Air France increase services to India

New Delhi, June 19 (UNI) Air France will operate three weekly flights from October 30 to Chennai using its own aircraft.

The service is currently operated on a code-share basis with Delta Air Lines aircraft and crew. These flights will also be sold by Delta Air Lines.

The flight will be operated using an Airbus A340 seating 291:30 in laEspace Affaires and 261 in Tempo. Schedules will be well-suited to passengers with short connections at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) on their way to and from other Air France destinations.

In addition, Air France will increase capacity on other flights between Europe and India with seven weekly flights from Paris to Bangalore instead of five.

The Paris-Mumbai route will be operated using Boeing 777-300s with 310 seats instead of the Boeing 777-200s with 270 seats operated last winter.

In all, Air France's capacity to India will be increased by 27 per cent. Together, Air France and KLM will offer 42 weekly frequencies (instead of 36 last year) to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

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