AF started DEN-CDG this past Friday. A friend and I were on the flight and then spent an amazing 9 hours in the La Première Lounge. Here are a few pics of the inaugural festivities and completely full flight. Wow, pent up demand much?











Macarons for all at the gate.



Our beautiful 789.





Gate lice out in droves this afternoon, blocking the entire walkway.



Denver-Paris
Air France AF 631
789
5:20pm-10:40am (sked)
5:50pm-11:35am (actual)
Business Class
Departed 30/30

OK, so new airline, new staff, new plane and I'm inclined to cut them some slack, but boarding was pretty chaotic. More like a dozen chickens running around wiith their heads cut off. And then there was the annoying pre-boards of handicaps, families with children and the endless stream of those (supposedly) needing extra time.



On board, a pleasant looking 30 seat 1-2-1 Business Class cabin.



Inaugural flight socks.







Today's menu, impressive for Business Class.















Even the ground staff paused to watch our 789.



Once in the air, service was by cart. But what's with the miniscule tray table?



But with a comically large table cloth by comparison.



There was no pre-dinner drink or cocktail service. The crew just went right to dinner. All service was by cart. While personable, our FA was annoyingly stingy with the pours. This was my entire first "glass of champagne". Seriously, I'm not driving tonight.



And no proactive refills as I had to flag him down twice. I later gave up and just walked up to the galley for more. That's when he finally got the message and poured me a real glass.

Our loaded dinner tray, indeed so loaded that I had to move some items to my seat counter to make it work comfortably.



My main... no idea why he couldn't take off the foil.



Without the foil, the chicken supreme was excellent. With chorizo emulsion, espellete chili pepper, potato purée with garliic and confit bell pepper.



The cheese tray was simple but good. And a glass of porto.



No mattress pad or PJs, but the fully reclined seat was reasonably comfortable and I slept for a good 4 hours. About 60 minutes out, a simple continental breakfast. Impressive Christofle flatware.



While we landed only 20 minutes later, we had to wait another 30 minutes as our gate was occupied... some passenger issue. Finally, we're pulling up to our gate.



And yes indeed, our BMW 7 series limo is waiting for us. So excited to be here for our 10 hour (well make that only 9 hours now) La Première experience... and what an experience it was.



The full report for those inclined...
Air France Inaugural DEN-CDG 789 | SFO777