Was on AF63 in J yesterday. The lounge used at EWR was the BA lounge. Nice lounge, lots of seating options and not that busy (except maybe the last 20minutes before boarding). Food options were decent and there is a full (manned) bar available. 2 showers available (didn’t used them).

The global experience at EWR is indeed not bad. Compared to JFK it appeared much airy and modern. Security lines weren’t long, new machines were used so no need of sorting out liquids/electronics, AND they were apparently working well (sometimes these new machines send 1/3 bags on secondary screening). To me EWR wins towards JFK (arrival flight on P last weekend showed me the usual old, hot and gloomy terminal, with huge construction works that currently make road and train access much complicate).

On the other hand timing of AF63 is the more red that a red-eye can be! With a 18:00-ish departure it is quite hard to decide to sleep immediately after take off, but with only 6 hours in the air it would be the only solution to get some rest if you want the day after to be a bit productive. I skipped the dinner and the breakfast and was able to have almost a decent rest.

However the service was longer than on later flights from JFK since almost all passengers had their meal onflight. Cabin was then very noisy with lights on.

With this akward timing, service was finally like an hybrid between “day time” and “expedite sleeper service”. I caught a conversation between FA’s in the galley : some of them were quite confused of what protocole to follow (especially regarding aperitif service, considering the absence of welcome drink and some demands of a quick service). They finally still served a separate quick aperitif with Champagne before beginning bringing the trolleys/trays.

Breakfast started really early (like 1:30 h before landing) which again brought a lot of noise into the cabin, but it was still offered to me even if I was back in seating position only 30min before landing.

All in all an EWR departure at 19:00 would be my go-to!

The lounge situation is really confusing in EWR between the vouchers (no lounge), BA lounge and former SK lounge...
Maybe they are refurbishing the former SK lounge ?

I flew AF63 in February - please note Terminal B is split into multiple piers, each with its own individual security. My pier had access to the SAS lounge, which was terrible. Sounds like BA is better but it's luck of the draw where your gate will be so nothing reliable. Also, you have to re-clear security, even within Terminal B itself if you want to go to another pier. Generally a very poor ground experience at EWR. Not to say JFK terminal 1 is much better...but at least AF has their own (decent) lounge there

Other than that though, the flight was extremely good. New A350, seats are beautiful and have top of the line tech, and most important the bulkhead seats are insane and have a crazy amount of room. Food, generally was also really good on my flight (restaurant quality prime rib). Lobster appetizer was a bit suspicious though...

See here for some more pictures of my experience (disclaimer: i wrote this): https://exitrowplease.com/2025/04/06...-nyc-to-paris/

Any recent data points on AF lounge at EWR? Flying in December, J but no status.

I take it very regularly to my trips EWR-CDG-EWR.

Air France has moved its daily flight completely to the Terminal B Jetty 3 (Gates B60 thru B68), the same as Lufthansa, SAS and Spirit Airlines. Things will stay like this going forward because Air France will take over the SAS Lounge as soon as the lease is over and renovate it into an Air France Lounge.

They do have AF staff (at least a couple, including the Station Chief � Cheffe d'Escale), but rely otherwise on third parties / contracted staff.

Check-in is OK, nothing amazing but nothing bad. It is done at Level 2. There is a SkyPriority section.

TSA is ok, especially if you have TSA PreCheck. They have the new scanners, so no need to take your liquids out nor your laptop.

Like I wrote, you use provisionally the SAS Lounge... it is... OK. Not impressed.

Boarding: it improved recently with clear lanes for Zone 1, Zone 2 etc... Better than at AF home base Paris CDG where Zone 1 and 2 are commingled together.