the eau de noix is incredible. Enjoy ☺️
I’m so curious to know why where you in Budapest and why did you need to go to Washington DC. I know it s not the point, I m just curious
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Looks great!
7:37 Hi Paul… What would you do if the AirTags show that your bags are elsewhere in the airport? (ie not onboard)?
Try a shot of Chartreuse in hot chocolate with whipped cream, stellar ✨
I am glad that they updated those people movers at Dulles. It's like whomever was the original architect really liked science fiction and wanted to build a lunar base as an airport complete with stupid lifted vehicles. I wonder if they can jump over a row of baggage carts if you had a ramp.
Yes, a long bus ride video sounds like it would be splendid, Paul!😊
Another great video man! Great meeting you that morning in the lounge in Budapest🙏🏼
Great video Paul! Loved seeing Air France 🇫🇷 on their A350 Business Class! Also the FOOD! WOW! 🤩 It looked delicious 🤤 and I cannot wait to fly Air France 🇫🇷
Cheers Mate 🥂
Michelin star??? Really??🤷🏻♂️ Ex west coast RT to CDG this past July on 777-200 in Biz class and the food was MEH👎. I thought it was Y+ kind of meal just plated separately. Planes were old & dirty and service mediocre. Now the goat cheese was amazing + the wine very good.
Glad that you included people mover footage of iad lol
too bad they overshoot runways
Nice video 👌
Food looks amazing, that seat doesn't look very wide or long.
Do more busses, yes! And trains. We are taking our first trip to Europe (Rome) next year for a cruise. Never been across the pond before. Your reports certainly help.
Nice flight. Great food. Thanks Paul😀💚
Any plans to fly on the A380 or 747-8, now that carriers are unretiring them due to high widebody demand?
Chartreuse is best as a cocktail ingredient, I agree! Indeed, my favorite cocktail involves it, the Naked and Famous, which is equal measures mezcal, chartreuse (yellow is best), bitter (Aperol is best), and lime juice. Good call Paul!
What are those big bus-looking things with the big wheels at Dulles at the end?
Great vid, Pau. Excellent camera work, audio, and editing. All good. Thanks.
As I read this, Paul, I'm sitting in the small lounge in the K zone at C de G, off to San Jose in the front end of a 350 a bit later. You've wetted my app for the trip. Thanks, as ever for your very interesting stuff
Never drunk Chartreuse on ice…..always above ice in the Alps…..great digestive after a long lunch!
CDG is a nightmare, used to fly all the time through there from Manchester down to Montpellier on business, I've lost count the amount of times (mainly on the return leg I grant) where I had to run through Terminal 2 to change piers to get to the Manchester flight! kept me fit though lol 🤣
I love Air France and have flown many times with them. Since the 1980s. Let the haters fly off on Ryan.
Nicely done Paul. Thank you. I always plan on no less than two hours for connections so I don't have to be one of those poor schlubs running through the terminals. My strategy has worked well so far. On 350's, I love Singapore's because they have a 16 seat business mini cabin that gives me a feeling of exclusivity. And on the liqueur experimentation, yeah I tried that once by saying "I'll have what that guy is having." To this day I think they drained the fuel tank into a glass and served it to me. Never again.
Great flight.
Ooh – better than Air France's Premier?
Always a fan of KLM (and Schiphol) too. What stops me with Air France can be summed up in three short letters: C D G. An airport I have vowed to never darken its gates again! 🙂
i dont know why i torture myself with these videos…
i work in aviation (maintenance) and travel shit tone. Writting this from singapore, while i live in europe. But the freaking company i work for allows only economy flying, no matter the length of the flight. and then i come and watch these videos and only dream of what a comfortable 12 hour flying could like…
Great review Paul! It’s been over 20 years since I’ve flown Air France, but this review makes me want to fly them again on my next trip to Europe❤✈️
Flew AF A350 Y class across the Atlantic last month. Beautiful airplane, love the free wifi messaging. The food was average but you can tell their professionalism is there.
Switched to a domestic flight after, and the cabin is night and day. Services are still professional and good but the domestic cabin was outdated, dirty…
Paul, I totally disagree with the perception by some people that Air France is stuffy and too formal. Recently used their Business class product CDG to GRU an 11,5 hour flight. Service and food were the best I’ve ever experienced (and I’ve flown many Airlines) comfort up there with the best. On top of that I got a great deal, far better than what B.A. were offering me. Maybe I was just lucky, however I’ll know soon enough because they are now my first option. Thanks for your video.
The lounge at CDG 2M appears far better than the one at 2E.
What phone case do you use? It’s quite thin!
ALL the spa appoints where taken for an 8 hour layover, fucking hell!
i'd rather have more choice on the menu for starter and dessert then that fancy menu
Amazing, you seemed to have neither an accident nor an incident that you were aware of
Great video legend!
Woo i had a very similar flight but it was absolutely the worst food I've had on a business class flight. That being said their service was good and the plane is great. Our food was just very disappointing.
Plot twist 13:50 it's just sour apple four loko
Really like your no nonsense no waffle videos. I have only travelled with Air France once, Manchester to Paris and that was firmly in the poor service category but it was economy so my expectations were not high. The business class long haul does look a very different proposition though. I have a trip planned to Toronto next year and will investigate going to Paris first and flying from there.
10:28 Are these custom Nikes with your name on it, Paul? 😀 And yes, another long rail trip video would be awesome!
Begs the question, why Americans can’t get food right at all?