(Boursier.com) — Air France launches new special flights to connect Los Angeles to the Côte d’Azur for the Cannes Film Festival and the Monaco F1 Grand Prix!
On May 13 and 27, 2024, Air France will offer two special flights connecting Los Angeles (United States) and the city of Nice (France) directly. These flights will meet the strong demand from customers on the American west coast who wish to enjoy the Côte d’Azur and its famous Cannes International Film Festival, of which Air France is an official partner, as well as the Monaco F1 Grand Prix. .
Connect Hollywood to the Cannes Film Festival with Air France
The flights will be operated by Airbus A350 equipped with the company’s latest cabins. In Business, customers benefit from a sliding door allowing them to completely privatize their own space, thus protected from the rest of the cabin. Each seat transforms into a flat bed almost two meters long, for optimal comfort.
In Premium Economy, the latest “recliner” type seat has a wide seat of 48 cm and reclines to 121o. In Economy, the seat is equipped with ergonomic foam, reclines to 119o and offers 79cm of legroom. Each cabin offers in-flight Wi-Fi and large, high-definition individual touchscreens.
Flight times (local time)
May 13, 2024 – AF041 – Departure from Los Angeles at 1:15 p.m., arrival in Nice at 9:35 a.m. the next day;
May 27, 2024 – AF040 – Departure from Nice at 1:55 p.m., arrival in Los Angeles at 5:05 p.m. the same day.
Air France will also offer four special flights between New York-JFK and Nice on the occasion of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which will take place from June 17 to 21, 2024. These flights will also be operated by an Airbus A350 equipped with the new cabins. of the company, with departures from New York on June 15 and 16, 2024, and returns from Nice on June 20 and 21, 2024.
The Airbus A350 is the flagship of Air France’s long-haul fleet. With CO2 emissions reduced by 25% compared to previous generation aircraft, it represents an effective way of reducing the company’s environmental footprint. Its noise footprint is also reduced by 40%.
Reinforced service to the United States
During the 2024 summer season, Air France is strengthening its service to the United States. After announcing the resumption of its flights to Minneapolis (Minnesota) from May 13, 2024 and the extension of service to Raleigh-Durham (North Carolina) during the summer, the company has just announced a new destination, Phoenix (Arizona) which it will inaugurate on May 23, 2024. Air France will then offer 17 destinations in the United States: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York-JFK, New York-Newark, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington-DC.
Air France loves cinema!
For the 44th consecutive year, Air France is a partner of the Cannes festival, the 77th edition of which will be held from May 14 to 25, 2024. The company is thus celebrating the largest international meeting of the seventh art and promoting its love of cinema. Since the first screening of an American in Paris in 1951 aboard a Constellation between New York and Paris, cinema has permeated Air France’s DNA, becoming an essential element of its travel experience. In all of its long-haul cabins, Air France offers a cinema offering all year round on the latest generation of individual HD screens.
The company thus has 1,500 hours of on-board entertainment, including a wide selection of French films and award-winning works from previous editions of the Cannes Film Festival. Carefully chosen, its offer adapts to the tastes and cultures of all its customers and this vast cinematographic selection is enriched with feature films broadcast in original version.