Air France and KLM winter schedule: More long-haul and Germany flights

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Air France and KLM are expanding long-haul capacity in the 2025/2026 winter schedule, running from October 26, 2025, to March 28, 2026. Air France will operate to nearly 170 destinations in 73 countries, including two new ones. It will also increase frequencies to Düsseldorf and Munich. KLM offers an extensive route network to 161 destinations, including 92 within Europe and 69 intercontinental. Compared to the previous winter schedule, KLM is increasing the total number of available seats by six percent, primarily to India (+28%) and the Caribbean (+17%).

New destinations in the winter flight schedule

Air France is further expanding its long-haul network in its winter schedule: Starting November 27, it will fly up to three times a week non-stop from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Phuket with Boeing 777-300ERs. From January 13 to March 28, 2026, there will also be three weekly non-stop flights to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with the same aircraft type. Starting at the end of November, KLM will start one weekly flight to Kittilä in Finnish Lapland. Barbados will also return to the network, combined with Georgetown (Guyana): This route will be served three times a week. Exeter and Ljubljana, two destinations newly added to the summer schedule, will also be available for the first time in the winter schedule. Starting at the end of February, KLM will also offer three weekly non-stop flights to San Diego.

Long-haul flights

Air France will continue its service from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Orlando, which launched in the summer, with five weekly flights this winter with Airbus A350-900s. Raleigh-Durham (USA), Cancún (Mexico), and Papeete (French Polynesia, via Los Angeles) will be served up to seven times per week instead of five.

In South America, Air France is expanding its service to Brazil to up to twelve connections per week between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Rio de Janeiro, and five to Salvador de Bahia. The Paris-Charles de Gaulle – San José (Costa Rica) route will be expanded to up to ten non-stop flights per week, up from seven in the 2024/2025 winter schedule.

In Africa, Air France will serve Cape Town up to seven times a week from Paris-Charles de Gaulle with Airbus A350-900s. It will also fly to Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) up to five times a week instead of three times a week, and will use Airbus A350-900s and Boeing 777-300ERs to Mauritius. KLM will fly to Cape Town for the first time during the entire winter schedule, eleven times a week (+1). Other destinations with increased frequencies include Boston, Miami, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Aruba/Bonaire, São Paulo, Lima, and San José.

Bangkok is now part of Air France’s twice-daily flight schedule from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, and the route to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which opened in the summer, will continue in the winter with three non-stop flights per week. Air France will fly to Dubai 16 times per week, compared to 14 last winter.

Between the beginning of January and the end of February, KLM will offer three additional weekly flights to Delhi and Panama City, bringing the total to ten flights per week. Bangkok will also have ten weekly flights from mid-December, and Curaçao eleven.

Short and medium haul

In the 2025/2026 winter schedule, Air France will fly up to 630 times daily to more than 90 short- and medium-haul destinations. It will increase frequencies between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and key French cities such as Toulouse (up to 11 flights daily), Marseille (up to 9 flights daily), and Nice (up to 8 flights daily), thereby strengthening regional connections to its medium- and long-haul network.

A new early morning flight will be added between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and London-Heathrow, bringing the total to seven connections per day. Cork (Ireland) will be served with four flights per week throughout the winter schedule.

In Italy, Air France is offering an additional daily flight to Milan Linate and Milan Malpensa. There will be five weekly flights to Verona throughout the winter schedule. Air France is also increasing frequencies to Germany and Switzerland, with flights to Düsseldorf, Munich, and Zurich up to six, five, and four times daily, respectively.

Tangier (Morocco) is on the schedule from Paris-Charles de Gaulle throughout the winter with up to three flights per week, and Tenerife is served four times a week during the holiday season.

KLM will now also fly to Ibiza in November and December and, after a short break, will resume the service in February and March 2026. During the same periods, there will also be additional flights to Naples and Athens, as well as to Bordeaux, Gothenburg, Poznan, Cork, Leeds, and Vienna.

The winter schedule of Transavia France, the low-cost subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group headquartered at Paris-Orly Airport, includes 109 destinations in 29 countries across 227 routes, thus consolidating its position as the leading low-cost carrier for connections from airports in the greater Paris area.

New products from Air France and KLM

The new La Première Suite is now available on select flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to New York-JFK, Singapore, and Los Angeles. Starting in December and March 2026, it will also be offered on flights to Miami and Tokyo Haneda, respectively. From December 15 to March 28, 2026, Air France will also offer the La Première Suite on daily flights between Paris-CDG and Tel Aviv, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER.

At Los Angeles International Airport, Air France is introducing a new, dedicated ground service designed to make the La Première journey as seamless and exclusive as possible. La Première customers can now check in at a dedicated area between Terminals 1 and 2, where they will receive personalized attention, immediate baggage drop, priority TSA security screening, and a subsequent transfer across the tarmac by private vehicle. Passengers will then enjoy a faster, smoother route to the dedicated La Première area of ​​the new Air France lounge near the departure gate.

Another important milestone in Air France’s premiumization strategy in September 2025 was the gradual rollout of the new high-speed Wi-Fi service across its entire fleet, including, for the first time, on its regional aircraft. Around twenty medium- and long-haul aircraft are already equipped, allowing customers to enjoy a free, stable, fast, and secure connection during their flight. Air France is the first major European airline to offer this service on board. The goal is to equip 30 percent of the fleet by the end of the year and the entire fleet by the end of 2026.

KLM expects to deliver its 15th and final long-haul Boeing 787-10 this winter. In addition, three new Airbus A321neo aircraft will also be delivered this winter. The fleet renewal supports KLM’s goal of operating more sustainably, quietly, and efficiently.