Air France confirmed late on 18 November 2025 that it will inaugurate a thrice-weekly Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle–Phuket route on 27 November 2025, operated by a three-class Boeing 777-300ER. Flights AF156/157 will depart Paris on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, returning from Thailand on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The schedule offers convenient overnight eastbound and early-evening westbound timings, aligning with typical corporate travel preferences and onward domestic connections.
The Thai island becomes Air France’s eleventh Asian destination for the winter 2025/26 season, joining Bangkok, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Manila, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo-Haneda. The addition reflects both a rebound in long-haul demand and the carrier’s strategy to diversify beyond traditional business hubs. Phuket—historically leisure-centric—has cultivated a growing meetings-and-incentives segment, with several French pharmaceutical and luxury-goods firms hosting regional sales conferences there in 2024-25.
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For mobility managers, the new nonstop shortens total journey time by at least four hours compared with one-stop itineraries via Bangkok or Middle-Eastern hubs, reducing traveller fatigue and carbon footprint. Air France says the 777-300ER will feature its latest ‘Nuage’ business-class seat with sliding doors, premium-economy recliners and high-speed Wi-Fi across all cabins—details that will appeal to corporate travel policies mandating productivity onboard.
While introductory fares start at €799 round-trip in economy, the carrier is offering negotiated corporate discounts of up to 18 % for firms committing to a volume baseline of 50 segments during the first six months. Travel-procurement teams should review route-deal opportunities promptly, as competition is expected from Thai Airways’ seasonal Paris–Phuket one-stop via Bangkok. Companies with operations in the Andaman coast’s growing renewable-energy cluster will welcome the direct connection, which also simplifies crew rotations for offshore service vessels anchored off Phang-Nga Bay.
The Thai island becomes Air France’s eleventh Asian destination for the winter 2025/26 season, joining Bangkok, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Manila, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo-Haneda. The addition reflects both a rebound in long-haul demand and the carrier’s strategy to diversify beyond traditional business hubs. Phuket—historically leisure-centric—has cultivated a growing meetings-and-incentives segment, with several French pharmaceutical and luxury-goods firms hosting regional sales conferences there in 2024-25.
For mobility managers, the new nonstop shortens total journey time by at least four hours compared with one-stop itineraries via Bangkok or Middle-Eastern hubs, reducing traveller fatigue and carbon footprint. Air France says the 777-300ER will feature its latest ‘Nuage’ business-class seat with sliding doors, premium-economy recliners and high-speed Wi-Fi across all cabins—details that will appeal to corporate travel policies mandating productivity onboard.
While introductory fares start at €799 round-trip in economy, the carrier is offering negotiated corporate discounts of up to 18 % for firms committing to a volume baseline of 50 segments during the first six months. Travel-procurement teams should review route-deal opportunities promptly, as competition is expected from Thai Airways’ seasonal Paris–Phuket one-stop via Bangkok. Companies with operations in the Andaman coast’s growing renewable-energy cluster will welcome the direct connection, which also simplifies crew rotations for offshore service vessels anchored off Phang-Nga Bay.
