Air France adds Caribbean route from Atlanta

Air France will add a new route from the United States to the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. 

Air France will launch the service on Nov. 21, operating two flights a week on 170-seat Airbus A320 jets. Guadeloupe-bound flights will depart Atlanta each Wednesday and Sunday. The return flights leave Guadeloupe on Tuesdays and Saturdays. 

Air France will be the only airline flying non-stop on the route. 

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A close partner of Delta, Air France says Guadeloupe passengers will be able to connect to or from more than 60 U.S. and Canadian destinations via Delta, which operates its largest hub in Atlanta. In the other direction, Air France’s Atlanta passengers will be able to connect via Guadeloupe to Martinique – another French Caribbean island – or to Cayenne in the French territory of French Guiana in South America (Wednesdays only). 

For Air France, Atlanta becomes its second U.S. city with service to the Caribbean. The carrier already flies from Miami to Guadeloupe and to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

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