French flag-carrier airline Air France will give Las Vegas a month-long tryout in January, flying routes between Paris and Harry Reid International Airport from Jan. 3-23.
The flights are a part of an Air France international expansion, which includes new routes between Paris’ Charles de Gaulle International Airport; Phuket, Thailand; and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Air France already has expanded routes this year to Orlando, Florida, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Las Vegas flights were first announced this month before the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors. Joel Van Over of Atlanta-based Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting told board members Air France is expanding its usual strategy of providing six weekly flights during January’s CES convention. Van Over said the airline, a part of the Air France-KLM Group, will test the viability of…
