Air Tahiti Nui B787 Dreamliner Trade Elegance

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In summer season 2022, I loved a fantastic vacation in French Polynesia (Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora). Learn my shuttle experiences right here:

These days: Air Tahiti Nui Boeing 787 Dreamliner Trade Elegance from Tahiti to Los Angeles

Remaining September, I flew with Air Tahi Nui from Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris to Faa’a Global Airport in Tahiti with a stopover in Los Angeles. That is my evaluation of the primary leg of my go back flight with French Polynesia’s flag service, a transpacific Trade Elegance adventure onboard one of the most service’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners which took me from Tahiti to Los Angeles. The airline calls its Trade Elegance “Poerava” – a mix of the Tahitian phrases poe and rava – because of this Black Pearl, a connection with Polynesian tradition. The airline has configured its lie flat Trade Elegance seats in a 2-2-2 structure; whilst no longer a innovative exhausting product, this configuration is smart, for the reason that most of the people touring to French Polynesia are {couples}. General, I completely loved my enjoy with Air Tahiti Nui, particularly the good comfortable product (e.g. meals) and the attentive carrier. With shiny cabin colours, unique group uniforms, Tahitian song, and the odor of the Tiare flower, Air Tahiti Nui additionally does a perfect activity of constructing a Polynesian onboard atmosphere.

Have you ever ever flown with Air Tahiti Nui? If that is so, what used to be your enjoy? Go away a remark.

• Travel: Papeete (PPT) to Los Angeles (LAX)
• Airline: Air Tahiti Nui
• Plane kind: Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• Plane registration quantity: F-OMUA (named Fakarava)
• On time departure: middle of the night (sure)
• On time arrival: 10:50 am (sure)
• Miles: 4110 miles (6610 km)
• Flight time: 7 hours and 35 mins
• Seat: 1A
• Elegance: Trade Elegance

On this evaluation (additional information & pictures under my Youtube clip & slideshow):

1. Air Tahiti Nui Living room
2. Trade Elegance cabin
3. Trade Elegance seat (+ perfect & worst seats)
4. Facilities & bedding
5. Foods
6. Leisure
7. Onboard web
8. Different inflight studies
9. My verdict (ranking)

1. AIR TAHITI NUI LOUNGE

There’s just one living room at Fa’a Global Airport and it’s open to all passengers flying out of French Polynesia in Trade Elegance. Different passengers too can input the living room upon cost of a 6000 XPF (55 USD) rate. Operated through Air Tahiti Nui, the living room is situated at the first flooring of the global terminal and is accessed through urgent a hoop button and then the door is opened through a living room attendant. 

The living room is composed of 1, decently sized room, with lots of seats (even if it may possibly get crowded at height hours). Maximum seat preparations are arrange for {couples} or go back and forth events of 4, whilst there also are some high-top seats (a few of them have computer systems) in addition to some cubicles put in alongside a picket, semi-open divider. At the different aspect of this divider are some extra seating spaces, which really feel extra personal and in addition be offering extra relaxed chairs. General, the decor is fashionable, with shiny white furnishings and a few design components in turquoise (the logo colour of Air Tahiti Nui). Wrap-around home windows be offering a pleasing view of the parked plane, the airport apron, and the runway.

A small and reasonably fundamental buffet is situated at the aspect of the living room. The restricted variety contains chocolates, fruit, packaged snacks, chilly cuts, cheese, soup and a few sizzling snacks (e.g. mini pizzas). The beverages also are complimentary and come with chilly beverages, juice, espresso, tea, beer, wine, and Champagne.

Amenities at the living room come with complimentary WiFi, newspapers, magazines and use of desktops.

