MY MOST DISAPPOINTING FLIGHT! Business Class Algiers to Montreal

Join my on Air Algerie on my (unfortunately) most disappointing flight. The product was much different than what was advertised, and made the whole experience much worse. The bright spot was definitely the brand new airport terminal in Algiers which was wonderful. Let me know your thoughts!

0:00 Algiers Airport
2:34 Air Algerie Lounge
5:56 Boarding
7:36 The Seat
11:12 Seat Frustrations
12:13 ALG Departure
14:55 (Lack of) In Flight Entertainment
15:58 Tray Table
17:20 First Meal Service
18:39 "Trying" to Sleep
20:00 Second Meal Service
20:31 Descent into Montreal
21:25 YUL Arrival
23:20 Thunderstorms
24:23 Deplaning Mess
26:30 Final Thoughts

[ramdaneboucheloui]

Air Algerie, known as Air Couscous, never let me down, we have a great relationship, i don't fly with them, they don't disappoint me.

[ahmedilyas]

Even the Algerian don’t like air Algérie

[soukathu]

For me, I recently flew the A330-200 to Algeria from LHR, it was so much better compared to the video and I’ve enjoyed the new variant cabin it was clean and refreshed, food wasn’t cold and the cabin crew were more interactive.

[deanmeixner]

That's a shocker of a flight for business class ... the cleanliness ... can't complain about it, there is NONE ... and that food ... makes Air Koryo looks like haute-cuisine ... safe travels 🥂

[Abdulkarim_]

Excellent video. I'm glad that you were not arrested when taking the pictures in the departure hall. That shows that Algeria is evolving.
I haven't flown AH since decades, when it was a correct carrier.
Algeria being a rich country, Air Algérie being a public enterprise, they ought to have more decent airplanes.
It's a matter of governance not money.

[berendbrowny]

Nice video as always!! Really like it too see these exotic airlines being reviewed 🙂 keep up the good work mate

[BRTripReport]

The cabin is so dirty!!!! No excuses for that. Thanks for sharing.

[dailymotivateandcultivate]

incredibly informative! appreciate the clear explanations. Thanks' for sharing that's give us a clear idea about the company but i think there is no other alternative carriers that operate that same flight?

[brahim]

I recently flew Air Algerie's new 737-800 from Moscow to Algiers, the cabin is freshely new and its not dirty, seats are slightely enjoyable and the food is... Very delicious. I can say that some planes are a big catastrophe, including this one. Hope they will upgrade it soon. Thanks for the review Pat!

[Moi-Moi]

Sad to see that most of flight reviews from North African airlines end up with so many negative points, especially about the lack of cleaning and cabin maintenance.

[mariavandenbosch]

YIKES! If I had a parachute, I would have used it 😝😝😝

[jt]

Excellent coverage and objective as always. Thanks Patrick!

[stevenuhl]

The screen that you showed with the waypoints...is that an app that I can put on my phone, or is that a different system? I've ben looking for something like that for a while now. Thanks!

[EpicThe]

Excellent video If it right out Frankfurt Germany in Canadian French it's spelled as Francfort sur le Main which is where Air Canada 845 is coming from. Speaking of the air Algérie business class seat old version it is exactly the same as a Cathay Pacific 1990s Long Haul seat and the Regional Business class seats also Korean Air Prestige Class B737-9B5/ER pre retrofitted B777-300 like HL-7573 unless retrofitted to resemble the A321-271N. IFE screen is in your right armrest. I'm wondering which of the Legacy carriers in the United States still use this setup in the domestic fleet.
US CBP Stamp is MTL for Aéroport Pierre Eliot Trudeau provided you went back to California from Montreal via Newark Airport. For Canadians go to Montreal Airport to Florida they would simply drive to the US border Plattsburgh, NY or Burlington, VT that way they can simply pay the domestic price. There are 2-2-2 business class seats are flatbed example of these in California are the Korean Air Airbus A380 services. Also 2-3-2 flat bed seats SFO/LAX PR Mabuhay Class Korean Air Prestige Class B777-3B5/ER sleeper seats.

[perryugalde]

The joys of traveling. Equipment swapping does happen, and it either elevates your experience or forces you to throttle back on your expectations. Ultimately, comfort (discomfort), good (bad), superior (inferior), etc, are relative to the individual and a matter of definition - most notably when there is no choice in the matter.

[aj]

The people mover is actually called a mobile lounge. Aside from Dulles, CDG also had such large people movers for a long time, though I don't see them these days in any of the videos on YouTube.

Great video, I'm liking your content. Nice work!

[a.gougam]

Very informative and fair. let's hope Air Algerie would view this and take action . Thank you

[zaki-fdfd]

Excellent coverage. I never flew with Air Algérie business class nor have I ever been on such a long flight, but I'm actually quite surprised that besides the seat size, there is pretty much no difference between Air Algérie business class and economy. I'm pretty sure even the meal is the same.
How much did you pay for this ticket?

[nycflyertravel]

Hey, very interesting video! Hopefully they start flying their newer wide bodies on this route soon. I would have been upset too flying on the one you were on. Did you need to get a visa to fly to Algeria or did you just transit through Algiers?

[khaled]

Don't want to imagine how economy class looks like, I usually fly with Air France way better product and experience!