La Premiere suites will debut on Paris-JFK routes this spring and on Los Angeles, Singapore and Tokyo routes over the summer.
Air France in May will launch flights between Paris-Charles
de Gaulle and each Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Orlando, Fla., add flights to
certain routes for the summer season, and introduce its new La Première suite
on long-haul flights, the carrier announced Friday.
The Riyadh route will begin May 19 with up to five weekly
flights operating with Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The Orlando service, previously
announced in November, starts May 21 with four weekly flights operated with
the Airbus A350-900 aircraft.
In addition, Air France is adding a seventh daily flight
between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and New York's John F. Kennedy International
Airport, with five of the seven flights operated with Boeing 777-300ER
aircraft.
The carrier also this spring will introduce its new La
Première suites on select flights between Paris and New York. The suites,
introduced earlier this month, feature a modular design with a combined
reclining seat and chaise lounge that converts into a full flatbed. The suite
expands across five windows. After the suite launches on Air France's Paris-JFK
route, it will be rolled out on flights to Los Angeles, Singapore and Tokyo
over the summer season, according to the carrier.
Additional route frequencies include Paris-Phoenix flights
increasing to five weekly roundtrips, operating with Airbus A350-900 aircraft;
the winter Paris-Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, flights expanding through the
summer season with three weekly flights operated with Boeing 777-200ER
aircraft; additional flights to Lima, Peru, and Santiago, Chile; and the
Paris-Manila, Philippines, route extended into summer with three weekly flights
operated with Airbus A350-900 aircraft.
With these new and added frequencies, Air France's long-haul
summer capacity will increase 4 percent year over year, according to the
carrier.