[ViajeroUK]

Flew last week with Air France from Malaga via CDG to Warsaw, first flight for a while and was pleased with the service and especially the new Schengen lounge at CDG 2 F.

Afternoon flight out of Malaga was by A320, 8 pax in C out of possible 12, water and wrapped refresher towel given prior to push back, after departure a light lunch, crepe with salad filling, wedges of two different cheeses, bread roll with butter and jam, dessert with yoghurt and fruit coulis, choice of drinks including, of course, chilled champagne served from the bottle and choice of hot drinks after.

CDG Terminal 2 Hall F is made up of two wings, previously each wing had it’s own Salon at the apron end, below the departure level, neither were particularly large and at busy times space could be at a premium, There is now a recently built Salon on the walkway between each wing. It is much more spacious than the previos two combined, spread over two floors with wide views of the apron. Good selection of snacks and drinks in two areas on each floor. Hot meals are available at main meal times, listed on the entrance point to each servery. Automated entry to Salon by scanning boarding card, guess would also work with FF card. Nice added feature is a ‘snooze room’ with reduced lighting level and large comfortable seats. During my stay two staff walked through the Salon offering guests champagne from the bottle and macaroons, service at your seat!

Paris to Warsaw was also by A320, similar drinks options, meal was prawns and chick-peas with a dressing and a small crunchy side salad, two different cheeses, bread rolls, jam and butter, dessert was a pear sponge (but no custard!) Only three pax in C on this flight

In flight WiFi was available, free for basic service, or premium service for a small fee, with good un-interrupted service throughout the flight.

After the regulatory document checks at Malaga the remainder of terminal transits were smooth, no delays, no queues. None of the cabin crews or gate staff seemed to be stressed, low on numbers or under pressure. There were Covid-19 measures in place but it did seem almost back to normal pre-pandemic levels, apart from the masks, Air France mandate use of surgical type masks on board, during boarding on both flights a couple of pax were stopped and given the required masks, rather than the non-surgical ones they were wearing, full marks to cabin crew.

All in it was a pleasant journey, Schengen area travel working as it should.

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sparkyflier, FormerBA, rferguson, Bullfrog

[FormerBA]

Oh how I read this with envy

Sunday DUS to LHR on BA

40 minutes in the exit immigration queue as I now have a worthless passport. Regular patrols of the queue to ensure no one with EU,Swiss Norwegian or Icelandic passports were waiting while regularly apologising when they inadvertently mistook the old red passports as being important. The EU channels remained empty and the E gates unused.

The Club Europe catering did not include towels or indeed anything that could be described as edible.

Wait for a gate on arrival to be offloaded into the an immigration queue that took almost 70 minutes to navigate to the e gates where UK citizens share the same lines as EU, Swiss Norwegian, Icelandic Korean and others.

Schengen travel is a distant dream for this septic isle

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Bobbo, Bullfrog

[LuganoPirate]

[quote quote=1206379]40 minutes in the exit immigration queue as I now have a worthless passport.[/quote]

Is it a Russian or North Korean passport? I can’t think of any other passport that could be worthless!!

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MartynSinclair, Bullfrog, Julian

[CS KOK]

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Belarus?

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