Review: Air Europa Business Class 787 Madrid To Miami

Great review.

On another note - we need you on a WAMOS operated flight and needed it yesterday. Can you do one of those cheap flights to Ecuador/Peru they were operating for Avianca?

Their logo reminds me of the old "a" from AirTran tails.

Ben - I notice that the Air Europa 787 seems to have vehicles from "Newrest Inflight" (a catering firm) parked by it. So, when you say that "some sweet grandmother in the Gate Gourmet kitchen was using her family recipe", this isn't accurate. For the sake of attention to detail, maybe double check the catering company an airline uses first, before assuming...

@Peter

Lucky should test his nickname by flying LIS-REC (I think) with Wamos Air on behalf of Tap Portugal. 🙂

Those footwells are enormous. wowzers.

In April I am flying MAD-JFK, and there is award availability on both Delta (763) and Air Europa (332). All else being equal, any thoughts on which of those you would choose?

Air Europa would be an amazing competitor to Iberia if only it was a bit more consistent. 3 business class cabins (one for each aircraft type) but the worst are their economy cabins. They still have A330 flying 11h+ flights without personal TV and others with decade old cabins.
One question, you mention a champagne as a pre-departure drink but I only see a Cava (rosé) on the menu. Do they have a champagne bottle just for this?

Plenty of airport pictures from a seat that was missing a window.

@Sam - I just flew on DL's 763 and it's showing its age with sluggish and not very responsive IFE screens, jerky seat adjustments, etc. Crew, food, etc. were what I've come to expect from Delta which is great people and mediocre food and solid delivery throughout the experience. I haven't flown Air Europa (yet), but based on Ben's review I would say that they're roughly comparable overall experiences with AE having an edge in the IFE if that's important to you.

Lucky, don't know if you know it alreayd, but Air Europa's 787-9s have reverse herringbone seats instead of those odd ones, so maybe you should try them out in another oportunity!

You´ve become so lazy with trip reports.

Another Dreamliner business class that doesn't look a very sweet dream..
More mweh than wah
Cheapy.. cramped.. And horreur no option to escape your neighbour's monitor..

Thanks for the trip report. Refreshing to see one again.

Nice report, Ben. Air Europa looks like a good option - I remember seeing they used to be signed up with Optiontown for upgrades you could bid on to their Business Class.

Food looks good, but I'd agree, nothing stands out tremendously from your photos.

Thanks for sharing!

Shame you didn’t try the Pumpking 🙂

Nice report, of what seems to be the definition of a nondescript business class.
One thing that strikes me as odd is the fact you give little to no attention to the wines being served. “Had one of the Spanish white wines”- is that it?
Or maybe are you just not much of a wine person?

So it was no champagne but rather cava before departure. Or was it listed in drink menu?

@Sam I wouldnt risk flying UX’s a330 J, since many of those still feature the old business class (2-2-2, not fully flat, better padding but not comfortable)

I love Air Europa.
One of the most serious airlines from Spain.
And specially the fact that their planes are mostly AirBus

Its a no from me - travelled once and wasn’t impressed especially the seats - it was kind of like sleeping on the floor and the catering was sub par- thanks for the review

Great to read a trip report Ben. I hope you went out to the outside seating area in the lounge again. Was the lounge still as good ?

Last month we flew JFK-MAD on the redeye flight on air europa. We had a window/aisle seat together (row 3 on the right side) and the window seat full recline was high up, whereas the aisle seat was low. So when i needed to get up mid-flight, I was able to do so without waking my son.

How did u take those airport and outside photos if there wasnt a window at your seat?

hi has any one travel with air europa on business class ? does it worth the price? thanks