Air France is all set to bolster its service to North America as a part of its winter 2023-24 schedule. The airline plans to operate up to 212 weekly flights to 21 destinations in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Starting from October 30, 2023, Air France will add a new non-stop service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Raleigh-Durham (North Carolina) thrice weekly deploying its B787-9 with 279 seats marking the airline’s 14th destination in US.
The route connecting Paris to Ottawa, Canada that commenced on June 27 will continue throughout 2023-24 winter schedule. The airline will operate 5 flights every week, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, on a Boeing 787-9 equipped with 279 seats. Air France is the only carrier that offers non-stop flights between Ottawa and Europe.
The airline will also resume flights connecting between Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe and Montreal, Canada from December 2, 2023 with 2 weekly flights Tuesdays and Saturdays on an Airbus A320 with WIFI.
The airline also plans to ramp its capacity from three to five to Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas), 21 from 17 last year to Montreal and five up from three last year to Vancouver (Canada) as a part of its winter schedule.
Montreal is among the 5 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.
Meanwhile, KLM, a member airline of the Air France-KLM Group, will fly between its Amsterdam Schiphol hub and 19 North American destinations: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Calgary, Cancun, Chicago, Edmonton, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mexico, Miami, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Montreal, New York JFK, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington.
Both carriers operate a shuttle bus service in Canada, between Montreal-Trudeau, Quebec City and Ottawa for Air France, and between Montreal-Trudeau and Ottawa for KLM.