AIR TAHITI NUI First Class and Business Class Seat reviews

AIR TAHITI NUI BUSINESS CLASS SEAT REVIEW   :   AIRBUS A340

Sat business class row 2 - the front row of the cabin. Seat does not extend fully so leg room limited. Very tired looking plane in need of refurb. Service used to be great on this airline, the past two years have seen a steady decline - food too. Air Tahiti Nui coach class is terrible, so fly business if you can!

We did recently a trip around the world. Of the three airlines we flew with (BA, QF, ATN), the Air Tahiti Nui seats were the worst. Very old style with inadequate pitch in the sleeping position.

The seats are the worst we experienced in business class. They don't come close to lying flat, there is not space between each seat, the rows are not pitched so you are next to someone on both sides. There is no privacy and the seats are narrow. Incredibly uncomfortable and annoying. We did not sleep a wink.

The cabin is private and decorated in beautiful, tranquil colors. The seats do not have a divider between them. The seating is 2+2+2. I was traveling alone so I was glad to have chosen the middle row. The window seat seems very crowded if the person in the aisle has been fully extended. The seats are also lie flat beds. No special meals for first class passengers. Overall a great experience, however a privacy divider would be great so you don't have to wake up looking directly into a strangers face.

PPT-LAX. Seats are old-style, in 2-2-2 arrangement, and are rather oddly positioned. They are fairly comfortable for both sitting though tall people will find the flip-down footrest to be an impediment. The problem is that the seat pitch is inadequate, which results in your being practically trapped in your seat once the person in front reclines theirs. Their head gets so close that your legs vanish under their seat back and you cannot move your tray table into the eating position. And of course once you recline yours, you do the same to the person behind. It is just about possible for the person in the aisle seat to climb out without disturbing the person in front but if the person in the window seat wants to get out, they literally have to climb over both people in front and the one alongside them. Not impressed.

There are two experiences when flying to and from Papeete from LAX. The first one is far superior with very good food, fairly modern craft, well organized flight crew. The return flight is often done on older craft, the meal service adequate at best, and everything managed by a crew who, while not hostile, weren't too careful about their job. I suppose much of this can be rationalized by the fact that the cost is one third of a comparable class to Europe. Even so, the airport lounge at Papeete has all the charm of a bus depot in Middle America with almost no food available.