An article by Chloé, added on 18 October 2021 3 min. reading
The gradual lifting of travel restrictions is leading to a resumption of travel to many destinations. Thus, for the winter season, Air France is stepping up its traffic for the period October 2021-March 2022 with up to 182 destinations on offer (87 long-haul and 95 short and medium-haul).
In this context, this winter on his long-haul network, four destinations are added to its network from Paris-Charles de Gaulle:
- Zanzibar (Tanzania): 2 flights per week continuing from Nairobi as of October 18, 2021
- Muscat (Sultanate of Oman): 3 flights per week as of October 31, 2021
- Colombo (Sri Lanka): 3 flights per week from November 1, 2021
- Banjul (Gambia): 7 flights per week from November 1, 2021
In addition, other destinations whose entry was inaccessible since the start of the health crisis will reopen:
- Fortaleza (Brazil, 3 flights per week from October 22, 2021),
- Mahé (Seychelles, 2 flights per week from 23 October 2021),
- Cape Town (South Africa, 3 flights per week from October 31, 2021),
- Hong Kong (China, 1 flight per week from November 5, 2021)
- Seattle (United States) 3 flights per week from December 6, 2021)
- The service to Port-Louis (Mauritius) has already resumed since October 5, 2021 with 7 flights per week
Towards a resumption of flights to the United States
In November 2021, vaccinated travelers will a priori be able to travel again with the company to the United States. 11 destinations are served. By March 2022, Air France plans to return to an offer corresponding to approximately 90% of that of 2019 (compared to 50% in summer 2021) in the United States, by adding frequencies to key destinations such as New York, Miami or Los Angeles, and by using higher capacity devices.
Finally, Air France will expand the offer of the Caribbean Regional Network with the opening of two new routes departing from Pointe-à-Pitre:
-Montréal (Canada): 2 flights per week as of November 23, 2021
-New York (United States): 2 flights per week from November 24, 2021
The winter season of the Air France medium-haul network is growing
Likewise, on his medium-haul network, the winter season will be marked byAirbus A220 enters commercial service.
Two new destinations will depart from Paris-Charles de Gaulle:
-Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): 2 flights per week from November 1, 2021
-ovaniemi (Lapland, Finland): 2 flights per week from December 4, 2021 to March 5, 2022
The summer lines between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Seville (Spain), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), Tangier (Morocco), Faro (Portugal), Djerba (Tunisia) and Krakow (Poland) will also be extended over the winter 2021 season.
Finally, as part of its commercial policy, Air France is offering until March 31, 2022 100% editable tickets. Customers can thus modify their reservation free of charge, or obtain a refundable credit if they no longer wish to travel. All the information on resuming flights is to be found here.
