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Our travels home would have us departing from Europe’s largest Skyteam hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle. With a competitive overseas marketplace, Air France goes head to head against Lufthansa from their co-bases in Frankfurt / Munich, and British Airways from their busy hub at London Heathrow. How would Air France stack up against these heavy weights? Review: Air France Business Class B777-200 ER, Paris Charles de Gaulle – Vancouver International Airport…. Read More

There are many cities to connect through when travelling from North America to Europe. This particular flight would be my first experience departing Europe on a Skyteam carrier. This would allow us to experience the Salon Air France Lounge located in Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2E. It’s always neat to experience a flagship lounge for a flag carrier and we’d come to appreciate this lounges wine program as one of it’s… Read More

Our connecting flight on Air France from Munich to Paris Charles de Gaulle had us travelling on one of the most unique Airbus aircrafts in the world; the Airbus 318. We would enjoy a short hop over to the Air France Hub in Paris Charles de Gaulle prior to connecting onwards to our international flight home. Review: Air France Business Class A318, Munich Franz Joseph Strauß Airport – Paris Charles de Gaulle… Read More

The Air France KLM Lounge in Munich, Germany is in the heart of a Star Alliance stronghold dominated by founding carrier Lufthansa. Today’s flight experience would have us departing from Munich’s other terminal; Terminal One. We would have a short visit to the joint SkyTeam Air France KLM Lounge prior to a short hop to another European SkyTeam hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle on an Air France Business Class flight. Review:… Read More

Our connecting flight on Air France through Paris Charles de Gaulle had us connecting onto one of the most unique Airbus aircrafts in the world; the Airbus 318. We would enjoy an Air France Salon lounge, prior to connecting onto a short Shengen area hop through to Germany on Air France Business Class. Review: Air France Business Class A318, Paris Charles de Gaulle – Munich Leaving the Air France Salon Business Paris… Read More

There are many cities to connect through when travelling from North America to Europe. While we usually frequent Star Alliance carriers connecting in Frankfurt / Munich, Germany on Lufthansa, or occasionally Air Canada connecting onward from London, this would be our first connection at Paris Charles de Gaulle on Air France. Our experience with them would have us through their Air France Salon Business Lounge at Terminal 2F in the Shengen departures… Read More

The Sky Team Alliance is an airline network that doesn’t have a major foot print in my home country of Canada. While Sky Team serves many Pacific Rim destinations westward towards China, its service in North America is limited to Delta Airlines which doesn’t operate a domestic version within Canada. Air France established itself as a European Sky Team option; providing connecting service at Paris Charles De Gaulle. From Vancouver, Canada, it… Read More