Air France is expanding its offering in South America with the inauguration of non-stop flights between Paris and Salvador de Bahia, its fifth destination in Brazil, after Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos, Fortaleza and Belem (operated via Cayenne).
Flight AF 476 was operated by an Airbus A350 registered as F-HTYL and named “Pointe-à-Pitre”, which left Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport at 11:07 local time on October 28 and arrived at Salvador International Airport at 16:20, after nine hours and twelve minutes.
Air France is the third European airline to offer scheduled passenger flights at Salvador International Airport, complementing the services of TAP Air Portugal from Lisbon and Air Europa from Madrid. In addition, LOT Polish Airlines offers charter flights from Warsaw
“The Air France flight connects Bahia with the world. It represents a historic milestone for Bahia tourism, the result of the collaboration between the State Government, the French airline and Vinci Airports,” highlighted Maurício Bacelar, Bahia’s Secretary of Tourism.
Flight schedule between Paris (CDG) and Salvador de Bahia (SSA)
- Flight AF 476: CDG 10:25 – SSA 16:40 Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
- Flight AF 465: SSA 18:50 – CDG 08:20+1 Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
The route is operated on Airbus A350-900 aircraft with a capacity of 324 seats in three classes: 34 Business Class, 24 Premium and 266 Economy.
For this December, Air France will have a total of 33 weekly flights to Brazil operating from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Sao Paulo-Guarulhos (two daily flights), Rio de Janeiro (10 weekly flights), Fortaleza (5 weekly flights), Salvador de Bahia (3 weekly flights) and from Cayenne, French Guiana to Belem (one weekly frequency).
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