Review of Air France flight New York → Paris in Economy

Airline Air France
Flight AF 23
Class Economy
Seat --
Aircraft Airbus A330-200
Flight time 07:30
Take-off 18 Dec 14, 16:10
Arrival at 19 Dec 14, 05:40
AF   #23 out of 94 Airlines A minimum of 10 flight-reports within the past two years is required to appear in the rankings. 6118 reviews
abqguy
By 4105
Published on 23rd July 2015
This is my first report here. That is a reason I do not have many pictures and whatever I have are salvaged from my laptop!
I am an Indian student studying and living in the United States and last December was the first time I flew home in a year for the holidays. There weren't a lot of options as everything was full and the ticket I could find was on Air France on the routing JFK-CDG-DEL. It was my first time on Air France and is probably my last one as well!
Here is a quick description:
JFK-CDG: AF 023, Airbus A330-200
CDG-DEL: AF 226, Boeing 777-300

This was my first time transiting through JFK and it was kinda okay. There isn't much to do in T1 and the infrastructure looked old and outdated.
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The Airbus A330-200. It could easily be the oldest plane in the fleet. I was terrified whenever there was turbulence but maybe that was just my excitement about going home ;)
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The controls for the IFE. It was pretty receptive I must say.
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The IFE screen size is appalling. The resolution was not good enough but the content was good. There was a good selection of world cinema which is always nice.
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The menu for the flight.
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I had the beef shepherds pie with white wine. The only best part of the dinner was the salad and the tiramisu. The shepherds pie was bland and the serving was small. The bread could easily pass as a rock and I have nothing to say of the fruit compote. I liked the wine though.
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The 'breakfast' served an hour before landing. Sigh.
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PARIS!
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Charles de Gaulle is easily one of the most expensive airport. I sure am not paying 15 euros for a plastic wrapped sandwich, no thank you.
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My connection time was around 4 hours. While the restrooms were somewhere between relatively clean to absolutely disgusting, they were very few of them around the terminal (2E).
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Verdict

Air France

5.6/10
Cabin6.0
Cabin crew7.5
Entertainment/wifi5.0
Meal/catering4.0

New York - JFK

6.9/10
Efficiency7.5
Access8.0
Services5.5
Cleanliness6.5

Paris - CDG

7.2/10
Efficiency6.5
Access7.5
Services7.5
Cleanliness7.5

Conclusion

The flight overall was decent except for portions of the meal. This was my first flight with Air France and so far it was pretty good. But after three more flights during the whole trip, it kept getting bad. The return flight was delayed by more than 3 hours.My luggage did not arrive on arrival at JFK and it was delivered after like 20 days. 20 DAYS!! The compensation for the delayed baggage came after three months after some very heated phone calls.

I apologize once again for the lack of pictures of the seat or of the plane. I took the above pictures just because I loved planes and I haven't discovered FR then!

Information on the route New York (JFK) → Paris (CDG)

Les contributeurs de Flight-Report ont posté 113 avis concernant 6 compagnies sur la ligne New York (JFK) → Paris (CDG).

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La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Air France avec 7.5/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 7 heures et 6 minutes.

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