Noticed I had this in the wrong section.
I know some of you are flying into Paris next year and with the price of airfare going up, I wanted to share my experience with this airline. L'Avion is a discount business class airline that flies between NY and Paris or Amsterdam. It recently merged with Open Skies and is now owned by British Air. I flew round trip to Paris on it over the XMAS holidays for $1450 and would like to offer a brief review.
It is a step down from business class air like Lufthansa or Continental but a step up from BA's World Class Plus. The plusses are: A very nice lounge with excellent food in Newark, easy check in, only 90 passengers, good leg room, comfortable wide seats, tasty food..but not the extravagance of normal biz class, good service, fast delivery of baggage, closeness of Orly to Paris, good pricing. Negatives are : there is a hefty change fee of $450 once ticketed if you get the best rate, the seats are the old fashioned business class seats-no flat bed or even inclined seats, mediocre entertainment system, food is just a step above economy though very tasty and two courses with wine served, you cannot check in until 3 hours before flight. Would I take it again? Yes, in a heart beat. It was very civilized.
