With the lifting of travel restrictions and the resumption of traffic to numerous destinations, Air France has increased capacity for the winter season (October 2021 – March 2022).
In this way, up to 182 destinations will be served (87 on long haul and 95 on short and medium-haul, with new routes launched on all continents. For long-haul services, the airline plans the continued resumption of network operations and an increased “leisure” offer
This winter, Air France will add four destinations to its network on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle: two weekly flights to Zanzibar; three weekly flights to Muscat and Colombo; and four weekly flights to Banjul (Gambia).
Air France will also resume its flights to stations that have been closed since the beginning of the Covid crisis, including: Fortaleza (Brazil, 3 weekly flights as from 22 October 2021), Mahé (Seychelles, two weekly flights as from 23 October 2021), Cape Town (South Africa, three weekly flights as from 31 October 2021), Hong Kong (China, one weekly flight as from 5 November 2021), and Seattle (USA) three weekly flights as from 6 December 2021). Flights to Port-Louis (Mauritius) already resumed on 5 October 2021, with seven weekly flights.
Following the announcement to lift travel restrictions for vaccinated travellers expected in November 2021, Air France will progressively increase its capacity to and from the USA. By March 2022, Air France expects to return to a capacity equivalent to approximately 90% of its capacity in 2019 (compared to 50% in summer 2019) by adding frequencies to key destinations such as New York, Miami or Los Angeles, and by using larger capacity aircraft.
On its long-haul network, Air France will also connect Paris-Orly to Saint Martin with three weekly flights, with effect from 4 December 2021. This service will be in addition to the flights departing from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, with a total of 10 weekly flights operated to this destination. Saint Martin will thus join Cayenne, Pointe-à-Pitre, Fort-de-France and Saint-Denis de la Réunion in the list of destinations offered by Air France on departure from the two Paris airports, facilitating connections throughout the company’s short, medium and long-haul network.
Finally, Air France will be expanding its Caribbean Regional Network with two new destinations on departure from Pointe-à-Pitre to Montreal (Canada): 2 weekly flights as from 23 November 2021; and New York (USA): 2 weekly flights as from 24 November 2021.
Air France will also introduce its A220 into commercial service on 31 October with flights to Berlin (Germany), Madrid, Barcelona (Spain), Milan and Venice (Italy), then later in the winter to Bologna, Rome (Italy), Lisbon (Portugal) and Copenhagen (Denmark).