The two new routes operated by Air France between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Panama City will take off on 27 October for the entire winter 2014 season. The airline will operate five weekly flights between the two capitals, which have been linked since 25 November. The routes will be operated every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with Boeing 777-200 aircraft with a capacity of 309 seats, including 35 in Business, 24 in Premium and 250 in Economy. Departure from Paris will be at 13:30, with arrival in Panama City at 17:30 the same day. On the return leg, flight AF 475 leaves Panama City at 8.45pm, arriving at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 2.25pm the next day. "After a few months of successful operations on this route, we are proud to be able to consolidate our presence by increasing our flight frequencies, and thus meet the strong demand from our customers in Europe, Panama and the whole of Central America," says Patrick Alexandre, Executive Vice President Commercial Passage Air France-KLM, who emphasises: "This enables us to consolidate our position as leader in the Central, South America and Caribbean region.
