Air France is presently refreshing their cabins as part of their “Best and Beyond” project, whereby they’re investing 500 million Euros in new cabins. As part of this, Air France is going from offering angled flat seats in business class, to reverse herringbone seats, which are fully flat and feature direct aisle access. These are my favorite kind of business class seats.
Air France’s new business class product
Air France’s entire longhaul fleet should be reconfigured by the summer of 2017. Air France is starting with reconfiguring their 777s, followed by their A330s and A380s.
I had the opportunity to attend the Air France Expo in New York in June, which was the same week they launched the new business class product on the flight between Paris and New York.
Air France continues to offer the new business class product on the following frequency between Paris and New York (I love the timing of this flight, by the way, in terms of battling jetlag):
AF8 Paris to New York departing 7:10PM arriving 9:30PM
AF9 New York to Paris departing 11:35PM arriving 12:30PM (+1 day)
I’ve received a ton of questions lately about when Air France will offer the new business class product to the west coast. It looks like it’s finally on the schedule for the Paris to Los Angeles route. Air France should offer the new business class product on AF72/69 between Paris and Los Angeles as of June 1, 2015.
This flight operates with the following schedule:
AF72 Paris to Los Angeles departing 1:40PM arriving 4:20PM
AF69 Los Angeles to Paris departing 6:25PM arriving 2:15PM (+1 day)
Air France’s new business class product
Air France’s new business class product
I should add the caveat that this is of course subject to change, since these reconfiguration processes often get delayed. But if all goes as planned, Air France will finally have a competitive product to the west coast next year! As a SkyTeam flyer, I’d stick with either Alitalia or KLM out of Los Angeles, in the meantime.
Has anyone flown Air France’s new business class product yet? If so, how was it?
(Tip of the hat to @hyokjaesong)
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