Review of Air France flight Warsaw Paris in Economy

Airline Air France
Flight AF 1347
Class Economy
Seat 20B
Aircraft Airbus A320
Flight time 02:20
Take-off 15 Oct 16, 15:45
Arrival at 15 Oct 16, 18:05
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loukas
By 456
Published on 28th October 2016
Hi everyone,

I'd like to share with you my impressions from the flight WAW-CDG onboard Air France A320. It was a business trip for the SIAL food exhibition so I didn't have much time to enjoy Paris yet I found a minute for an evening walk - photos to come with the report covering the flight back.

I was happy my company has booked us an AF ticket instead of LOT as it's been a long time that I haven't flown AF and I was curious about their new cabin. To be honest their service in economy is much better than in LOT and I always prefer to fly an A320 than an E-jet. My last flight with LOT wasn't the best either so I was really looking forward to this οne.

The queue to the bag drop point was long as the flight was supposed to be full. There were 3 desks open, one for the business class and two for the economy.

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To my surprise the safety control once again was very smooth and the staff was quite polite - it seems the bad times when WAW was the ruddest airport in the world regarding security are gone for good and let's hope they will never come back.

I didn't have many opportunities for spotting as I was with my colleagues and couldn't really focus on the flight itself as the exhibition and our meetings were the number 1 subject.

My gate

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And my aircraft

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The crew seems very friendly from the very beginning even though the purser had an artificial smile sticked to her face it was better she was smiling this way than showing how tired or angry she was. I've always had good experiences with AF crews so far and this one seemed to confirm my opinion that they are usually more polite and not so terribly serious as the LOT ones.

View from seat 20 A occupied by my colleague, mine was 20B that was rare for me as I usually choose window seats but I let my colleague who is not a frequent flyer to take it.

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I was happy to see the retrofitted cabin. The leather seats are very comfortable and the whole cabin looks very elegant in total.

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Another improvement is the new safety card, still a small paper folder but completely different design

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Taxi and take off thanks to my colleague bending for me to take photos :)

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The service didn't start immediately after the seat belt sign was off as most airlines do, it started 30 minutes later and was rather slow but I really can't complain. Even though the only thing we were offered to eat was a piece of blondie cake, the drinks offer was generous and the red wine was very good.

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The flight was very smooth in general, no turbulence at all.

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Can anyone recognize this city?

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Another seat/window view when the window seat was empty for a while

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We started descending already 1 hour and 20 minutes after departure and landed 25 minutes later which made the whole flight duration only 1:45.

Landing

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As usually at CDG the taxi took ages and the only thing I was waiting for was the Concorde!

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Flights from/to Warsaw always arrive and depart from the terminal 2F where we finally found our stand

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As always during my AF flight the cockpit crew was out with the cabin crew to say good bye to the passengers.

Our bags came quickly and here I was, ready for a 3-day hard working stay in Paris with hopefully a few moments to see the city I haven't been to for the last 5 years.

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Thanks for reading!
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Verdict

Air France

7.8/10
Cabin9.0
Cabin crew8.5
Entertainment/wifi5.0
Meal/catering8.5

Warsaw - WAW

8.9/10
Efficiency8.5
Access8.5
Services9.0
Cleanliness9.5

Paris - CDG

8.0/10
Efficiency8.5
Access8.5
Services8.5
Cleanliness6.5

Conclusion

It was a very nice flight in a fresh cabin, with decent service and nice cabin crew, really nothing to complain about. I think AF offers a much better product on WAW-CDG route than LOT.

Information on the route Warsaw (WAW) Paris (CDG)

Les contributeurs de Flight-Report ont posté 61 avis concernant 3 compagnies sur la ligne Warsaw (WAW) → 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 2 heures et 26 minutes.

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7 Comments

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  • Comment 372186 by
    Pilpintu TEAM 997 Comments
    Hello, Loukas!

    the bad times when WAW was the ruddest airport in the world regarding security

    What do you mean? It sounds frightening! Did the staff yell at you or something like that?? :O

    I really can't complain. Even though the only thing we were offered to eat was a piece of blondie cake,

    You're right. You can't complain. You should see what I was served in my last LATAM flight. :(

    Thanks for sharing! :)
    • Comment 372246 by
      loukas AUTHOR 341 Comments
      You mean the "muffin"? ;) Regarding security control in WAW, believe me it was a distaster. Staff used to shout, offend passengers, ignore them, keep with no shoes for 10 minutes on ice cold floor, spoke no English. I don't know how it was possible that this sick situation existed with hundreds of complaints coming to the airport almost every day but I'm happy that it is no longer present.
  • Comment 372201 by
    jetsetpanda 2283 Comments
    Thank you Loukas for sharing this short FR.

    Indeed it seems that AF has marginally better catering than LO. As you stated, the upholstery of the new cabin looks very elegant and the redesigned safety card is a welcomed surprise.

    It's always reassuring to have a pleasant crew.
  • Comment 372735 by
    NGO85 SILVER 1963 Comments
    Thanks for sharing Loukas!

    I typically find E-Jets to be more comfortable than their larger narrow-body cousins, but to each their own^^ The new AF cabins do look nice aesthetically.

    Tea, wine, and coke? Quite an eclectic mix of drinks! The little packaged cake on the other hand, not so well done by AF on a 2-hour flight.

    Any idea what the inspiration for the "no sleeping under the seat" diagram on the safety card was?

    See you for the return!
    • Comment 372787 by
      loukas AUTHOR 341 Comments
      It must have been quite common for passengers to sleep on the floor if they decided to put it into the safey card ;) It was my collegaues coke - she put it on my table having noticed me taking a photo. Anyway wine and tea goes well one after another, not mixed of course ;) (AF tea is disgusting by the way). Thanks for reading!
  • Comment 377072 by
    fiftytwo GOLD 1418 Comments
    Hi loukas

    welcome in our shuttle , waw-cdg-waw , me and another french member of this forum we are used so much to this flight

    Anyway happy that you enjoyed it , AF made improvements because of the ME3, but still not perfect

    bye

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