Air France introduces daily service on Houston - Paris route.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1996--Air France announced an increase in its Houston-Paris nonstop flights from six a week to daily, with addition of a Wednesday flight beginning April 3. An Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde 767 departs Houston Intercontinental everyday at 4:30 p.m., arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG (CDMA Development Group, Costa Mesa, CA, www.cdg.org) A membership organization founded in 1995 that promotes CDMA wireless systems worldwide. It is involved with developing new features and services and promoting standards that provide global compatibility and interoperability. ) at 9:00 a.m. the following day. The return flight departs CDG daily at 10:20 a.m., arriving Intercontinental the same day at 2:10 p.m. At CDG, the Air France hub, convenient connections are available to dozens of points in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Oil industry executives going between Houston and Moscow, for example, can take the Air France Express any day in either direction, with only a 75-minute layover lay·o·ver n. A short stop or break in a journey, usually imposed by scheduling requirements. Noun 1. layover - a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" stopover, stop in Paris. All flights feature an Air France innovation of interest to smokers and non-smokers alike: the "Bar Fumeur" or Smoker's Bar, a special lounge area set aside for smoking in economy class and, separately, for first/business class. With the introduction of the Bar Fumeur, all assigned seating areas are smoke-free; smoking is no longer permitted at any passenger's seat. The Bar Fumeur, an Air France exclusive, offers a convivial con·viv·i·al adj. 1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable. See Synonyms at social. 2. Merry; festive: a convivial atmosphere at the reunion. semi-enclosed lounge and bar area equipped with a special smoke-extracting fan that draws out fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. and keeps the entire aircraft cabin smoke-free. It's part of L'Espace, the $100-million service improvement launched last fall that includes new first and business class seating and new mealtime options such as the "diner rapide" lighter fare. Air France celebrates its 50th anniversary of service between the U.S. and France this year. For information and reservations, contact a travel specialist or 1-800/237-2747. CONTACT: Air France, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Bruce Haxthausen, 212/830-4482 |
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