{"id":872845,"date":"2026-08-31T14:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=872845"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:18:25","slug":"new-international-flight-coming-to-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/872845\/new-international-flight-coming-to-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"New international flight coming to Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Air France has announced that it will resume its direct flights between Cape Town and Paris for the 2026 summer season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flights will start on 22 September 2026 and continue until 27 March 2027, with frequency increasing as the season progresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between September and October, flights will run three times per week between Cape Town International Airport and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flights will then increase their frequency from the start of November until 27 March 2027, with five per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These flights will depart Cape Town at approximately 08h30 every morning and arrive at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 19h20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flights between the two continents will be operated by Air France’s Airbus A350-900, one of its flagship long-haul aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This flight route was previously operated and has been reintroduced as Air France seeks to strengthen its long-haul network and respond to growing demand from both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air France country manager in South Africa, Wilson Tauro, said, “We are incredibly excited to bring our popular seasonal Cape Town\u2013Paris service back for the 2026\/27 summer season.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Cape Town and Paris are two destinations with an incredibly strong connection, whether through tourism, business, culture or the many South Africans who travel to France each year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Increasing the service to five flights a week for the majority of the season gives our customers even greater flexibility when planning their European travels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tauro also noted that the new flight route would help connect South Africa to the broader European region, through its hub in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The route is also an important part of our commitment to connecting South Africa with the world through our Paris hub,” he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The schedules for the new flights will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 September \u2013 31 October 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Days<\/strong><\/td>Monday, Wednesday and Saturday<\/td><\/tr>
Departure<\/strong><\/td>Cape Town @ 00h15<\/td><\/tr>
Arrival<\/strong><\/td>Paris-Charles de Gaulle @ 12h15<\/td><\/tr>
Frequency<\/strong><\/td>3 flights per week<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1 November 2026 \u2013 27 March 2027<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Days<\/strong><\/td>Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday<\/td><\/tr>
Departure<\/strong><\/td>Cape Town @ 08h30<\/td><\/tr>
Arrival<\/strong><\/td>Paris-Charles de Gaulle @ 19h20<\/td><\/tr>
Frequency<\/strong><\/td>5 flights per week<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Air France has announced the reintroduction of its direct flight between Cape Town and Paris for the 2026 summer season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":872858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2094399455860564363","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2191879058299160","_sma_instagram_post_id":"17932397865387730","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[22681,13796,26348],"class_list":["post-872845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-air-france","tag-cape-town-international-airport","tag-paris-charles-de-gaulle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872845"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872860,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872845\/revisions\/872860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}