Yesterday, a scheduled Air France flight from Paris landed in Newark for the first time since 2012. Air France and the Port Authority New York-New Jersey held a gate ceremony in Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport to commemorate the historic occasion.
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At 14:22 local time, Air France flight 62 landed at EWR after a seven-hour and thirty-six-minute journey from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport. Today’s flight marked the first time a scheduled Air France flight from Paris touched down in Newark since 2012. The aircraft used on the flight was a 22-year-old Boeing 777-200ER, tail number F-GSPK.
Route schedule
Cirium’s schedule data shows Air France has 40 flights in both directions between Newark and Paris in December. All flights in December will be on the airline’s Boeing 777-200 and -200ER aircraft. Flights on the new route will increase in January and will be divided between the 777s and the 787-9. Air France’s operations will peak on the route from April through September 2023, between 60-62 monthly flights…
