As is common in the region, this flight was operated by an aircraft with a short-haul business class product, where business class is simply an economy seat with a blocked middle seat and better service. The only problem was that as I boarded I noticed that my seat, 4A, was actually behind the curtain that…
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"On the plus side, I found Tunisair’s legroom to be excellent for an economy seat. Maybe I’ve just been flying too many airlines with slimline seats that have 29-30″ of pitch lately, but by comparison the seat was downright roomy, and also had excellent padding."
You should know that the first row in european business class are economy seats but the pitch for those row is bigger than in economy. This means that the first rows in economy are very often better than others with a bigger pitch.
So seat block in the middle is not the only difference with economy on european flights, pitch is different too.
Immigration officer probably concerned you were a journalist. Journalists are often suspect in some third world countries.
Impressive food service. But as a long time business traveler I can say this is similar to what we got in domestic economy 20 years ago. Even on a 2 hour flight. I recall getting a full hot breakfast (eggs, sausage, potatoes with fruit plate and yogurt etc.) on a 7AM 1 hour flight to New York. That was in the late '90s.
The pastries look like creations from Moufida Masmoudi, Fatma Zarrouk and Raoudha Hachicha. They're considered top experts in modern Tunisian patisserie. I'm sure the FA explained their inspiring life story to you while naming each item on your plate.
Ah! The curtain!
Look at this advertising video of Air Liberté, trying to demonstrate it was supérior to AF.
25 seconds
http://www.culturepub.fr/videos/air-liberte-le-rideau/
This is what happens when flying on a business fare!
@Charlie McMillan
You should try Aeroflot one day...
They still serve a full hot meal in Economy on all flights over 2/3 hours. It is free and actually tastes very good.
The appertiser looks like it is a mixture of warm and cold foods. I presume since it was covered in plastic the whole plate was cold, maybe refrigerated. And yes, I agree that to present it still covered is very poor form, which is indicative of the laziness of the FAs.
I guess you were fortunate the crew (and 'special' passenger) didn't smoke all the way.
I recall you encountered similar service not long ago from another arab airline. Pity, as the product could be quite reasonable. For now it gets a Room for Improvement score.
This is not good, no chance of then taking on EMIRATES,even Ryanair look good to these COWBOYS and no cappuccino OMG must have been hell BEN
Some Tunisair a320 have a 2-2 business configuration with recliners. I flew this route today on an a320 neo. Much better hard product. Catering was just dreadful though.