Air France to launch service between Paris & Ottawa this June

Air France is increasing capacity to Canada, the airline's second largest long-haul market in terms of available seat capacity.

In summer 2023, Air France will operate up to 50 weekly flights to five destinations in Canada: Ottawa (new service in 2023), Quebec City (introduced last year), as well as Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver (destinations served year-round by Air France).

The service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier (YOW) will be inaugurated on June 27, 2023, and will be operated five times weekly – Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays – on Air France's 224-seater Airbus A330-200 (36 in Business, 21 in Premium Economy, and 167 in Economy).

The flight schedule is as follows: 

AF328: Leaves Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 13:10, arrives in Ottawa at 15:05
AF327: Leaves Ottawa at 17:05, arrives at Paris-Charles de Gaulle the following day at 06:15

"We are proud to be the only airline flying non-stop from Ottawa to Europe," said Jean-Eudes de La Bretèche, GM of Air France KLM Canada, "and are delighted about the new tourism, cultural and business opportunities this service between the two capitals will generate. This now brings to five the Canadian destinations Air France serves."

The Air France bus service currently available to customers free of charge between Montreal-Trudeau Airport and Ottawa will continue to offer two daily shuttles. 

The bus times are specifically scheduled to facilitate connections with Air France flights to and from Paris. 

Two daily bus services also link Montreal-Trudeau and Quebec City.

Resuming routes

Inaugurated in summer 2022, the seasonal Paris-Charles de Gaulle-Quebec City service will resume this year starting on May 2, 2023. There will be three weekly flights on Boeing 787-9 on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

the flight schedule is: 

AF352: Leaves Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 20:50, arrives in Quebec City at 22:05
AF353: Leaves Quebec City at 23:55, arrives at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 12:40

Flights to destinations served year-round by Air France will also be increased, boosting the overall flight capacity to Canada by more than 25 per cent compared to 2019. 

Consequently, Air France will be connecting travellers between its Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub and:

• Montreal (the company's second leading international long-haul destination) with up to three daily flights,
• Toronto with two daily flights,
• Vancouver with one daily flight.

In addition, KLM, part of Air France-KLM Group, will connect Amsterdam-Schiphol airport to the following destinations in Canada this summer:

• Toronto with up to 13 flights weekly
• Calgary with 7 flights weekly
• Vancouver with up to 7 flights weekly
• Montreal with up to 5 flights weekly
• Edmonton with up to 4 flights weekly

A KLM bus service also runs between Montreal-Trudeau and Ottawa.

Detailed flight times, days and fares may be consulted on airfrance.com and klm.com

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