Air France A220 gets Euro Biz RIGHT (Paris to Stockholm)

Join me as I wrap up my recent US trip with a very lovely flight onboard Air France’s A220 in Euro-business class. I’m pretty sure I’ve found the best possible version of Euro Biz out there (that’s economy seats with the middle blocked and an elevated soft product, standard across Europe.) Is this indeed the best Euro Biz out there, and what makes it so? I’ll show you the lounge at Paris CDG, boarding, taxi and takeoff, the light meal and champagne service, and give you the complete rundown. Cap it off with a pretty landing back in Sweden in the dying October light.

Note: yes, Turkish Airlines mostly has a much better seat on regional flights and is technically based in Europe, but you can’t really fly around Europe with Turkish without going well out of your way, so they’re excluded from this comparison 🙂.

Flight information:
October 25, 2023
AF1062 CDG-ARN
A220-300 F-HZUQ
Seat 2A
age: brand new
Flight time: 2h5m

How I booked it:
I bought a paid ticket outbound in KLM “Premium Comfort” Premium Economy and returning in Delta One business class via CDG for $1,800. Routing: ARN-AMS-SFO / LAX-CDG-ARN.

Shot on: Sony FX3 & iPhone 15 Pro Max
Music: Epidemic Sound

Shot, written and edited by Gabriel Leigh, a.k.a. Gabe Leigh.

SECTIONS:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Who is Gabe Leigh?
01:00 AF lounge CDG 2F
02:05 I love the A220
02:50 Taxi
03:25 Takeoff
05:00 Onboard experience
05:47 Why AF A220 beats others
06:30 Sunset descent to Stockholm
07:37 Landing
08:35 Final thoughts

#airfrance #A220 #businessclass

[christianwolff]

Fantastic video as always, your commitment to excellent production quality doesn’t go unnoticed. I think you have the exact right balance of great visuals and narration, while also making the videos both informative but also relaxing to watch.

[paulin]

Flew Air France to Stockholm 2 months ago in an A 220 ( for the first time!), but in economy class!! great flight really! I love this plane.

[pokerfacelagoon]

I like your video. I have a young family and we will be travelling A220 business from CDG to VCE in September. We are looking forward to it after watching your video

[MrChocato]

Air France A220 is so quiet and confortable and the Air France BC is high quality.

[johnk]

Great review Gabe. So proud to be Canadian and see how popular Bombardier's plane is. Air France has been getting quite a few solid reviews, my last flight with them to Nice was one of the most peaceful flights I've ever had, very different to pax behaviour in N. America...

[juholipponen]

Thanks for a good video Gabe! I flew CDG-DUB in business on the A220 a few days ago, with miles upgrade (very easy on the AF app). I would concur that this indeed is a great product. Way more spacious than E190, quiet and neat. And the AF service was excellent. Champagne included...:) I'll be actively looking out for this option from now on, whenever going with AF.

[brianlockyer]

Always look forward to your vlogs Gab, keep up the good work?

[texasabbott]

The A220-300 is a unique aircraft with a long list of special flight capabilities. It can do 7-hour transcontinental flights, it's a very powerful aircraft that can jump from airports with shorter runways, and has incredible operating economics to create "point-to-point thin route" markets that would be unprofitable if operated by other aircraft. Air France is publicly egging on Airbus to build the A220-500 to replace the A320neo (le Journal de l'Aviation), but Airbus is currently prioritizing production ramp-up (at 10 to 11 aircraft per month as of Jan. 2024).

[Mimi-qzh]

Swiss is lovely too. But you very much right, can see Air France great indeed

[berndaviation]

Really nice video! Keep it up. E-2 jet vs A220? Waiting for my time to fly an A220 but I love the comfort of an embraer

[Kai-NikolausSchmitt-uy]

Hy gabe you are my Favorite Video Autor. Thanks. Kai

[mpbee]

Great videos Gabe. The zoom on that new iPhone is pretty epic. I don’t think I’ve flown the A220 recently—not sure if that is a product of flying Star Alliance or just chance. Anyways, this Sky Team set of videos has piqued my interest. Cheers! Btw, how often do you get asked by passengers or flight crew why you have a GoPro stuck to the window?

[danalamborn]

Nice video. I only flew on the A220-100 RT between SEA and SJC on DL in FC. The aircraft was nice but the service was really bad.

[johnellington]

I was wondering Gabe if you speak any other languages besides then English? I'm just curious, Swedish? French? Also, awesome video and just discovered this channel and wish I had found it sooner.

[fredricgrethel]

I have always liked the quality of Air France in flight service as long as the FAs are in a decent mood. Great video. Some of the edits of your vocals are a bit quick/truncated which is a little off putting. Otherwise fantastic quality video. Thank you!

[TK]

Gabe Fly with Cypres Airways Then you get a Business class experience

[stuartjgarland]

Very nice video Gabe, did I see Wifi onboard? Is there IFE on any of the European carriers?

[khenjcedricgimpayan]

How does the a220 compare to the e2 (e295) in window size and in passenger comfort and how does the window compare to the a350

[xandrios]

The A220 on AF is a very good hard product, for European standards at least. However the food is mediocre, imho. Especially on longer routes - like ATH - that exact same meal is served and that is insufficient in C. A single cold snack, even though usually of pretty good quality, is insufficient when you're 3, 5 hours in the air. Their main competitor on the route, Aegean, does a full 3-course hot meal, and even LH group recognises the imbalance and offers hot food when travelling to ATH. Though LH of course only does this on routes where they have competition from an airline that also serves hot food (They absolutely offer the least that they can get away with).

[journeyingjohn]

What a contrast with the ever unreliable and Best Avoided BA, who have densified and cut to be as bad as lo costs