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Air France Adds Flights to US Ahead of Summer Games in Paris

Model passenger aircraft displayed at an event to mark the 90th birthday of Air France in Paris on Sept. 27.

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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Air France is adding long-haul flights this summer in response to growing demand, especially from the US, ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris.

The French arm of Air France-KLM expects to offer 9% more summer capacity than last year on long-distance routes, it said Monday in a statement. It’s resuming flights between Paris and Minneapolis, starting service to Phoenix and adding frequencies to Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina, the carrier said.