Air Tahiti Nui has just announced that they'll be eliminating first class and instead installing new business class seats on all five of their longhaul Airbus A340 aircraft. They plan to stop selling first class for travel as of April 1, with the first plane being reconfigured by mid-April, and three of the five planes…
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I was really impressed with Air Tahiti Nui's coach (moana class) product when we flew with them last year, and we were very comfortable there on the 8 hour ride from LAX to PPT. The business class at the time looked like domestic first on United. This is definitely an upgrade! Overall, very nice airline though.
oh those in front were first class ? damn I thought it was my grand ma recliners ... seriously, upgrading that business class can't hurt. I am wondering when my company will next have me on one of those lax cdg again ... in the mean time no entertainment as I rarely flight round trip .... I guess I will load up the MBP.
Well, any upgrade is a welcome one, I guess. And there can't be many companies paying for LAX-PPT flights, so when you're talking about leisure travelers (and mostly honeymoooners who want to "make it special"), I guess we can't expect much.
@ jason -- It's 125,000 American miles roundtrip. It's almost impossible to find three seats, though. Most flights have one, or at most two. Maybe it'll change in the future. Who knows.
You try buying a one way to PPT without an onward connection without "Carte du Residence". You can always go with LAN the long way and see Easter Island on the way?
Air Tahitit Nui, even better than an LOT 767. 😀 Not to mention, even though one way ticktes cost 75% of R/T tickets, the IFE is not included. Pay more, get less, that's ATN !
we flew back from ppt to lax and coach was surprisingly good. I would not pay the extra miles or $$ for business. Biz is just not that much better and can't even go flat.