Future Routes: Paris Area
Featured Photo: An Air France Airbus A320 in Amsterdam (sorry I don’t have a picture of one in Paris)
In my sixth future routes post, I will document and analyze all the future routes coming to the Paris area. I will highlight future routes from the following airports:
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Paris Orly Airport
- Paris-Beauvais Airport
I know many of you are probably thinking “what is Beauvais Airport?” It is an airport one and a half hours to the north of Paris that mainly serves low cost carriers such as Ryanair and Wizz Air. Maybe I shouldn’t have qualified it as a Paris airport since it is so far away, but since it technically serves the Paris area, I have decided to include feature routes from Beauvais Airport in this post.
In this post, I am also including terminal maps of CDG and Orly airports and will be saying which terminal each airline operates out of for each route so you can know which terminal each airline operates out of at the airport. I will use Google Earth imagery with captions for the terminal maps. No, I am not doing a terminal map for Beauvais Airport as there really is only one small terminal there.
At Charles de Gaulle Airport, there are three main terminal areas. Terminal 1 is home to many airlines that aren’t partnered with Air France such as United. The terminal features multiple satellite terminals out of one central building. Terminal 2 features many different sub sections of the terminal and is home to airlines such as Air France (and their partners) and Easyjet. Terminal 3 only features hard stand gates where you have to use a bus to get to the aircraft and is home to many low cost carriers such as Vueling.
Charles de Gaulle Airport Map (Imagery From Google Earth)
Paris Orly Airport has only two terminals, so I will not be making an airport map for them. The first terminal, the South Terminal, is used by many low cost carriers such as Aigle Azur and Transavia while the West Terminal is predominately used by Air France and Vueling.
Orly Airport Map (Imagery From Google Earth)
Future Long Haul Flights:
Paris Charles de Gaulle to Fuzhou on Xiamen Air
A Xiamen Air Boeing 737-800 in Hong Kong
| Airline | Xiamen Airlines |
| Route | Paris Charles de Gaulle – Fuzhou |
| Length | Around 5,200 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Boeing 787-8 |
| Airline Type | Full Service |
| Notes | This is the first nonstop flight from Europe to Fuzhou. |
| Number of Weekly Flights | 3 |
| Start Date | December 11, 2018 |
| Terminal | Terminal 2 |
Paris Charles de Gaulle to Montreal on Primera Air
Image Courtesy of Primera Air
| Airline | Primera Air |
| Route | Paris Charles de Gaulle – Montreal |
| Length | Around 3,400 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A321neo |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | Air Canaca, Air France, and Air Transit also all operate the same route. |
| Number of Weekly Flights | 4 |
| Start Date | October 28, 2018 |
| Terminal | Terminal 3 |
Paris Charles de Gaulle to St. Maarten on Air France
A Porter Airlines Q400, an Air France A380, and an Etihad 787
| Airline | Air France |
| Route | Paris Charles de Gaulle – St. Maarten |
| Length | Around 4,170 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A340-300 |
| Airline Type | Full Service |
| Notes | Air France subsidiary Joon ending route to St. Maarten while Air France is starting to fly that route again. |
| Number of Weekly Flights | 1 |
| Start Date | October 28, 2018 |
| Terminal | Terminal 2 |
Paris Orly to Beijing on Aigle Azur
| Airline | Aigle Azur |
| Route | Paris Orly – Beijing Capital |
| Length | Around 5,100 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A330-200 |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | This is Aigle Azur’s first flight to Asia, and is there second long haul flight after their flight to Sao Paulo; Air France and Air China also operate from Beijing to Paris, but to CDG |
| Number of Weekly Flights | 3 |
| Start Date | September 5, 2018 |
| Terminal | South Terminal |
Level out of Paris Orly
Photo Courtesy of Level Airlines
| Airline | Level (owned by IAG) |
| Route | Paris Orly – Fort-de-France (Martinique) |
| Length | Around 5,100 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A330-200 |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | Air Caraibes, Air France, and Corsair also operate on that route |
| Number of Weekly Flights | 3 |
| Start Date | September 3, 2018 |
| Terminal | West Terminal |
| Airline | Level (owned by IAG) |
| Route | Paris Orly – Newark |
| Length | Around 3,650 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A330-200 |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | Open Skies (airline, also owned by IAG) ceasing operations to Newark on September 2 |
| Number of Weekly Flights | 4 |
| Start Date | September 4, 2018 |
| Terminal | West Terminal |
Future Short Haul Flights:
easyJet out of Paris CDG
| Airline | easyJet |
| Route | Paris CDG – Berlin-Shonefeld |
| Length | Around 550 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A320 Series |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | easyJet also flies from Berlin-Tegel to Paris |
| Terminal | 2D |
| Start Date | October 28, 2018 |
| Airline | easyJet |
| Route | Paris CDG – Pau Pyrénées Airport (France) |
| Length | Around 390 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A320 Series |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | easyJet’s first service to Pau |
| Terminal | 2D |
| Start Date | February 4, 2019 |
Primera Air out of Paris CDG
| Airline | Primera Air |
| Route | Paris CDG – Malaga |
| Length | Around 920 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Boeing 737-700/800 |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | N/A |
| Terminal | 3 |
| Start Date | October 23, 2018 |
| Airline | Primera Air |
| Route | Paris CDG – Tel Aviv Ben Gurion |
| Length | Around 2,040 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Boeing 737 |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | Primera Air’s first flight to Tel Aviv |
| Terminal | 3 |
| Start Date | October 29, 2018 |
Blue Air out of Paris CDG
| Airline | Blue Air |
| Route | Paris CDG – Henri Coandă International Airport (Bucharest) |
| Length | Around 1,160 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Boeing 737 |
| Airline Type | Full Service |
| Notes | Blue Air already flies from Bucharest to Paris Beauvais |
| Terminal | Terminal 3 |
| Start Date | October 28, 2018 |
Low Cost Airlines out of Paris Beauvais
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 in Dublin
| Airline | Laudamotion |
| Route | Paris Beauvais – Vienna |
| Length | Around 660 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A320 Series |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | First Laudamotion Service to Paris |
| Start Date | October 28, 2018 |
| Airline | Ryanair |
| Route | Paris Beauvais – Prague |
| Length | Around 550 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Boeing 737-800 |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | N/A |
| Start Date | October 28, 2018 |
| Airline | Wizz Air |
| Route | Paris Beauvais – Chisinau |
| Length | Around 1,220 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A320 Series |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | N/A |
| Start Date | December 14, 2018 |
Paris Orly to Milan on Aigle Azur
| Airline | Aigle Azur |
| Route | Paris Orly – Milan-Malpensa |
| Length | Around 370 Miles |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A320 Series |
| Airline Type | Low Cost |
| Notes | Aigle Azur’s first flight to Milan |
| Terminal | South Terminal |
| Start Date | September 14, 2018 |
Are you planning to fly on any of the future routes out of Paris?
