The feeling is familiar: you’re sitting in the departure lounge waiting to board that long-haul flight, watching your fellow travellers milling about, hoping, praying, that the two small children screaming and climbing over the seats

hours. An added bonus is that our first-class seats are big and roomy, with plenty of space to pore over our This Is Paris picture book for a taster of the classic sights we’re likely to see in the French capital. By early afternoon, we were checking