Air France is first to fly A380 to Latin America

20. Jan 2016
by BusinessClass

Air France last week launched its Airbus A380 aircraft to Mexico City, becoming the world’s first airline to fly the superjumbo to Latin America.

Air France now serves the Mexican capital six-times weekly from Paris, with three weekly flights operated by the A380 and three by Boeing 777-300 aircraft. From March 27, however, the A380 will replace the B777s and a daily service between the two capital cities will commence. “We are proud to be the first airline in the world to operate an Airbus’ A380 to Latin America. This is a strong sign reflecting the Air France-KLM Group’s commitment to promoting exchange between Mexico and the rest of the world. We are thus strengthening the Group’s presence in Mexico, which we have been serving for over 60 years, by increasing our capacity by 20% on the Paris-Mexico route. The A380 will also allow us to offer two new flight cabins on this route, La Première and Premium Economy, in an aim to offer our customers even greater choice”, said Patrick Alexandre,  Executive Vice President Commercial, Sales and Alliances Air France-KLM. A four-class A380 - with 516 seats spread across La Première (First), Business, Premium Economy and Economy - departs Paris on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays until March 26, when a daily A380 service will commence. Flight AF438 leaves Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 13:30, arriving in Mexico at 18:40. In the opposite direction, flight AF439 departs Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport at 21:10, landing at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 14:25. The new flights compliment Air France's four-times weekly service to Cancùn. Aeromexico recently announced new flights from Mexico City to London and Amsterdam,

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