In a press release issued yesterday, Air France has announced that it is cutting capacity by about 50% for November and December. As the French carrier adapts to the restrictions brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic it is updating its schedule up until January 3, 2021. Given the current situation and the fact that Europe may now be seeing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Air France is cutting its regular winter schedule.
While still serving almost all its 170 winter destinations, the flights' frequencies will be changed to meet demand. Regarding domestic flights, Air France will operate 43 routes with daily return flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, and Lyon Saint-Exupéry. For the rest of Europe, Air France will serve all of its regular 67 winter destinations. As for long-haul routes, Air France will increase the number of flights to the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean destinations. Paris-Charles de Gaulle will see additional flights to Fort-de-France and Pointe-à-Pitre, while Paris-Orly will see more flights to Saint-Denis de La Réunion.
With international borders slowly beginning to open up, Air France's flight schedule is likely to change and remains subject to government authorization.
Flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Domestic
Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Clermont Ferrand, Lorient, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Pau, Rennes, Toulouse
French territories and other destinations in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean
Antananarivo, Fort-de-France, Havana, Mahe, Mauritius, Papeete, Point-a- Pitre, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo
Europe
Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Basel, Berlin, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bologna, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Erevan, Faro, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Istanbul, Kyiv, Krakow, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Naples, Newcastle, Nuremberg, Oslo, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Prague, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Seville, Sofia, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zurich
Middle East
Beirut, Dubai, Cairo
Africa
Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Algiers, Bamako, Bangui, Brazzaville, Casablanca, Capetown, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Djibouti, Douala, Freetown, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lomé, Luanda, Malabo, Marrakech, Monrovia, Nairobi, Niamey, N'Djamena, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Oran, Pointe-Noire, Rabat, Tunis, Yaoundé
North America
Atlanta, Boston, Cancun, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Mexico, Miami, Montreal, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington
South America
Bogota, Buenos Aires, Fortaleza, Lima, Panama City, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, San Jose, Sao Paulo
Asia
Bangalore, Bombay (Mumbai), Chennai, Delhi, Ho Chi Min City, Male, Osaka, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tianjin, Tokyo
Flights from Paris-Orly
Domestic
Ajaccio, Aurillac, Bastia, Brest, Brive, Calvi, Castres, Figari, Tarbes-Lourdes, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Pau, Perpignan, Toulon, Toulouse
French territories Caribbean & Indian Ocean
Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Pointe-a-Pitre, Saint-Denis de la Reunion
Flights from-Lyon-Saint-Exupéry
Flights from Lyon-Saint-Exupéry
Flight schedule for November and December 2020 to and from Lyon-Saint-Exupéry.
Domestic and European destinations
Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Caen, Lille, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Pau, Prague, Rennes, Rome, Strasbourg, Toulouse
Fully flexible tickets
Because of the current ever-changing situation, Air France wants to remind its customers that they can book their flights confidently. If customers need to cancel or change flights, it can be done at no extra cost until March 31, 2021.
Check entry requirements
Air France reminds passengers to check entry requirements for their destinations and transit countries as they may have been modified as a response to COVID-19.
Air France's health commitment
All Air France passengers must wear a face mask, and body temperature tests will be taken before boarding international flights. New procedures for the cleaning of aircraft cabins have been introduced with an approved virucidal product.
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