Highlights
- Air France will increase its Paris Charles de Gaulle to Phoenix Sky Harbor service to five flights per week beginning May 2025.
- The expansion builds on a route the carrier launched in summer 2024, when it added Phoenix as its 17th U.S. destination.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor confirmed the schedule increase, which adds two weekly departures to the existing three-times-weekly service.
- The move gives Phoenix one of the few direct transatlantic connections in the Southwest U.S. market.
Air France will increase its nonstop service between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to five times weekly beginning May 2025, up from the current three-times-weekly schedule, according to the airport and reporting corroborated by Airways Magazine and Simple Flying.
The route itself is recent. Air France launched the Paris-Phoenix service in summer 2024, making Phoenix its 17th U.S. destination. The outbound flight, designated AF068, departs Charles de Gaulle at 10:10 a.m. local time and arrives in Phoenix at 12:10 p.m. The return, AF069, leaves Phoenix at 2:10 p.m.
For Scottsdale and Paradise Valley travelers, the frequency increase is a practical upgrade: five weekly departures give considerably more scheduling flexibility than three, particularly for business travelers connecting onward through Paris to European or African destinations. Sky Harbor is the only Arizona airport with a direct transatlantic service.
ABC15 also confirmed the expanded schedule, citing the additional flights as part of Air France's broader push to deepen its U.S. network presence.
Why is Air France adding flights to Phoenix now?
Air France added Phoenix to its U.S. network in summer 2024 as its 17th American destination, and the frequency increase to five weekly flights from May 2025 reflects demand performance on the route in its first season of operation. Sky Harbor confirmed the expanded schedule in a December 2024 announcement.
The five-times-weekly schedule takes effect in May 2025.
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- skyharbor.com retrieved 09/05/2026 14:43
- airwaysmag.com retrieved 09/05/2026 14:43
- simpleflying.com retrieved 09/05/2026 14:43
- corporate.airfrance.com retrieved 09/05/2026 14:43
- ABC15 Arizona retrieved 09/05/2026 14:43
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