Air France will reinstate its seasonal direct service between Paris and Cape Town with daily flights scheduled from 15 December 2025 to 12 January 2026. Operated by an Airbus A350, the service aims to meet peak travel demand during South Africa’s summer and Europe’s holiday period, offering expanded connectivity for both international visitors and South African outbound travellers.
The new route will depart Cape Town each morning at 08h50, landing in Paris at 19h20. Return flights will leave Paris at 18h30, arriving in Cape Town at 06h45 the following day. With this addition, the Air France-KLM group will operate up to 18 weekly flights to Cape Town and 32 to South Africa in total. The seasonal expansion will introduce over 11,000 seats weekly in each direction, strengthening tourism access to the Western Cape region and enhancing onward connectivity to Europe and the Americas.
