Air France launches direct flights between Riyadh and Paris
Prepare for take off…
This summer, get ready for direct flights to the city of lights and love. Air France will be resuming its Riyadh to Paris service for the first time in six years. This is everything we know about the direct flights between Riyadh and Paris.
Taking off starting Monday May 19, there will be three flights operating per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays until Sunday June 1, before the full schedule is implemented for the rest of the summer season.
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Once fully implemented, the schedule will see an increase in flight frequency from three to five flights per week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays starting Monday June 2.
The airline will start a direct link between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Riyadh. Flights will operate on Airbus A350-900 aircraft equipped with 324 seats. FSeat 34 in Business, 24 in Premium and 266 in Economy), with route fares starting at SAR1,918.
Fight schedule
- AF684: departing Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 11.20pm arriving in Riyadh at 6.25am the next day;
- AF685: departing Riyadh at 8.40am arriving at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 2.20pm
Once this new route is inaugurated, all three airlines of the Air France-KLM Group (Air France, KLM, and Transavia) will offer flights to and from Saudi Arabia.
Air France is the flag carrier of France and is headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, and works out of two hubs: Paris–Charles de Gaulle and Paris–Orly.
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