What’s Air France’s intra-European Business Class? Let's find out! Fly with me from Copenhagen to Paris onboard a new-ish A220-300. Stick around until the end for a beautiful, foggy landing at Charles de Gaulle.
Also, I’m 90% sure the savory cold pancake was NOT supposed to be a crepe. If you know what it was, let me know in the comments. ☺︎
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Welcome
0:25 Check-in
0:45 Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup
1:14 Espresso House is open early
1:36 Boarding Gate
2:03 Today's Aircraft + Boarding
2:28 Welcome Onboard
2:37 Seat tour
3:28 A220 Wayfinding
3:44 Pushback +Taxi
4:31 Takeoff (Engine noise)
6:03 Breakfast Service
6:49 Wifi
7:13 Final Thoughts + Descent
8:17 Landing (Engine noise)
9:23 Welcome to Paris
10:00 Thank YOU
FLIGHT INFORMATION
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Airline: Air France
Aircraft: Airbus A220-300 (F-HZUL)
Seat: 3F (Business Class)
Flight Number: AF 1351
Route: Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
Flight Time: 1 hour, 44 minutes
Date of Travel: 17 January 2023
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UPCOMING TRIPS
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NRT-SEA ANA 787 Premium Economy
TPE-SIN STARLUX A330neo Business Class
SIN-TPE STARLUX A330neo Economy Class
TPE-SEA EVA Air 787 Economy
ABOUT AIR FRANCE (Wikipedia)
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Air France 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 global airline alliance. As of 2013, Air France serves 36 destinations in France and operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 175 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. Air France's corporate headquarters, previously in Montparnasse, Paris, are located on the grounds of Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris.
Air France was formed on 7 October 1933 from a merger of Air Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale, Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne (CIDNA), and Société Générale de Transport Aérien (SGTA). During the Cold War, from 1950 until 1990, it was one of the three main Allied scheduled airlines operating in Germany at West Berlin's Tempelhof and Tegel airports. In 1990, it acquired the operations of French domestic carrier Air Inter and international rival UTA – Union de Transports Aériens. It served as France's primary national flag carrier for seven decades prior to its 2003 merger with KLM.
In 2018, Air France and its regional subsidiary Hop carried 51.4 million passengers. Air France operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing widebody jets on long-haul routes, and uses Airbus A320 family aircraft on short-haul routes. Air France introduced the A380 on 20 November 2009 with service to New York City's JFK Airport from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport. Air France Hop (formerly HOP!) operates the majority of its regional domestic and European scheduled services with a fleet of regional jet aircraft.
ABOUT THE A220 (Wikipedia)
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The Airbus A220 is a family of five-abreast narrow-body airliners by Airbus Canada Limited Partnership. It was originally designed by Bombardier and had two years in service as the Bombardier CSeries. The program was launched on 13 July 2008, the smaller A220-100 (formerly CS100) made its maiden flight on 16 September 2013, was awarded an initial type certification by Transport Canada on 18 December 2015, and entered service on 15 July 2016 with launch operator Swiss Global Air Lines. The longer A220-300 (formerly CS300) first flew on 27 February 2015, received an initial type certification on 11 July 2016, and entered service with airBaltic on 14 December 2016.
In July 2018, the aircraft was rebranded as the A220 after Airbus acquired a 50.01% stake in the program through a joint venture established in 2016. In August 2019, a second final assembly line opened at Airbus Mobile in Alabama, supplementing the main facility in Mirabel, Quebec. In February 2020, Airbus increased its share to 75% as Bombardier exited the program, while the Quebec government's Investissement Québec held the 25% balance.
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