A380 flights between Paris and Tokyo launched by Air France

Air France has launched A380 flights between Paris and Tokyo, Japan. The aircraft, with registration number F-HPJD, is Air France's fourth A380, and is scheduled to depart Paris with flight number AF 276, on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Air France will increase this frequency to daily from October 4, 2010. Flights will depart Paris from terminal 2E at 13:30 pm to arrive in Tokyo at 08:10 the following day.Return flights from Tokyo, AF 275, will depart on Monday, Thursday and Saturday 11:50 am to arrive at Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2E at 17:15 pm. The flights will become daily from October 5, 2010.

Paris-Tokyo is Air France’s third route served by A380, following Paris New York in 2009 and Paris-Johannesburg in February 2010.Air France’s A380 is equipped with 538 seats in three cabin classes La Première First, with nine seats on the main deck, Affaires Business, with 80 seats on the upper deck, and Voyageur Economy, with 449 seats divided between the two decks. Air France has ordered 12 A380s, four of which have already been delivered.In winter 2010, Air France and KLM will operate 52 weekly return flights between Paris, Amsterdam and Japan: to and from Tokyo-Narita: 31 flights, including 21 AF flights of which seven operated by JAL on a code-share basis and ten KLM flights to and from Tokyo Haneda: seven AF flights operated by JAL on a code-share basis, starting October 31, 2010; to and from Osaka Kansai : 14 flights, including seven AF flights and seven KLM flights.