Review of Air France flight Paris → Biarritz in Economy

Hello and welcome to my report of an Air France flight from Vienna to Paris (CDG). This is the second segment in a series of 4 flights from Vienna to Biarritz and back.

Itinerary:

16.7.2017 / VIE-CDG / Air France / A320-200 / Economy ~ Click here

16.7.2017 / ORY-BIQ / Air France / A319-100 / Economy ~ You are here

29.7.2017 / BIQ-ORY / Air France / A319-100 / Economy ~ Click here

29.7.2017 / CDG-VIE / Air France / A321-200 / Economy ~ Click here

My flight from Vienna to Biarritz arrived at Charles de Gaulle. My connecting flight to Biarritz, however, departed from Orly. Therefore, I had to take the bus.

Orly Airport

After about one hour and fifteen minutes, I arrived at Orly Ouest. After my baggage was unloaded from the bus, I walked to the entrance of hall 3.

As I had to wait some time and the airport did not have enough seats to accommodate all waiting passengers, I went to a bakery and settled down there. About two hours prior to departure, the check-in opened and, as there was no waiting line yet, I checked in my luggage.

Directly afterwards I passed security control and entered the terminal. It was very crowded, with a lot of passengers waiting for their flights and only had two small shops.

My flight on FIDS.

The Flight:

Aircraft: A319-100
Age: about 17 years
Registration: F-GRHJ
Airline: Air France
Flight Number: AF7484
Seat: 5E
Load: 100%

At 20:13, Boarding started at gate 20E.

Jetbridge.

Entering Aircraft. Refreshing Towels and Sweets were available again.

The Seat.

Legroom enough for me (1.65m/5.4feet).

Cabin during boarding.

At 20:31, boarding was completed and the captain welcomed us on board.

A manual security demonstration followed and we were pushed back.

Taxiing.

Take-off at 20:51.

At about 21:00 the seat belt sign was turned off and the meal service started. Drinks were distributed and a snack (sweet (french cookie) or salty (sesame crackers)) was offered.

Seat pocket content.

At 21:32 we started our descent to Biarritz.

We landed at 9:52 and arrived at our gate after a short taxi.

Exiting the aircraft.

Interestingly, a fire engine came to our aircraft.

My luggage arrived quickly at luggage band 1 and I left the airport.




This series is continued in my next reports. Thank you for reading!