Air France will begin operating a daily A380 flight on its Montréal - Paris-Charles de Gaulle route effective this Friday, April 22. After an inaugural flight in October 2010 to mark Air France 's 60 years in Canada , the world's largest aircraft will touch down at the Montréal-Trudeau airport at 17h10 .
Air France 's very large capacity aircraft seats up to 538 passengers divided into three cabin classes, i.e. 9 seats in Première (First) on the main deck, 80 seats in Affaires (Business) on the upper deck, and 449 seats in Voyageur (Economy) split between the two decks.
Six inflight drink and snack bars divided between the two decks, extra space and extra comfort vie to make flying aboard an A380 a pleasantly relaxing experience, especially when you also factor in the particularly quiet cabin.
“Everything is in place in Montréal, the fourth A380 destination chosen by Air France , to welcome the aircraft. Supported by teams that have been bolstered to facilitate the processing of passengers, our staff is fully prepared,” declared Bénédicte Duval, Vice-President and General Manager of Air France-KLM Canada
59 daily flights out of Canada to Europe
As of May 9, Air France will operate 3 daily flights out of Montréal to Paris-CDG. This is in addition to KLM's daily flight to Amsterdam .
AIR FRANCE-KLM Group 2011 summer schedule for Montréal
Flight |
Paris-Montréal |
Flight |
Montréal-Paris |
Aircraft |
AF 344 |
CDG 13h40 YUL 15h00 |
AF 345 |
YUL 17h20 CDG 05h55 + 1 |
B 777-300 |
AF 346 |
CDG 16h10 YUL 17h20 |
AF 347 |
YUL 19h55 CDG 08h30 + 1 |
A 380 |
AF 349* |
CDG 19h10 YUL 20h45 |
AF 349 |
YUL 22h40 CDG 11h30 + 1 |
A 340-300 B 747-400* |
Flight |
Amsterdam-Montréal |
Flight |
Montréal-Amsterdam |
Aircraft |
KL 671 |
AMS 15h20 YUL 16h40 |
KL 672 |
YUL 19h15 AMS 07h50 + 1 |
MD 11 |
* The third flight as of May 9 aboard an A340 will raise total daily seat availability to 1,285. Then, effective June 2, a B747 will replace the A340, further increasing availability to 1,450 seats/day.
Air France and KLM will be offering a combined total of 59 flights a week out of Canada . Both airlines operate flights out of Montréal and Toronto , while Calgary and Vancouver are served by KLM.