Air France to launch daily seasonal flights to Cape Town

Air France, the national airline of France, will offer daily flights to and from Cape Town this year.

According to Travel News, the airline will operate seven flights a week between Cape Town International Airport (CPT) and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) during the 2025/26 southern summer season.

These daily flights will offer passengers seamless travel between Cape Town and Paris, providing access to one of the most iconic cities in Europe, and from there, connecting to Air France’s global network.

Paris to Cape Town: Flight schedule

Between 15 December 2025 and 12 January 2026, Air France will fly daily to the Mother City according to the following schedule:

• Daily flight AF0871 will depart Cape Town at 08:50 and arrive in Paris at 19:20.
• The daily return flight AF0890 will then depart Paris at 18:30 and arrive in Cape Town at 06:45 the following day.

“For our South African travellers, this expansion provides far more choices and options for your journeys to Europe and the Americas,” Wilson Tauro, Air France-KLM Country Manager for Southern Africa, said as per Travel News.