For the 2019 summer season (March 31 to October 27, 2019), Air France is increasing capacity by 0,5% compared to the previous summer season and offering 26 new routes. This growth is broken down as follows –
– +0.7% for long-haul passenger operations,
– -0.3% for medium and short-haul passenger operations.
Long-haul: +0.7%
On its long-haul network, Air France-KLM will operate 2 new routes2 from Paris-Charles de Gaulle –
– Dallas (USA) with the completely redesigned Airbus A330 from March 31 to the end of the season with 5 weekly flights.
– Quito (Ecuador) operated by Joon to begin with, the service will be resumed by Air France as of June 26, with 3 weekly flights.
Medium and short-haul: -0.3%
On its medium and short-haul network, Air France is expanding its offer of destinations and connections with 24 new routes.
Throughout the 2019 summer season, the Air France will offer 5 new routes on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle and regions:
– On departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle with Air France: Belgrade (Serbia), Tbilissi (Georgia) and Lorient (France) as from March 31
– On departure from the French regions with Air France HOP:
- On departure from Lyon – Lorient (France),
- ​On departure from Brest – Amsterdam (Netherlands),
During the peak summer period, the Air France will offer 19 new routes:
– On departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle – Heraklion (Crete, Greece), Olbia (Sardinia, Italy), Palermo (Sicily, Italy) and Split (Croatia) with Air France
– On departure from the French regions with Air France HOP:
- On departure from Bordeaux – Athens (Greece),
- On departure from Toulouse – Copenhagen (Denmark) and Minorca (Spain),
- On departure from Marseille – Heraklion (Greece) and La Rochelle (France),
- On departure from Brest – Bastia (France) and Nice (France),
- On departure from Caen – Calvi (France),
- On departure from Nice – La Rochelle (France) and Pau (France),
- On departure from Rouen – Figari (France),
- On departure from Nantes – Toulon (France),
- On departure from Metz – Figari (France),
- On departure from Perpignan – Strasbourg (France),
- On departure from Rennes – Calvi (France).
2019 summer schedule – a 2% increase in capacity
For the 2019 summer season (March 31 to October 27, 2019), Air France-KLM is increasing capacity by 2% compared to the previous summer season1 and offering 58 new routes. This growth is broken down as follows –
- +1.3% for long-haul passenger operations,
- +1.2% for medium and short-haul passenger operations,
- +9.3% for Transavia’s low-cost operations.