Airbus A321 Best Seats

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Raguel Charrette

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:52:11 PM8/3/24

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After three nights at the spectacular Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam, it was time to fly to Athens, the last stop on our five country European adventure. While I had visited Greece earlier this summer, in this case we were just briefly returning for a wedding.

As is the standard on intra-Europe flights, business class simply consisted of economy seats with a blocked middle. On this particular flight there were three rows of business class, and then a red curtain separated that from the economy cabin.

We ended up taxiing to runway 36L, which was quite a distance away. We were cleared for takeoff around 12:30PM, for our roughly 2hr50min flight to Athens. It was a beautiful afternoon in the Netherlands as we took off, and I enjoyed the views.

All things considered Aegean Airlines serves quite hearty meals. All business class passengers were served an appetizer of quinoa salad with smoked chicken and rocket leaves, a cheese course with crackers, two rolls, and a Greek pudding with raisins and nuts.

Flew Business on Aegean on 22 November, from Athens to CDG
At check in counter, the agent would not give me a ticket for the second portion of my flight" CDG-LAX. Said it couldn't be done. Caused all kinds of problems when I arrived at Paris. Thankfully, I had a very helpful security agent and a Boarder Agent to help me get to the right terminal. Since I had no ticket, I could not get through customs to go to the correct terminal . Later, Air France that was incorrect on Aegean's side.
Flew Business on 22 November.The most dreadful l boarding process I've ever experienced: No lines; everyone was first. The crowding was almost like a riot and the boarding agents said and did nothing.
Flight attendants were very polite . However, they were out of everything . My "breakfast " was disappointing to say the least. Never again on Aegean!!!

Hi Ben, I've flown Aegean Business Class this year and if you are flying one of the A320 Neo planes you get WiFi and a USB charging port as standard - even in Economy.
Totally agree with the comment about selecting your food in advance - you get a much better choice.

Thank you for this report.
I also find that Aegean offers an excellent service in business class and, overall, the price/quality ratio is one of the best among European carriers. I would advise readers, who plan to fly in BC with them, to reserve a meal in advance - online - as the selection is more interesting than the one catered onboard.

I flew Aegean Business Class in July from ATH to CHQ (a 37 minute flight) and I was totally impressed that they served us a cold meal and drink in that time with real glassware, silverware, etc. But the best is the private shuttle bus that whisks you away to the terminal. I've been flying Aegean since 2006 but this was my first time flying Business Class. Totally worth it in my opinion. The flight attendants were great.

Most intra European flights are under 2 hours and low price carriers have a sizable chunk of the market which itself is price sensitive. Given all this, it is unrealistic to expect airlines will invest in power sockets and wifi. Frankly, I also don't hear many people complaining about not having these facilities. Try to enjoy the solitude without being constantly connected :-), especially how rare it is to get it these days .

Reviews are supposed to critique a product. Telling a reviewer to "just enjoy" defeats the purpose of a review. Understand that in most cases a reviewer is not personally complaining, they're giving a detailed account of the product offered. It helps the consumer decide between buisness or economy, or even another airline. The review also helps the airline understand what may work, or be lacking in their service. Honest criticism helps the airline improve. This is beneficial for the consumer and the airline.
Plenty of other airlines, including LCCs and ULCCs, offer wifi and have power ports across their fleet of smaller jets. It's not much to ask an airline to provide these on their buisness class product. That's the point of a review.

Just a comment. It always cracks me up that I assume your audience is overwhelmingly American but you call things "rocket" and "beetroot" instead of Arugula and Beets. Not saying you should change at all. I always get a smile out of it, wishing I was in Europe to have rocket and beetroot.

I find the food and drink on Aegean Business class exceptionally good. I always preselect a Sea Food menu which I think gives you better food. Aegean offer top class wines and spirits and the filter coffee is very good. Never had a problem with the middle table. I think the author was by very unlucky.
The Aegean cabin crew are exceptional, nothing is too much trouble.
My only issue is the lack...

Hey buddy, how do you fly from California to Italy via ATH to maintain the *A Gold? Using United to ATH than onward with Aegean on one ticket, or somewhere else in Europe than buying another flight with A3? Thx

Why didn't you order your meal ahead of time? If you order in advance, you can choose from 3 options, plus, you can choose from any of the special meals. I always take the seafood meal, because then they also give you a seafood starter. When I flew AMS-ATH last month, the starter was prawns and octopus, and the main was salmon on pasta.

Did the laptop survive?
Years ago I managed to spill water on my brand new laptop while rushing to leave a hotel in FRA 55 minutes before flight time. At my next destination I realized my laptop was fried UNLESS I used it plugged in with the battery removed. never made any claim (protection from AMEX), just used it on travel plugged in.
So, do you know if the laptop is OK?
If not, will there be a claim against the airline?

Flew Business on Aegean on 22 November, from Athens to CDGAt check in counter, the agent would not give me a ticket for the second portion of my flight" CDG-LAX. Said it couldn't be done. Caused all kinds of problems when I arrived at Paris. Thankfully, I had a very helpful security agent and a Boarder Agent to help me get to the right terminal. Since I had no ticket, I could not get through customs to go to the correct terminal . Later, Air France that was incorrect on Aegean's side.Flew Business on 22 November.The most dreadful l boarding process I've ever experienced: No lines; everyone was first. The crowding was almost like a riot and the boarding agents said and did nothing.Flight attendants were very polite . However, they were out of everything . My "breakfast " was disappointing to say the least. Never again on Aegean!!!

Hi Ben, I've flown Aegean Business Class this year and if you are flying one of the A320 Neo planes you get WiFi and a USB charging port as standard - even in Economy. Totally agree with the comment about selecting your food in advance - you get a much better choice.

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If you believe the demographics then the most largest percentage of online flying is in the so called two hour circle, that is a flight on average of two hours, the second demographic is the most flown aircraft online are the same as in the real world with single-aisle aircraft dominating the airways. So put the two demographics together and you will come up with the most attractive aircraft that you would want to fly online. In reality again like the real world it comes down to Boeing or Airbus, and then the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 Series. Flying the Boeing is really all about the golden age of airliner flying, the 737 harks back to the ice ages of aviation, but that is also why the aircraft is so popular. The French Airbus however is all about systems and electronics, it is noted as the "Electric Jet" and also the NintendoJet, ScareBus and Die-by-Wire.

So if the aircraft is defined by it's systems then the choice is quite narrow, in reality there is only one "Study Grade" Airbus A320, and that is the FlightFactor version, and it is expensive, but also extremely good, an option is the Peters Aircraft Series, but it really only semi-grade. The only other system depth Airbus A320 was a collaboration between QPAC and Torsten Liesk that was really the first true A320 system aircraft and for the time in early X-Plane10 it was very good and introduced the X-Plane simulator to pure Airbus systems but more so in the area of Airbus dynamics or modes with the "Fly-By-Wire" and flight "laws". But when QPAC withdrew out of simulation, Torsten Liesk became ToLiSS, and oddly enough didn't release a A320, but the smaller Airbus A319-121 which is a popular but niche aircraft in A320 Series Family. ToLiSS's second release is again another arm of the A320 family, but this time over at the larger end of the series with the Airbus A321-200