Review of Air Europa flight from Paris to Madrid in Economy

Hi,
I am happy to be back on Flight-Report with some new reviews, as some of you know I am short of holidays meaning I have no time to go abroad for a long time and then it’s ruling out long haul options albeit the most interesting. :(
So I am stuck with the week-end, I wanted to fly and do something out of the ordinary in Europe, I settled with a day trip from Paris to Madrid then Frankfurt and back to Paris.
Avgeeks will have notice on the spot the reason of this routing. After British Airways (http://flight-report.com/en/report-4697.html) I wanted to fly with a new 787 carrier, and I elected LAN Airlines, who operates as a fifth freedom flight MAD-FRA (coming from SCL). This flight was previously operated by A340, then 767 and for few weeks now with their flagship Dreamliner.
To reach Madrid from Paris you have 3 options, Iberia, Air Europa and Air France, the later was my 1st choice but their flight is leaving too early for my taste (around 9h30am) and CDG is less handy than ORY for me, my 2nd choice was Iberia, I never flew with them and even if I know they are like a low-cost on their European flight it is still interesting to add a new airline and they do depart from ORY, but again timetable didn’t fit well (around 9h00am).
Eventually I am stuck with Air Europa and their convenient 10h15am departure.
Finaly to go back from Frankfurt to Paris, the only option is LH at 8:30pm (last AF flight is leaving around 6pm which is too early, and I want something which is not sucré or salé)
Then today's routing is featuring 3 flights with 3 different airlines, 3 different aircraft and 3 different alliances!

1. Paris ORY - Madrid (Air Europa, B737-800)
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2. Madrid - Frankfurt (LAN, B787-8)

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[*]Frankfurt - Paris CDG (Lufthansa, A320)

[LATER]

When I took this very same flight back in 2011 (http://flight-report.com/en/report-329.html) UX still used Hall 1, this is no more the case as they moved to Hall 3.

After security, Eric Kaiser just made it into an airport, does it give idea to any bakery owner? XD

A330-200 Corsair

A340-300 Air France (probably for CAY)

And my 737-800

Boarding started on time

Even if I consider Air Europa more or less like a low cost, they do provide newspapers for everyone, which is nice.

What is this blueish interior, could it be?

YES ! My first Sky Interior, didn’t even know that UX had some!

Pre-drink beverage for business class pax

Very airy and nice cabin, with the mood lighting and Dreamliner style bins

big overhead screens

Air France A321 next to us

These screens are nice but a bit useless they are not used for safety briefing nor for airshow, they are simply showing Air Europa and SkyTeam corporate videos.

As you know it’s buy on board

For those of you who want to get a plane as a souvenir

This is what I received

Quite tasty cookies filled with lemon custard

Flight is pretty full

We are getting closer to MAD and airshow is finally shown on the screens for the first time.

Weather is as bad as in Paris

This poor and old A320 will probably never fly again

A319 TAP

B737-800 KLM

I thanked this nice crew and disembarked, here is a view of our new bird,

KLM again, with an Iberia A340-600 powering up

And the flight I could have taken, but I have no regret.

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