Air France Expands Network, Continues Rollout of New Cabins

Air France has announced the expansion of its network, with the addition of new routes and increases to or resumption of existing routes, for the Summer 2024 schedule.

The airline will also continue to roll out new cabins on long-haul flights, including to many destinations in North America.

Air France Expands Network, Increases Capacity

Air France has announced the expansion of its network for Summer 2024, which includes the launch of new routes and increasing capacity on others.

These updates come as France prepares to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which are set to take place from July 26–August 11, 2024, and August 28–September 8, 2024, respectively.

This summer, Air France will serve 189 destinations in a total of 74 countries across the globe.

In North America, Air France will launch a new thrice-weekly service connecting Paris (CDG) with Phoenix (PHX) on the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

This comes in addition to the resumption of daily flights to Minneapolis (MSP), and increasing service to Raleigh-Durham (RDU) to seven weekly flights.

During the Cannes Film Festival, Air France is launching two special flights on the Airbus A350-900 between Los Angeles (LAX) and Nice (NCE), complete with the airline’s latest travel cabins. 

This summer, Air France will offer over 210 flights per week to 17 destinations in the United States, as well as nearly 60 flights to five Canadian cities (Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver).

In sum, Air France’s long-haul capacity is up 9% over 2023, with flights to 85 long-haul destinations. 

Air France Rolls Out New Long-Haul Cabins

Air France is continuing to roll out new cabins on its fleet of Boeing 777-300ERs and Airbus A350-900s. The airline is refurbishing its business class, premium economy, and economy cabins to offer its latest products to passengers on a growing number of routes.

At first, passengers flying between Paris (CDG) and New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), Washington DC (IAD), Boston (BOS), Houston (IAH), Rio de Janeiro (GIG), Bangkok (BKK), Dakar (DSS), Tokyo Haneda (HND), Hong Kong (HKG), Seoul (ICN), Shanghai (PVG), and Johannesburg (JNB) will be able to find Air France’s best cabin products.

Then, this summer, Air France will continue to roll out new cabins on routes between Paris (CDG) and Toronto (YYZ), Chicago (ORD), Vancouver (YVR), San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), Papeete (PPT), Mexico City (MEX), and Tokyo Narita (NRT). 

It’s exciting to see two Canadian routes included on routes with the new cabins, as well as three more US routes and the airline’s unique fifth freedom route between Los Angeles (LAX) and Papeete (PPT). 

Booking Air France Flights with Miles

If you’d like to book flights with Air France using miles, your best bet is to use the airline’s own program, Air France KLM Flying Blue. 

In Canada, you can earn Flying Blue miles on the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard, and you can also convert American Express Membership Rewards points into Flying Blue miles at a 1:0.75 ratio.

In the United States, you can earn Flying Blue miles on the Bank of America Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard, and you can also convert American Express US Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Capital One Miles, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Rewards at a 1:1 ratio.

All Air France flights between Europe and North America have the following “starting at” prices with Flying Blue:

• Economy: 20,000 miles
• Premium economy: 30,000 miles
• Business class: 50,000 miles

These are the lowest-available prices for Air France flights, although it’s worth noting that you’ll also see higher prices on many dates, too.

The best way to search for the lowest prices is to use the calendar search function on the Flying Blue website. 

Simply enter in your city pairs and desired class of service, but don’t enter any dates.

Then, once you click “Search flights”, you’ll see a calendar showing the lowest-available prices for a month at a time. This makes finding flights with the lowest pricing easy to spot.

It’s worth noting that Air France also offers Promo Rewards each month, which feature discounts in various classes of service on a number of routes. 

Keep an eye out for Promo Rewards to destinations that feature the new cabins in the coming months, and then lock in your booking with the best-available price.

Conclusion

Air France is increasing its capacity for the Summer 2024 season, during which France will play host to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

The airline is adding new routes and increasing capacity on others, including to many destinations in North America.

Furthermore, Air France is continuing to roll out new cabins on its fleet, which will be offered on a growing number of routes in North America.

Fortunately, booking Air France flights with miles is quite easy in both Canada and the United States. If you’d like to try out Air France’s best products, be sure to lock in a booking soon!