You'll find Fiji Airways' A330 aircraft on selected flights between Sydney and Nadi, and from there onwards to Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
all within the A row of shortcut buttons ran along the bottom of the screen for lighting, volume, and calling the crew — these also negating the need for the remote.Despite the content selection, I spent most of the time watching the tail cam and moving map.Upon boarding, I was greeted with, “Welcome Mr. Stone,” and continued to be addressed by name for the rest of the flight.Hot towels were offered, but considering the 104-degree temperatures outside, a cold towel would have been more welcome.A pre-departure mocktail or Champagne Chanoine Brut Grande Reserve Champagne ($35 a bottle) was then offered.The crew then started taking meal orders from the front of the cabin and managed to get to row 4 before we pushed back at 4:40 p.m. Sydney time.Visibility on take-off was so poor that it took 10 minutes of flying before we saw blue sky.The crew completed taking meal and first drink orders soon after take-off.My gin and tonic arrived with nuts and pretzels at 5:40 p.m. Sydney time, exactly 1 hour after departure. Please view our privacy policy Earn 60,000 Membership Rewards points. Even though it’s fixed, I had no issues seeing the screen when I slid the seat down to a bed.As a brand-new system, it was very responsive and I had no need to use the touchscreen remote.Headphones are provided and had a decent noise-canceling function.I found the menu structure odd as the content was organized by genre (comedy, drama, etc.) Please view our privacy policy We respect your privacy. All images credited to Greg Stone unless otherwise noted.Greg got bitten by the travel bug at a young age while traveling with his Dad on business trips to Asia.
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– it would be great to get a first hand report. Have you ever wondered what it is like to fly a 3-week old plane with a group of your aviation geek (#AvGeek) friends?Back in November, my mates Immanuel and Andy reached out to me on Instagram to see if I was interested in reviewing the brand-new Fiji Airways Airbus A350 business class product which was set to commence flying between Sydney and Nadi, Fiji.I didn’t have to think too long before I said, “I’m in!” and Using cash, the fare costs approximately $1,100 (AU$1,600) per person one-way in business and $683 (AU$990) per person one-way in economy.Or, you can also book this 1,973-mile business class flight with the following points:Considering I had a stash of Alaska Mileage Plan miles and availability was surprisingly wide-open, I decided to book a mixed-class return using miles so I could review both the business and economy cabins.I am the first to admit that there are better uses of Mileage Plan miles but this worked for me this trip.We arrived at 10:20 a.m. for our 1:20 p.m. scheduled departure.There were no other passengers in the business class check-in queue, so the process took just 7 minutes.As a business class passenger, we were provided access to the Express Path priority immigration and security screen queues and the entire process took a speedy 5 minutes.
I We all headed up to gate at 12:20 p.m. to try and get on board first, however, we were turned away and advised by the gate staff that there was going to be a 30-minute delay.Back in the lounge, whilst we were enjoying another round of espresso martinis, I received a notification on my The American Express Lounge was a nice place to spend an extended delay and I was with good company, so there were no complaints.Fiji Airways took delivery of 2 Airbus A350 aircraft, the first of which, DQ-FAI, was delivered November 15, 2019, and was our aircraft for this flight. Fiji Airways A350 Business Class Fiji Airways A350 Business Class I’ve flown in the B/E Aerospace Business Class seats quite a few times and, on the whole, I’m a fan. Fiji Airways Airbus A350 Business Class IFE Menu Fiji Airways Airbus A350 Business Class IFE Menu. Fiji Airways Airbus A350 Business Class IFE Buttons