Air France Targets Leisure Demand With A350 Service To Las Vegas

Air France will launch a new nonstop route between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Las Vegas next spring, adding the Nevada city as its 19th U.S. destination and expanding transatlantic capacity to one of North America’s most competitive leisure markets.

Beginning April 15, 2026, the SkyTeam alliance member will operate three flights per week to Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays using Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The route represents Air France’s first scheduled year-round service to Las Vegas, following a series of limited flights in previous years that coincided with the annual Consumer Electronics Show.

The addition strengthens Air France-KLM’s joint venture presence in the western U.S. and complements KLM’s existing daily Amsterdam-Las Vegas flights. The new route also comes as Air France continues to expand its transatlantic footprint to record levels.

According to OAG Schedules Analyser, the carrier operated up to 217X-weekly flights to the U.S. in peak summer 2025, providing 3.52 million two-way seats between France and the U.S.—a 6.2% increase year on year. Air France ranked as the sixth-largest Europe-U.S. carrier by seat share at 5.4%, while joint venture partners Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and KLM accounted for 14.7%, 5% and 2.7%, respectively. SAS Scandinavian Airlines, which is expected to join the transatlantic alliance, held 1.7%.

The Paris-Las Vegas market was last served regularly by defunct XL Airways France, which operated seasonal flights between July 2010 and August 2014 before ceasing operations. Since then, no carrier has maintained regular service between the cities.

Sabre Market Intelligence data shows that O&D traffic between the cities totaled about 60,000 passengers in 2024, with modest 0.4% annual growth. The market ranked fifth among Las Vegas-Europe city pairs, behind London, Frankfurt, Dublin and Amsterdam—all of which have existing nonstop service. Most Paris-originating travelers are currently connected via London Heathrow, Los Angeles or New York JFK.

Las Vegas’s European connectivity has expanded steadily in recent years. In summer 2025, the city is linked to Europe by Condor, Edelweiss, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Discover Airlines and KLM. Aer Lingus also launched a seasonal Dublin-Las Vegas route in October 2024, which will return in winter 2025-26. However, Norse Atlantic Airways exited the market at the end of the winter 2024-25, ending its London Gatwick-Las Vegas flights.