BACKGROUND Air France launched its new long-haul business class product on the Boeing 777-300 earlier this year, featuring the “three F”s – fully-flat, full aisle access and full privacy. So far six of its 12 777s have been retrofitted with the new product, with the remaining six due to be complete by the end of the year. Currently the upgraded product serves flights to New York JFK, Rio de Janeiro, Dakar and Johannesburg from Paris Charles de Gaulle, with upcoming destinations to include Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai. The carrier has also announced it will be introducing a new La Première (first class) product this year, with details yet to be released.
I arrived at JFK Terminal 1 at 1420 for the 1730 flight AF15 to Paris Charles De Gaulle. The Air France check-in counters were), and was airside by 1445.
