Up to 11 daily: Air France adds more New York flights this summer
February 14, 2026
Air France has filed increases to its New York operation for this summer, according to an official statement it released this week and schedule filings displayed by aviation analytics firm Cirium.
The company is planning up to 11 daily flights from New York-JFK and Newark, with increases concentrated at the latter. This expansion will only be offered during the peak summer season, beginning on 1 June 2026.
Air France doubles down on Newark flights
Air France is adding an additional daily frequency to Newark this summer, operated by an Airbus A350-900. The new services will feature the carrier’s “latest cabins” it says including its new business class.
It describes the second daily frequency as providing “unprecedented flexibility” for business and leisure travellers alike.
All its flights from Newark and New York-JFK operate to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. From Newark, the carrier will compete against local carrier United Airlines which also offers two daily frequencies between the airports.
The airline’s New York-JFK flights are operated a mix of Boeing 777-300ER equipment (5 daily) and one daily Airbus A350-900 flight. Four of the daily 777-300ERs are equipped with its new La Première cabin, the carrier said in a statement.
Air France remains the largest on the market by far
According to schedules, Air France will provide a whopping 56 weekly services between Paris and New York. This includes six daily to New York-JFK and the aforementioned two daily to Newark.
Other airlines on the market include Air France partner Delta Air Lines with three daily flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to New York-JFK. American Airlines offers a daily connection on the same sector, while United flies twice daily from Newark.
A handful of smaller independent airlines also operate on the sector. This includes La Compagnie with its all-business class flights from Paris Orly to Newark, JetBlue with its daily narrowbody connections from CDG to JFK, and finally French Bee which flies an A350 from Orly to Newark.
Of the 119 weekly frequencies, Air France and partner Delta Air Lines operate 77 of them. This equates to a 65% capacity share by weekly flights.
Delta and Air France have the strongest load factors
On the New York-Paris market as a whole, Delta and Air France have the highest load factors according to data from the US Department of Transportation.
During the 12 months ending November 2025, Delta achieved an average load factor of 90% while Air France reached 89%. All carriers operating on the segment achieved total load factors that exceeded 82%.
Norse Atlantic Airways announced it would suspend its connection between the two cities, despite healthy loads. Loads are not a reflection of profitability; rather, they hint at an airline’s ability to fill its planes. It provides little information about yield.
Norse has shifted a large part of its business to ACMI operations, while transatlantic flights have been slashed. For what concerns the remainder of its regularly schedules passenger flights, it has prioritised growth in Asia on relevant leisure markets to the likes of Bangkok.
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