While I don’t love these seats for ultra long haul flights, for a fairly short redeye they’re more than sufficient. Depart: 2:00AM The only downside with rows 1 and 6 is proximity to the galley and toilets at these locations. Update March 29, 2020: KLM has now retired its entire Boeing 747 fleet. I flew this exact flight last week. Delen. Nah, they’re not my first choice. Toiletries from Zenology are available and include face and body mist, moisturiser and deodorant. If you haven’t already, check out my review of KLM business class on the 787-10. A few minutes later amenity kits were distributed. The cabin has a total of 18 seats, spread across three rows in a 2-2-2 configuration. Five minutes later premium boarding started, though we waited for the bus to fill up all the way. It’s nothing special, but certainly an improvement on the adjacent Premier Lounge. Between Singapore and Bali though, until Singapore Airlines started flying the 787-10 on the early morning flight, this was undoubtedly the best seat on offer on the route, and remains better than most alternatives. Flight review: KLM B777-200ER World Business Class. Ever had a worst wine list ? Understandably owing to the short flight time from Bali to Singapore, a trolley service is offered with all three courses served on the same tray. They are nothing special, standard size with what might be regarded as old fashioned intense lighting, unlike some of the more subdued tones seen in newer Business Class cabins. According to KLM’s website, the airline currently flies the new jet to Abu Dhabi/Muscat, Rio de Janeiro, Osaka, San Francisco, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Chengdu, Shanghai, Colombo, Dubai, New York, Calgary and Kuala Lumpur. • Review: ANA Crowne Plaza Narita Airport Aircraft: Airbus A330-200 At this point we had just over six hours remaining enroute to Amsterdam. The menu read as follows: The meal service was commenced pretty quickly. Given today’s standards, there is insufficient privacy for a long-haul sector, especially overnight and especially in the aisle seat, which features almost no screening from the rest of the cabin whatsoever. KLM A330 business class lavatory amenities. Many of these small touches are inspired by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. We recommend trying to secure a bulkhead position in this cabin, which means a seat in either row 1 or row 6. Share Tweet Pin It Share. No way for in France you can’t find a bottle of low -range unknown brand Champagne for less than 16 Euros a bottle at a Discount store let alone a normal supermarket. That’s an orange juice? Rows 1 and 6, the bulkhead positions, feature much larger footrest areas than the other seats. There is also a small fixed privacy divider, with some decorative holes presumably to make it look less industrial. KLM business class snack service (with fish masala), KLM business class snack service (with beef kibbeh). That said, wow, KLM’s done a great job on the design elements all around. Came on this review as I was looking for what KLM’s new 787’s were like. There are now 99 types, with the 100th due this year for the airline’s centenary. On January 12th 2019, I flew Business Class onboard a KLM Royal Dutch Airline Airbus A330 from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) in the Netherlands to Kigali (KGL), the capital of Rwanda in Central Africa. A surprising inclusion for such a short flight is an amenity kit for all Business Class passengers. We were also given invitations to the Al Dhabi Lounge, which is the Plaza Premium Lounge that KLM uses for their passengers. Review: KLM Boeing 747 World Business Class (Upper Deck) by Goffe de Boer January 11, 2020 March 29, 2020 0. De Thalys bracht mij in minder dan een uur vanuit Antwerpen naar Schiphol. The back cover of the menu even has the date and flight details printed on it, a nice touch if you want to keep it as a memento of your journey. As a long-haul product it is now falling well behind the new norm in this class among full service carriers. I chose the fish masala with rice, while Ford had the beef kibbeh. We were welcomed on board the aircraft by the cabin crew and directed down the left aisle to our seats 1A and 1C. On flights to and from Indonesia, KLM has partnered with celebrity chef Farah Quinn to provide specific dishes on the Singapore – Denpasar and Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta flights. While we do try to list all the best miles and points deals, the site does not include all card companies or credit card offers available in the marketplace. 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