Air France’s first class is branded as La Premiere, and it’s one of the best experiences in commercial aviation. That’s especially true when you consider the totality of the experience, from the ground service to the inflight service.
The airline only offers this product on a subset of its Boeing 777-300ERs, and up until now, it has only been available from Paris to 10 destinations. So there’s a pretty major update, as the airline has announced plans to expand its network by 40%, to four additional destinations.
Air France La Premiere coming to four more destinations
Currently, Air France La Premiere is available from Paris (CDG) to Abidjan (ABJ), Dubai (DXB), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), Sao Paulo (GRU), Singapore (SIN), Tokyo (HND), and Washington (IAD).
Over the coming months, Air France will progressively be expanding its La Premiere network to four new destinations — Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Houston (IAH), and Tel Aviv (TLV), all of which will see this service on a daily basis. Let’s go over the details, in chronological order of when the service launches.
Tel Aviv will see the introduction of the La Premiere cabin as of December 15, 2025, on the following frequency:
AF962 Paris to Tel Aviv departing 8:55AM arriving 2:10PM
AF963 Tel Aviv to Paris departing 3:55PM arriving 7:40PM
Atlanta will see the introduction of the La Premiere cabin as of March 29, 2026, on the following frequency:
AF30 Paris to Atlanta departing 10:30AM arriving 1:55PM
AF31 Atlanta to Paris departing 4:30PM arriving 6:50AM (+1 day)
Houston will see the introduction of the La Premiere cabin as of July 6, 2026, on the following frequency:
AF98 Paris to Houston departing 10:10AM arriving 1:40PM
AF99 Houston to Paris departing 3:055PM arriving 8:15AM (+1 day)
Boston will see the introduction of the La Premiere cabin as of July 20, 2026, on the following frequency:
AF334 Paris to Boston departing 1:10PM arriving 2:55PM
AF333 Boston to Paris departing 5:10PM arriving 6:10AM (+1 day)
How Air France is able to expand its La Premiere route network
Air France is currently rolling out a new La Premiere first class product, which is an incredible experience. Even beyond the new first class, the Boeing 777-300ERs with La Premiere are getting a tip-to-tail makeover, so that includes also introducing the carrier’s new business class.
What’s interesting is that as Air France introduces this new cabin standard, it’s also increasing the number of 777s that have first class. That means that several 777s that were previously in a three cabin layout have now been reconfigured in a four cabin layout. Obviously the writing was on the wall that the La Premiere network footprint would expand as well.
Now we’re learning what that will look like, and we’re even learning about four new La Premiere destinations at once. I don’t think that any of these new routes should come as much of a surprise, and they’re roughly what you’d expect the next markets with first class demand to be.
For what it’s worth, Air France plans to complete its 777 overhaul project by the end of 2026, at which point all routes with La Premiere should feature the new cabins.
Bottom line
Air France is expanding its La Premiere first class network, with the first class product being expanded to Atlanta, Boston, Houston, and Tel Aviv, between the end of 2025 and the middle of 2026. This is made possible by Air France adding first class to more planes, as it introduces its new La Premiere product (the rollout of which should be complete by the end of 2026).
What do you make of Air France’s new first class destinations?
