I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. After three flights in economy class, I just wanted to get to bed…
My two-hour Air France A320-200 economy class trip from Paris to Tunis was uneventful, but on an aircraft I hope to avoid in the future.
Air France A320-200 Economy Class Review
We checked into our flight early in the aging but still iconic Terminal 2F in Paris and were soon our way to the lounge and sauna.
Around 7:05 am we looked up at the monitor and noticed “last call” was flashing for our flight..yikes!
We quickly finished our breakfast and dashed over to the gate area, which we found empty, though there was a long line on the jetbridge.
Air France 1084
Paris (CDG) – Tunis (TUN)
November 2024
Depart: 7:25 AM
Arrive: 9:50 AM
Duration: 02hr, 25min
Distance: 924 miles
Aircraft: Airbus A320-200
Seat: 15C (Economy Class)
Being among the last to board, I don’t have many pictures of the cabin for you, but here’s one from an A319 with a similar cabin layout:
It was still dark before this journey began and we had an aisle and middle seat for the flight. At 28.5 inches, legroom was very tight…the worst so far of the trip (worse than SAS, Air Europa, TAROM, and LOT Polish…). Thankfully this was just a two-hour flight! Seats did not recline and there were no a/c power outlets, though there were USB-A outlets under the seat.
Although this aircraft was equipped with Ku-band satellite Wi-Fi, flight attendants announced that it was “broken” and that there would be no internet for the flight. Augustine passed the time by playing Wordle on my phone:
Service began after takeoff with a choice of beverage and a sandwich (either an Emmental cheese sandwich or a black olive – tomato sandwich). I had both and both were excellent…the bread was fresh (European bread always puts American bread to shame). Madeleine cakes were also offered.
The aircraft has two lavatories in the rear and one in the front. The two rear lavatories were quite small.
The sun finally rose as we approached Tunis.
A word on service: the flight attendants onboard were very nice and offered refills on tea or coffee.
Augustine slept through the flight.
Upon landing in Tunis, we pulled up right next to the Saudia A330 that (hopefully) would take us to Jeddah next.
But we ran into some drama in the transit area…
The bottom line here, though, is that the 28.5-inch seat pitch on the Air France A320 is far too tight.
I’m surprised the meal service wasn’t a bit more of a substantial snack.
Yes, I think a hot breakfast would have been appropriate on this route.
You are braver than I. I would never still be in lounge 20 minutes before an international departure. I wouldn’t have finished my breakfast there before rushing to the gate. (On re-reading, I want to make it clear, this is not a critcism—I just too anal of a flyer.)