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Air Tahiti Nui PPT-AKL Economy Class Moana TN 181

AF Cabin Crew From French Polynesia, joined Sep 1999, 1036 posts, RR: 38
Posted (2 years 11 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 10262 times:

Date: january 23rd, 2010
Airline: Air Tahiti Nui
Flight : TN 181
Registration: F-OLOV
Aircraft: Airbus 340-300
Departure City: PPT Papeete
Departure Time: 09:25
Destination: AKL Auckland
Arrival Time: 14:05
Scheduled Flight Time: 5 hrs 40 mins
Class: Economy Class Moana
Seat: 17A

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Here is a report of a trip taken to Asia from PPT.
First stop was AKL on our way to SYD and then on to HKG our first stop in Asia.

We checked in at Tahiti Faa'a airport for our ATN flight to AKL and got our seats 17A and 17B. We made our way to the boarding lounge which has been refurbished recently and now has a garden lounge and a new snack-bar.

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Our boarding gate to AKL

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New art work on the pillars of the boarding lounge.

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Boarding Air Tahiti Nui's youngest A340-300, F-OLOV Nuku-Hiva

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Boarding is nearly complete but the flight is not full

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Push Back

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Leaving the apron of PPT and making our way towards the runway.

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View from our seat in a very warm cabin, after talking to the chief purser, there was something wrong with the air conditioning onboard.

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Stunning view of my home island, Tahiti and it's sister island, Moorea.

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Brunch with very nice chocolate crepes ! Wish there was more !

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My partner's brunch of chinese omelet, he said it was awful ! only ate the bacon and sausage and he usually LOVES eggs !

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Somewhere above the Pacific Ocean !

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Approaching Aotearoa, how appropriate huh ?

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Gloomy weather in Auckland.

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This concludes the first leg of our trip to Asia. Next AKL-SYD on EK in Business Class.

Happy Flying,

AF Cabin Crew.

Ia Maitai to tatou tere !

9 replies: All unread, jump to last

StarAlliance38 From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1445 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (2 years 11 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 9742 times:

Thanks for the short TR! The garden lounge at PPT looks cool, a concept that I hope would pick up in the States

Proud To Fly US! Fly Newport News - PHF

andyinpit From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 318 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (2 years 11 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 9655 times:

Great report. I'm thinking about taking my wife there in the next year or so for our next vacation. Any ideas on where to stay?

akhmad From Netherlands, joined Sep 2005, 2320 posts, RR: 53
Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 8865 times:

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Hi AF Cabin Crew,

Nice report of TN. I just love the scenery pictures of Tahiti. The airport looks so calming and charming. Nothing is more romantic than walking on the tarmac to board a widebody where the palm trees are waving you good bye!

Quoting AF Cabin Crew (Thread starter):
My partner's brunch of chinese omelet, he said it was awful ! only ate the bacon and sausage and he usually LOVES eggs !

What a pity that the look was more appetizing than the taste.

Nevertheless, TN seems a decent airline to fly with towards the Pacific. Thank you for sharing.

Cheers,
Suryo

[Edited 2010-06-21 11:19:14]

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SurfandSnow From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 2588 posts, RR: 31
Reply 4, posted (2 years 11 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 8355 times:

Quoting StarAlliance38 (Reply 1):
The garden lounge at PPT looks cool, a concept that I hope would pick up in the States

Have you never been to KOA? It is my favorite airport for a reason

Flying in the middle seat of coach is much better than not flying at all!

chepos From Puerto Rico, joined Dec 2000, 5965 posts, RR: 12
Reply 5, posted (2 years 11 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 8144 times:

Thank you for sharing your TN flight wiht us.
My partner nonreved on TN between LAX and CDG and he was very impressed with the service provided.
We have been planning a trip to Tahiti but it seems AF and TN flights out of LAX always seem to be full.
Oh well hopefully one day.

Regards,

Chepos

Fly the Flag!!!!

AF Cabin Crew From French Polynesia, joined Sep 1999, 1036 posts, RR: 38
Reply 6, posted (2 years 11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 7715 times:

Ia Orana Chepos !

Quoting chepos (Reply 5):
We have been planning a trip to Tahiti but it seems AF and TN flights out of LAX always seem to be full.
Oh well hopefully one day.

Should you need me to check the loads on the AF flights, do not hesitate !

Ia Maitai to tatou tere !

vandenheuvel From Netherlands, joined Dec 2008, 469 posts, RR: 2
Reply 7, posted (2 years 11 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 7612 times:

Hi AF Cabin Crew,

This is a nice report on Air Tahiti Nui. Service on this carrier looks nice. Especially the catering.

Thanks for the many reports. Now I don't have to be bored at work

Tim,

MasterBean From UK - England, joined Apr 2010, 181 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (2 years 11 months 16 hours ago) and read 7095 times:

The food looked awesome, well better than that on Thomas Cook but hey, I suppose it's annoying when food looks good and tastes rubbish.

globalflyer From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 800 posts, RR: 2
Reply 9, posted (2 years 11 months 14 hours ago) and read 6999 times:

Amazing Trip Reports! I have read all that you have posted to date. I feel like I was there too! Wonderful photography! Thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Liam

Landing on every Continent almost on an annual basis!

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