TUN-NCE - Tunis Air - Business Class (J)

My ticket was actually an AF ticket but I wished to get the early flight in (the second TUN-NCE flight is late in the afternoon) so I cooked the TU codeshare.
I had checked in online the day before so I knew my seat choice was secure (sequence 001 – 1A   ).

I still had to get the actual BP so I made my was to the dedicated F/C TU desks at Carthage Airport which were all but empty.
My nicey 1A BP in hand, I made my way towards the immigration counters which were also devoid of a queue. Security screening was quick and I soon had the TU lounge to myself, which meant a nice hour of Annette browsing and fattening up (as well as a few poachements).

Boredom was late (as usual in TUN) which gave me a chance to shoot the hair craft:


At that point I was convinced that the C cabin on the A319 was the same than the one on the A320 and the A300, which are nothing to write a TR about; i.e no IFE and 70’s style cabin.

I was in for a surprise.

The A319 in question was the most recent aircraft in TU’s fleet, which is an A319LR which normally sees service on the nonstop TUN-DXB route.

Therefore the aircraft is on par with the most recent widebody offerings with the latest in-seat electronics.
The seat before takeoff:



The seat controls:


The 110V powerports (no need for an empowering thingy) :

Unfortunately I did not have my taupe to test these.

Pushback was 10 minutes late; I managed to get a nice shot of one of TU’s A20’s though:


The taxi times were short as we departed from the closest runway.
There was no refreshment served during boarding or taxi and we were soon airborne:


Shortly after transition altitude breakfast was served, which consisted of a small muffin, a croissant, a hot drink (choice of tea, coffee or hot chocolate) and a choice of juice (orange, apricot or mango):

Note the PTV size.

The meal in detail :


The meal may seem small but the croissants seemed endless (they passed in the C cabin with the croissants basket three times and refilled the juice glasses and coffee cups).

After breakfast I played with the seat controls but that provoked a loud “rhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa” from the lady sitting behind me. I assumed therefore that the 160 degree recline is rhaaing for the person behind if he/she is still the sitting position.

The seat with the PTV deployed:


The IFE controls:






I then decided to take a little walk though the cabin to see what the Y class looked like. I was surprised to see the whole aircraft was PTV/AVOD equipped (remember we are in an A319 !)

C class overview:


Y class overview:




By and by it was already time to get back to my seat as descent had started (1h20 minutes of fright time only).

Approaching NCE:


Cannes hair port :


On finals :




My foolish camerhaa batteries went pooooooof before landing so I could not document the rest. The landing was however uneventful and the taxi to the gate was very quick. We were parked next to the DL 767-300 (daily JFK fright) and the front door was opened up very quickly. Immigration was a breeze and I was out of the terminal barely 15 mn after the wheels touched.

Score: 17/20

Comments are welcome !

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