Air France London Heathrow – Paris by A380 this summer

Air France have just announced that their Airbus A380 will exceptionally operate on the London-Heathrow airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle route for the very first time from Saturday, 12th June 2010 until Monday, 30th August 2010.
Air France will be the only airline operating an A380 on short haul flights. Therefore, customers will have a unique opportunity to experience flying on the world’s largest aircraft this summer.

London to Paris from only £80 rtn

For this special event, we have launched very attractive fares from just £80* return including all taxes in Economy Class, and from just £280* return including all taxes in the Business Class cabin.

The Air France A380 will be assigned to flight numbers AF1981 (Departing London Heathrow, 12:50) and AF1980 (Departing Paris Charles de Gaulle, 10:05) during all Summer weekends from Saturday to Monday, plus all Fridays in July.

Air France and the A380

On November 20th the Air France A380 landed at New York’s J.F. Kennedy airport after the maiden flight between Europe and the United States for this type of aircraft.

The proceeds of the auction of seats on the two inaugural Paris-New York-Paris flights reached 300,000 euros, more than expected. The amount will thus finance 5 humanitarian projects for children in need instead of the three initially planned.

The Air France A380 can carry up to 538 passengers. There are three cabin classes on board: La Première – first,
Affaires – business and Voyageur – economy.

Source and picture: Air France