Flight to Mexico

It was with some trepidation that I approached this flight. This would be my first visit to Mexico (and a few days on my own), and my first business class flight. It was made up of two parts as I changed aircraft at Charles de Gaulle.

Choosing to fly Air France to Mexico had an unexpected quirk. By the time I arrived I was getting used to using my very broken French. I then had to work hard (and fast) to reprogram my ‘speak foreign’ mode!! 😬

For the flights themselves it was nice to have priority boarding (getting to be one of those annoying whatsits for once 😂). I was also amused by thinking that I had brought too much luggage in spite of being a maximum of a third of my allowance.

The first flight was a good example of pointless business class (it was an A320 btw). The seats were almost identical to normal and didn’t feel like they had any extra legroom, plus it was a fairly short flight so…

That seat wasn’t mine but it will give you an idea.

On the other hand, breakfast was definitely acceptable!

The second flight was the one I was looking forward to, top deck of the airbus A380.

Tbh, the Air France A380 business class felt a bit old and dated but it was still cool. If I travel on one again I wouldn’t get a bulkhead seat again as the screen has to be stowed for taxi/takeoff/landing and I like to get film viewing value from my flights!

The headphones were very good, I couldn’t hear anything else while I was wearing them. However, they were very tight and for much of the flight I had to alternate between ears in order to give the other a break and I couldn’t see how to use my own headphones.

I must say, complimentary champagne before takeoff was awesome!!

Other than a small amount of turbulence on a couple of occasions (it was an Atlantic crossing!) the flight was pretty smooth, which was good as it meant I could enjoy the food and drink.

The last image was the Confit Lamb and was ever so slightly better than EasyJet 😂

I didn’t like Charles de Gaulle airport so would probably go out of my way to avoid in future. I didn’t like the feel of the airport and the lounge didn’t really win me over.

I was reasonably impressed by Mexico City airport. It was nice that I could arrive without any pesos (I ran out of time) and get a fixed fee cab to my hotel using my credit card.