Air France A220 gets Euro Biz RIGHT (Paris to Stockholm)

[@christianwolff497]

Fantastic video as always, your commitment to excellent production quality doesn’t go unnoticed. I think you have the exact right balance of great visuals and narration, while also making the videos both informative but also relaxing to watch.

[@airedition]

Thank you so much, it means a lot to hear that!

[@pokerfacelagoon]

I like your video. I have a young family and we will be travelling A220 business from CDG to VCE in September. We are looking forward to it after watching your video

[@airedition]

That’s great to hear, I’m sure it’ll be a fantastic trip!

[@whitneywastesaway]

Love the A220!

[@johnk6657]

Great review Gabe. So proud to be Canadian and see how popular Bombardier's plane is. Air France has been getting quite a few solid reviews, my last flight with them to Nice was one of the most peaceful flights I've ever had, very different to pax behaviour in N. America...

[@airedition]

Thanks a lot!

[@juholipponen8246]

Thanks for a good video Gabe! I flew CDG-DUB in business on the A220 a few days ago, with miles upgrade (very easy on the AF app). I would concur that this indeed is a great product. Way more spacious than E190, quiet and neat. And the AF service was excellent. Champagne included...:) I'll be actively looking out for this option from now on, whenever going with AF.

[@brianlockyer3760]

Always look forward to your vlogs Gab, keep up the good work?

[@airedition]

Great to hear, thank you!

[@MrChocato]

Air France A220 is so quiet and confortable and the Air France BC is high quality.

[@HengillFlies]

Amazing video!

[@airedition]

Thank you!

[@Mimi-q6z9h]

Swiss is lovely too. But you very much right, can see Air France great indeed

[@airedition]

Thanks for watching!

[@Kai-NikolausSchmitt-u4y]

Hy gabe you are my Favorite Video Autor. Thanks. Kai

[@airedition]

Thank you Kai!

[@johnellington7970]

I was wondering Gabe if you speak any other languages besides then English? I'm just curious, Swedish? French? Also, awesome video and just discovered this channel and wish I had found it sooner.

[@airedition]

Hi! And yeah I speak (to varying degrees) Swedish, French, Spanish, Japanese. A few phrases of Arabic 😄. Really glad you found the channel!

[@Hamzahharoon]

🙌🏻

[@airedition]

😀

[@TK1752]

Gabe Fly with Cypres Airways Then you get a Business class experience

[@airedition]

Good idea, will add it to the list!

[@berndaviation]

Really nice video! Keep it up. E-2 jet vs A220? Waiting for my time to fly an A220 but I love the comfort of an embraer

[@airedition]

Thanks!

[@mpbee78]

Great videos Gabe. The zoom on that new iPhone is pretty epic. I don’t think I’ve flown the A220 recently-not sure if that is a product of flying Star Alliance or just chance. Anyways, this Sky Team set of videos has piqued my interest. Cheers! Btw, how often do you get asked by passengers or flight crew why you have a GoPro stuck to the window?

[@airedition]

Almost never! Funny right? Thanks a lot and I’m glad you enjoyed them.

[@texasabbott]

The A220-300 is a unique aircraft with a long list of special flight capabilities. It can do 7-hour transcontinental flights, it's a very powerful aircraft that can jump from airports with shorter runways, and has incredible operating economics to create "point-to-point thin route" markets that would be unprofitable if operated by other aircraft. Air France is publicly egging on Airbus to build the A220-500 to replace the A320neo (le Journal de l'Aviation), but Airbus is currently prioritizing production ramp-up (at 10 to 11 aircraft per month as of Jan. 2024).

[@airedition]

Yep it’s such a capable machine!

[@danalamborn4464]

Nice video. I only flew on the A220-100 RT between SEA and SJC on DL in FC. The aircraft was nice but the service was really bad.

[@airedition]

Ah that's too bad! I had a nice flight on the DL A220.

[@fredricgrethel1717]

I have always liked the quality of Air France in flight service as long as the FAs are in a decent mood. Great video. Some of the edits of your vocals are a bit quick/truncated which is a little off putting. Otherwise fantastic quality video. Thank you!

[@airedition]

Thanks for the comment and I will take that into account! (And yeah it's true, as long as the FAs are in a good mood it's usually such great service, but not guaranteed)

[@xandrios]

The A220 on AF is a very good hard product, for European standards at least. However the food is mediocre, imho. Especially on longer routes - like ATH - that exact same meal is served and that is insufficient in C. A single cold snack, even though usually of pretty good quality, is insufficient when you're 3,5 hours in the air. Their main competitor on the route, Aegean, does a full 3-course hot meal, and even LH group recognises the imbalance and offers hot food when travelling to ATH. Though LH of course only does this on routes where they have competition from an airline that also serves hot food (They absolutely offer the least that they can get away with).

[@airedition]

Yeah that is an interesting point. There are airlines that only offer what they absolutely have to in order to compete, and then there are those who go above and beyond. Sadly I think mostly European customers have shown all they care about is price! Hence the race to the bottom in most cases. Clearly I need to try Aegean!

[@stuartjgarland]

Very nice video Gabe, did I see Wifi onboard? Is there IFE on any of the European carriers?

[@Michael-ru3rt]

I made a number of flights across Europe, mainly with KLM, Lufthansa, Swiss. They do not have IFE on their short and medium haul fleet with flight duration typically around 2 hours.

[@airedition]

Thanks! Yes there was Wifi. Generally no IFE on the intra-Euros. Once in a while you get it via the Wifi on your own device.

[@khenjcedricgimpayan9814]

How does the a220 compare to the e2 (e295) in window size and in passenger comfort and how does the window compare to the a350

[@airedition]

You can check out my video on the E2 and see what you think (kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ3Xn39_mtuNbdE). I'd say the A220 wins over E2 for passenger comfort because of being a bit roomier, but it's close, and the windows are quite a bit bigger than on the E2 (and there are more of them, the E2 has that long spacing between windows). A220 windows are quite a bit larger than A350 windows too!

[@khenjcedricgimpayan9814]

@@airedition Thank you! What about cabin noise If I may ask

[@airedition]

Quite similar I would say!

[@khenjcedricgimpayan9814]

@@airedition thanks for your opinion! I really appreciate it!

[@journeyingjohn3275]

What a contrast with the ever unreliable and Best Avoided BA, who have densified and cut to be as bad as lo costs

[@airedition]

Yes!

[@journeyingjohn3275]

NB they're not actually British, being the UK brand of a Madrid registered multinational, just harvesting cash from inherited slot dominance and historic brand

[@goggo43]

Hi Gabe from an Aussie viewer. Australia is now home to one of the worst airlines. Qantas (#42). So polically biased, so woke, so virtually signaling it makes a lot of travellers ill. Thank goodness for choice.

[@airedition]

That's too bad if Qantas has gone downhill! I have fond memories of them from years back!

[@pokerfacelagoon]

I am Aussie and whilst I agreed with you, I think Qantas is still better than other airlines in the region. They still offer pretty solid products especially for long-haul international flights on their newer aircraft. To each their own, I guess.