2. BUSINESS CLASS CABIN

The Trade Elegance cabin onboard the Tahitian Dreamliner options 30 Rockwell Collins Diamond flatbed seats. Those seats are configured in 5 rows on a six-abreast (2-2-2) association. Air Tahiti Nui make a selection for a 2-2-2 structure within the top class cabin of its new Boeing 787s since most of the airline’s Trade Elegance vacationers are {couples} on their honeymoons or wedding ceremony anniversaries. Sadly, this additionally signifies that passengers seated in a window seat is not going to have direct aisle get right of entry to, which can also be reasonably uncomfortable while you aren’t touring with a spouse. 

All seats face ahead, with the seats at the aspect somewhat angled against the home windows, clear of the aisle. Paired seats are staggered through a few inches (cm); at the side of a small partition, this creates some privateness if you’re seated subsequent to a stranger (even if the seats and cabin are very open) and on the identical time permits sufficient interplay if you find yourself touring with a significant other.

The Trade Elegance cabin includes a glorious, refreshing and unique design, impressed through the impressive wonderful thing about the islands of Tahiti. The seat’s marine blue materials and comfortable picket finishes replicate French Polynesia’s herbal components and create a shiny colour palette that inspires the white sand seashores and turquoise water of the Polynesian lagoons. A Tiare motif is outlined within the leather-based headrests of every seat, subtly reinforcing the visible logo symbol of Air Tahiti Nui. The wall at the again of the cabin may be embellished through a colourful portray of Polynesian girls, which seems like a reprint of a portray of Paul Gaugain, the well-known post-impressist artist who fell in love with French Polynesia.

The Tahitian Dreamliner’s Trade Elegance structure is identical one that you additionally in finding on different airways, corresponding to KLM’s A330s, Qatar Airways’ A330s, and Ethiopian Airways B787s.

3. BUSINESS CLASS SEAT (+ BEST & WORST SEATS)

Air Tahiti Nui’s Trade Elegance seat is pleasing, even if it doesn’t be offering a lot privateness and the relief of the flat-bed will in large part rely at the seat that you select (extra on that under). The comfortable cushioned seat has a pitch of 78 inches (195 cm), which is outlined as the gap between one level on a seat and the similar level at the seat in entrance of it. The seat width is 21 inches (53 cm) – outlined as the gap between the arm rests – which is relaxed however no longer a few of the widest within the trade.

Every seat options its personal 16 inch HD touchscreen TV, which will also be managed through a handset nestled within the armrest. Under the TV observe is a drawer (which is big sufficient to retailer a computer) and a footrest (which turns into a part of the flatbed as soon as the seat is absolutely reclined). The dimensions of this footrest is variable: the bulkhead seats in row 1 be offering a miles higher ottoman as in comparison to the opposite Trade Elegance seats (so be certain to select a seat within the first row if you’ll be able to); additionally, the aisle seats have a bigger foot leisure in comparison to window seats.

The middle armrest – which is shared between paired seats – includes a small shared desk (for beverages & snacks), a regulate panel for the seat positions, and a far off handset for the inflight leisure machine. It additionally holds a rather sized fold-out tray desk. Subsequent to the seat, in the back of the headrest, is a small, rather tricky to succeed in garage compartment with a magnetic adaptor for the headphones. Every seat may be supplied with an ordinary common energy outlet and two USB ports.

The seat is going absolutely flat (180 levels recline), however your sleep convenience may rely at the seat you select: excluding for the bulkhead seats in row 1 (which include massive ottomans), the footrests are reasonably slender and this may increasingly rather impede a excellent night time’s leisure.

What are the perfect Trade Elegance seats

• All seats within the cabin are superb for the ones touring with a significant other on account of the 2-2-2 structure.
• The bulkhead seats in row 1 function a miles higher footrest as in comparison to all different seats, so those are the seats you wish to have to fly (and sleep) in, even if proximity to the galley and bathroom might reason some mild noise disturbance every now and then.

What are the worst Trade Elegance seats

• The two-2-2 Trade Elegance structure does no longer make the cabin very horny for solo vacationers, since you’ll all the time finally end up sitting subsequent to a stranger. There’s a small display even though between adjacent seats which might be additionally staggered through a few inches, growing some additional ranges of privateness (albeit no longer sufficient).
• Window seats don’t be offering direct aisle get right of entry to.
• The window seats within the 4th row are missing a window and are perfect have shyed away from.

