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Flights to the carrier’s Paris Charles de Gaulle hub begin March 31, with Air France offering up to five flights a week on 224-seat Airbus A330 widebody jets. The service will run through Oct. 25, wrapping up before the typically lower-demand winter schedule.
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“We’re pleased to welcome Air France back to DFW Airport and bring more international flight service to the Dallas Fort Worth region,” DFC Airport CEO Sean Donohue says in a statement. “The new flights from Air France offer customers another convenient way to get to Europe for business connections or tourism.”
Dallas/Fort Worth customers can connect to dozens of destinations across Europe, Asia and Africa via Air France's Paris hub.
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For Air France, DFW becomes its 13th destination in the United States. The others: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Detroit, Houston Bush Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York JFK, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington Dulles.
Air France, a joint-venture and SkyTeam frequent-flyer partner of Atlanta-based Delta, will compete head to head on the route against American Airlines, which operates its largest hub at DFW. American offers year-round daily service on Boeing 787 “Dreamliners.”
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As for Air France's DFW schedule, the carrier will offer three flights a week (Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) from March 31 through June 30 before moving to a five-times-a-week schedule July 1 (every day except Tuesday and Thursday). The airline will drop back to thrice-weekly service from Sept. 4 through Oct. 25.
Air France says the A330s it will use on the route are updated with its latest cabin interior. The planes include 36 lie-flat business-class seats and 21 in Air France's international-style Premium Economy cabin. There are 167 seats in standard coach.
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