North America continues to be a focus for Air France as it plans to operate up to ip to 212 weekly flights to 21 destinations in the US, Canada and Mexico for the winter season.
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Raleigh-Durham joins the network
From 30th October 2023, Air France will add a new American destination to its network: Raleigh-Durham (RDU), taking over the Delta Air Lines operated route and will run as part of the Joint Ventre Agreement between Air France, KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic.
This winter, the North Carolina capital will become Air France’s 14th US destination, after Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Newark, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington.
The carrier will operate three weekly non-stop flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle
The planned operation is s follows:
AF692 DEPART CDG 13:30 ARRIVE RDU 16:35 AF693 DEPART RDU 18:45 ARRIVE CDG 08:25+1 Commences 30th October 2023 Operates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Booked Equipment: Boeing 787-9
Air France will utilise a three-class Boeing 787-9 equipped with 279 seats (30 in Business, 21 in Premium Economy and 228 in Economy).
Dallas gets a frequency increase
In addition to the launch of the Raleigh-Durham service, the winter season will also see an increase in the number of flights from/to Dallas-Fort Worth from three flights a week in 2022 to five weekly flights this year.
Oh, Canada!
Air France is planning to add capacity for the winter period to Canada, with the airline planning to serve Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa all winter.
The non-stop service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Ottawa introduced on 27th June will continue for the winter season. The airline will operate five flights every week.
For the Ottawa service, the planned operation is s follows for the winter season:
AF328 DEPART CDG 13:10 ARRIVE YOW 15:05 AF327 DEPART YOW 17:15 ARRIVE CDG 06:05+1 Commences 30th October 2023
Operates Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays Booked Equipment: Boeing 787-9
Air France will utilise a three-class Boeing 787-9 equipped with 279 seats (30 in Business, 21 in Premium Economy and 228 in Economy).
Flights will also be added to Montreal (going up to 21 flights a week) and Vancouver (with five flights a week) versus 17 and 3 last winter.
In the Caribbean
From 2nd December 2023, Air France will resume flying during winter between Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) and Montreal, with two weekly flights Tuesdays and Saturdays on an Airbus A320 with WIFI.
Montreal is among the five destinations served via Air France’s Caribbean regional network, which connects Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) and Fort-de-France (Martinique) to Belém (Brazil), Cayenne (French Guiana), Miami (US) and Montreal.
A busy winter
As airlines consider their operations for the winter period, there comes a point where an airline has to redirect capacity to ensure that demand is met, as well as not having a fleet of aircraft sat on the ground and not earning a penny to the bottom line.
And for Air France, it’s the perfect time for it to redirect to a solid market it can understand, as well as lean on its joint venture partners to provide traffic for the route.
Tickets are on sale via Air France and the usual distribution channels.
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