Click on right here for a seat map of the Tahitian Dreamliner.

4. AMENITIES & BEDDING

Air Tahiti Nui supplies the next facilities to its Trade Elegance passengers:

• A Poerava Trade convenience package, which comes within the type of a beige toiletry bag. It accommodates merchandise made from recyclable fabrics (cornstarch toothbrush, bamboo fiber sock, natural cotton masks) and a variety of beauty merchandise made in Polynesia (face and palms cream palms and a lip balm) from the logo “Heiva”.
• A decently sized pillow (embellished with stunning Tahitian motifs)
• A relaxed, heat and opulent blanket
• Air Tahiti Nui branded noise cancelling headphones, which might be of superb high quality

5. MEALS

In this in a single day trans-Pacific flight, a mild chilly meal used to be presented after takeoff and a breakfast previous to touchdown.

The sunshine chilly meal used to be served instantly after takeoff, with all lessons presented immediately on one tray (for the reason that flight took off after middle of the night, this rapid dinner carrier maximized the time onboard to leisure). The next pieces have been served:

All dishes tasted superb and the meals used to be effectively introduced.

90 mins previous to touchdown, whilst drawing near the United States West Coast, a breakfast used to be presented. I make a selection French toast as a first-rate dish, which used to be served with roasted pineapple & banana and a pistachio cream sauce.

6. ENTERTAINMENT

Every Trade Elegance seat is supplied with an interactive touchscreen which provides awesome HD solution. The inflight leisure options the newest era machine from Panasonic, and gives a tight (albeit reasonably restricted) number of leisure, with 16 motion pictures, 40 song albums, 15 video video games and a number of other devoted TV presentations & documentaries channel. A spotlight of the inflight leisure is Tiare TV, a singular channel dedicated to the islands of French Polynesia. Amongst others, Tiara TV includes a documentary about The Brando, one of the most global’s maximum unique personal island accommodations and previous house of the overdue actor Marlon Brando.

7. ONBOARD INTERNET

Air Tahiti Nui provides highspeed Wi-Fi on their 787s. Trade Elegance passengers get a voucher with 10MB of unfastened knowledge (one in line with flight leg), which doesn’t precisely closing a very long time. After those date are used, one of the most following programs can also be decided on:

• Bundle MAEVA (10 MB for $9 USD) – Ship and obtain emails with some small attachments
• Bundle IAORA (20 MB for $15 USD) – Ship and obtain emails, restricted web surfing, add and obtain a couple of pictures
• Bundle FENUA (50 MB for $29 USD) – Ship and obtain emails, browse the web, add and obtain pictures
• Bundle NUI (200 MB for $49 USD) – Ship and obtain emails, browse the web, add and obtain pictures, circulation audio content material

8. OTHER INFLIGHT EXPERIENCES

# CREW: The carrier in this flight used to be superb (and similar to the carrier I loved on my earlier flights with the airline). The cabin group modified from graceful town uniforms to sublime and relaxed Tahitian apparel in a while after take-off. The group’s colourful clothes and shirts mirrored the appeal, good looks and heat which are conventional of the French Polynesian islands.

# LAVATORY: There are 3 bathrooms for the 30 Trade Elegance passengers. One is situated in the back of the cockpit and two are situated within the galley between the Trade and Top rate Economic system Elegance cabin. Calming Tahitian song is performed throughout the bathrooms.

9. MY VERDICT

• Seat convenience (upright): 8/10
• Seat convenience (mattress place): 7/10
• Meals (high quality): 8/10
• Meals (amount): 8/10
• Inflight leisure : 8/10
• WiFi: 8/10 (however dear)
• Provider: 9/10
• Cabin design: 8/10
• General enjoy: excellent: 8/10

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