Is Air France A350 Business Class Now Best in Europe?!

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💳 Paid: Mentioned throughout video

FAQ:
Airline: Air France, AF
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Aircraft registration: F-HUVF & F-HTYT
Route: New York - Paris - Abu Dhabi
Flight numbers: AF3 & AF638
Seat: 10A + 8E
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Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to New York
02:30 Air France Lounge JFK
05:30 Air France New A350-900 Seat Map
06:45 Air France A350-900 Business Class
09:50 Menu + Inflight Meal on Air France
14:35 The World's Best Business Class Bed?
18:30 Air France Ground Experience in Paris + Business Class Lounge
23:50 Air France Old A350-900 Seat Map
24:45 Air France A350-900 Cabin
26:30 Air France Business Class Inflight Service
29:48 Arrival and How I Paid

About Air France (from Wikipedia):
Air France (legally Société Air France, S.A.), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. As of 2013, Air France served 29 destinations in France and operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 201 destinations in 78 countries (93 including overseas departments and territories of France) and also carried 46,803,000 passengers in 2019. The airline's global hub is at Charles de Gaulle Airport, with Orly Airport as the primary domestic hub.

About Airbus A350 (from Wikipedia):
The Airbus A350 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine airliner developed and produced by Airbus. The initial A350 design proposed in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, would have been a development of the Airbus A330 with composite wings and new engines. Due to inadequate market support, Airbus switched in 2006 to a clean-sheet "XWB" (eXtra Wide Body) design, powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB high bypass turbofan engines. The prototype first flew on 14 June 2013 from Toulouse, France. Type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was obtained in September 2014, followed by certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) two months later.

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[lilf]

I’m on this aircraft in November, surprising my dad with his first ever Business class flight; just switched us over to row 10! THANK YOU.

[Lego_and_avgeekQFA]

As a french I can tell I am pround of Air France

[nicholasrenwick]

I flew AF for the first time ever this year, return to Paris from Ho Chi Minh City in a 777-200 premium economy. The service and food was far and away the best I've ever had. The flight attendants made us feel special.

I wish they flew to Australia.

[Mazhypic]

I love those kinds of "bloopers" or extra scenes at the end of a video! They are so fun!

[sleekhairedchocolate]

Had the opportunity recently to try AirFrance’s Business class seat in both their Boeing and Airbus variants. It was astounding the difference between the two, the Airbus product I can’t recommend enough.

Learning about the space differential between the front row and everything else was a pleasant surprise I had since I happened to fly in A4.

[amyspeers]

I live in SW France and mom came to visit me. She flew from Orlando to Bordeaux on Air France and loved her flights. She said the flight attendants were absolutely lovely and she wants to fly Air France when she comes next year!

[gabyabed]

I just came back from Europe on their A350-900. Amazing business class, great service, very comfortable flight and pleasant crew. Can't recommend it enough now.

[mamaxman]

Hey Dan and Oscar,

Max here 🫡

I’ve been a fan for so long ! I’m so happy to be featured in your video and glad that you enjoyed it.

Au plaisir de revoler ensemble !

Max

[tacodias]

Air France’s A220 is now my fave intra European offering…

Haven’t flown long distance with them, so now maybe is time

[venzuan]

I flew Paris to Tokyo and back in a 777-300 new bussines class in seat 9A. Amazing flight. So much space, nice food and very friendly crew. A pleasure. Specially being my first bussines class flight

[ManualFlying]

I love the way AF and KLM both try different things to make themselves stand out among themselves and among the competition (*cough cough, Lufthansa). The only problem I have with AF and KLM is that they do swap equipment quite often. You may end up with A350 with an old cabin, or one of their many 777 configurations, some of which, still has the super old J class with no individual aisle access.

[curtislin]

I actually just did this exact route in the exact same seats in august. The crew on my first flight were nowhere near as good as yours or my second flight.

(Pre departure beverage never collected, no bread offered, no wine offered, no sugar or chocolate with my espresso despite asking for both)

Small things but inconsistency really made me fume when other passengers seemingly got much better service.

[jimhankinson]

I've flown AF business twice in the last couple of years - once from Panama to Paris(originally booked Premium I upgraded at the airport for $500), which was just superb - amazingly good food and drink (which is what I most care about), attentive but not intrusive service, and comfortable seats . About a year later I flew from Yerevan to Paris - 5 hrs+ - on a flight I paid for (not expensive) - but on a narrow-body, and the experience was very much worse - I was even served champagne with ice-cubes 'because 'it's not properly chilled yet'. But when they are good, they are very very good. And the 2E lounge in CDG... Keep up the good work.

[manni_]

Dan, I am so glad you finally decided to review Air France's latest product. I will be taking my first Air France business class flight next January to Hong Kong, and I've managed to select seat 1A, which is the exact same type of seat in your video. Great to be able to get a little preview of what's to come.

[Plane]

Dan this is a masterpiece of a video! I flew Air France business class 2 months ago. Flight information: Aircraft: Airbus A330-200. Route: Paris-SXM it was the best flight I’ve ever taken. Keep it up Dan cool you like Air France business class!

[korrilis]

As a former AF flight attendant, I remember some nations forbid breaking the seals on the alcohol compartments. Alcohol could only be served while we were airborne (and sure we were not returning to the airport for any reason). On the other hand, in countries that allow us to open, we could serve alcohol while still on the ground. This is how it was 10 years ago. Make sure to check with a current attendant in case regulations have changed

[Fat_n_fine]

I flew Air France business last year. It was nice but they tended to the off duty staff and not paying customers. They often had attitudes when you ask for something. I had to remind her that she didn't bring my meal. Smh

[Swordsman]

I flew Air France from Dallas to Cairo and back in 2022, and honestly even in economy/premium economy, it was great. The food was delicious, the seats were comfy enough to rest, and the flight attendants were great. Best way I've ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean, as the only other times I have was with Delta and American Airlines.

[jean-baptistebruyere]

That’s a wonderful video!
May i add a lille correction though, contrary to what you said, this product is fully bespoke. It’s not based on an existing product.
I know because I’was part of the design team at Design Investment the company that designed this seat.
Thank you again, especially for those beautiful shots of the cabin.

[melodyyRP]

Amazing! I went on this a year ago. Booked to go on this again because I slept so well! Amazing croissants 😘 and the room like suits Are ace 👍 I DEFINITELY recommend this.

Just a reminder that I dislike is that they loose our luggage when we arrive to hong Kong, got it after 4 days. I wasn't happy with that. But overall I think airfrnac is the BEST business class out there 👍