Air France Announces New Flights from Paris to Phoenix, Arizona

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Aiming to strengthen its presence in North America, Air France recently announced the launch of new flights from Paris to Phoenix, Arizona, increasing its USA destinations to seventeen. From May 23, 2024, three weekly direct flights on Boeing 787-9 aircraft will be available to the passengers.

From Charles de Gaulle airport, the flights have been placed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and the aircraft will include 30 Business class seats, 21 Premium Economy and 228 Economy.

The first route will depart from Charles de Gaulle at 10:10 a.m and arrive in Phoenix at 12:10 p.m (local hours). The next day the flight will depart from Phoenix at 02:10 p.m, and arrive in Charles de Gaulle at 09:15 a.m.

The newson the Paris-Phoenix route follows the French air carrier’s announcement that it will resume flying to Minneapolis (Minnesota) as of May 13 and extend its service to Raleigh-Durham (North Carolina) through the summer.

Phoenix will be Air France’s 17^th destination in the US and 24^th in North America, including Atlanta, Boston, Cancun, Chicago, Dallas, Huston, Los Angeles, Denver, Detroit, Mexico City, Miami, Toronto, JFK and Newark New York, Washington DC, San Fransisco, Ottawa, Quebek, Seattle, Vancouver, Montreal.

Additionally, due to high demand from US West Coast customers, Air France will operate two special flights on May 13 and 27, offering a direct service between Los Angeles and the city of Nice. Flights will be operated by Airbus A350 equipped with the airline’s latest cabins.