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Planning a trip abroad used to be a science so exact that only travel agents, with their numerous contacts and extensive experience, could get you fantastic trips at low prices. These days, the Internet —with its online travel agents; airline, lodging, and car-rental Web sites;
and myriad information about your destination — has changed travel planning drastically.

Now you can get cheap flights to Paris. You need to decide what kind of travel best suits you — are you an independent traveler, or do you prefer the comfort of a tour group where everything is planned for you? In this chapter, we show you how to get to France simply and easily — regardless of whether you do it yourself or have someone do it for you.

Flying to Paris takes about seven hours from New York, nine hours from Chicago, 11 hours from Los Angeles, eight hours from Atlanta, eight-and-ahalf hours from Miami, and seven-and-a-half hours from Washington, D.C. The two Paris airports — Orly and Charles de Gaulle — are almost equal
in terms of convenience to the city’s center, but taxi rides from Orly may
take a bit less time than those from de Gaulle. Orly, the older of the two,
is 13km (8 miles) south of the center, and Charles de Gaulle is 23km (14
miles) northeast. Air France’s flights from North America fly into de
Gaulle (Terminal 2C). U.S.-based airlines fly into both airports.
You also can fly from major U.S. cities to Nice on the Riviera, which takes
about an hour longer than flying to Paris and costs about the same.
Flights from Paris to Nice are very frequent. Air France flies 30 flights per
day. They take one hour and twenty minutes and can cost about $300.
Most airlines offer the cheapest fares between November 1 and March 13.
Shoulder seasons, offering slightly more expensive fares, are mid-March
to mid-June and all of October. From mid-June to September, airfare rates
to France are at their highest.

Get cheap flights from the United States and Canada

The phone numbers and Web sites that follow are for the major airlines
serving Paris. The Web sites offer schedules, flight booking, and package
tours, and most have Web pages where you can sign up for e-mail alerts
that list weekend deals and other late-breaking bargains.

 Air Canada flies from
Halifax, Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver.

 Air France flies from
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,
Montréal, Newark, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco,
Toronto, and Washington, D.C.

 American Airlines flies from
Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Newark, New York
City, and Miami.

 British Airways
flies to Paris through London from Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston,
Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles,
Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Newark, New York City,
San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.

 Continental Airlines
flies from Houston and Newark.

 Delta Air Lines flies from
Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Houston, Newark, New York
City, and Washington, D.C., and shares flights with Air France from
Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

 Iceland Air flies from
Baltimore, Boston, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, and San
Francisco.

 Northwest/KLM flies from
Detroit, Memphis, and Minneapolis.

 United Airlines flies from
Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

 USAirways flies from
Charlotte, Philadelphia.

These airlines serve Paris from the United Kingdom.

 Air France flies from
London and Manchester.

 British Airways
flies from Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, and Manchester.

 British Midland flies from
Leeds, London, and Manchester.

Flights From Australia to Paris

Qantas:anywhere in Australia;
flies from Sydney to Paris.