Air France (IATA AF) is a full-service carrier based in France, a member of the SkyTeam alliance. Across the corridors catalogued here it flies 9 routes from African airports, reaching 1 destination in 1 country. Most of these are diaspora and long-haul family corridors. Its standard checked-baggage baseline is 23 kg.
At a glance
7 catalogued corridors on this site are flown by Air France (AF), a full-service carrier based in France and a member of SkyTeam, with a 23 kg checked-baggage baseline.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA code | AF |
| Home country | France |
| Alliance | SkyTeam |
| Carrier type | full-service |
| Checked-baggage baseline | 23 kg |
| Diaspora / migrant baggage uplift | none published |
| Hajj / Umrah charter service | No |
The 23 kg figure describes what Air France advertises as standard in economy, not what any given ticket carries. Discounted fare families sit beneath it, and those are disproportionately the fares that set record-low cached prices. The allowance printed on the issued itinerary is the only one the check-in desk will honour.
Routes Air France flies from Africa — 9 corridors
7 corridors covered on this site are flown by Air France, reaching 1 destination and totalling about 93 weekly departures, with block times from 3.5 h to 10.7 h. This is the African-outbound catalogue, not the airline’s global network.
| Route | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casablanca (CMN) → Paris (CDG) | ~42 | ~3.5 | — |
| Dakar (DSS) → Paris (CDG) | ~14 | ~6.0 | $355 |
| Cairo (CAI) → Paris (CDG) | ~11 | ~4.5 | — |
| Lagos (LOS) → Paris (CDG) | ~7 | ~6.5 | — |
| Addis Ababa (ADD) → Paris (CDG) | ~7 | ~7.5 | $468 |
| Johannesburg (JNB) → Paris (CDG) | ~7 | ~10.7 | — |
| Luanda (LAD) → Paris (CDG) | ~5 | ~8.0 | — |
| Nairobi (NBO) → Paris (CDG) | — | — | — |
| Accra (ACC) → Paris (CDG) | — | — | — |
The USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our Travelpayouts cache has seen on that corridor across all carriers, not a Air France-only price; use it as a floor when comparing.
3 of those corridors are flagged as labour-migration or diaspora routes. That flag is why the baggage column matters more than the seat map on this carrier’s page: on a diaspora corridor the second checked bag, and whether it is bought online or at the counter, routinely costs more than the fare gap between Air France and the next airline on the route.
Passenger compensation rights
3 EU261 bands — €250, €400 and €600 by great-circle distance — follow Air France in both directions, because an EU/EEA-licensed carrier is covered on arrivals into the EU/EEA as well as on departures from it. That asymmetry is the single most valuable thing to know about this airline.
Air France touches EU/EEA airports, so a 3 h+ delay or cancellation on a flight departing the EU is claimable under EU261 regardless of your passport — eligibility follows the operating carrier and the departure airport, not nationality.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| EU261 | Any departure from an EU/EEA airport (CDG, FRA, AMS, BRU, LIS, MAD, ATH), any airline. As an EU/EEA-licensed carrier, Air France’s arrivals into the EU/EEA from Africa are covered too. | €250 (≤1,500 km), €400 (1,500–3,500 km) or €600 (>3,500 km) for a 3 h+ arrival delay or a cancellation within the airline’s control, plus meals and a hotel where needed. |
| Montreal Convention 1999 | Any international itinerary — baggage and delay losses. | Compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage (up to 1,519 SDR per passenger) and for provable losses caused by delay (up to 6,303 SDR), limits in force since 28 December 2024. |
When Air France is the right choice
7 catalogued corridors is the practical scope of this decision: Air France is worth choosing where it flies your corridor nonstop, where its 23 kg baseline beats the alternative, and where SkyTeam earning matters to you. Compare the block-time column, not only the price column.
You should choose Air France for its included 23 kg allowance and through-checked bags on connecting itineraries; frequent flyers earn and burn across the SkyTeam network. Compare it against the other carriers on each corridor in the route table above before booking Air France.
The honest counter-case first. A single carrier is rarely the right answer on every corridor, and on a route where Air France connects while a competitor flies nonstop, the competitor usually wins on total elapsed time even at a higher fare. Compare the block-time column, not just the price column, on each corridor page — the difference between a nonstop and a one-stop routing on this site’s long-haul corridors is regularly eight hours or more.
FAQ
What is Air France’s checked baggage allowance? Air France’s checked-baggage baseline is 23 kg, normally included in its standard fares.
Is Air France part of an airline alliance? Air France is a member of the SkyTeam alliance.
What kind of airline is Air France? Air France (AF) is a full-service carrier from France.
How many routes does Air France fly from Africa? Air France operates 9 routes from African airports catalogued here — see the list above; each links to a route guide.
Can I claim compensation on a Air France flight? Yes, on flights departing the EU/EEA. A 3 h+ arrival delay or cancellation within Air France’s control pays €250–€600 by distance under EU261, whatever your nationality.
What is the cheapest route Air France flies from Africa? The lowest cached fare on a corridor flown by Air France in our weekly snapshot was about $355 on Dakar–Paris (DSS-CDG) — a dated observation, not a current price; prices move with season, so search live fares before booking.
Sources
2 primary sources cited on this page are regulator and government material, not secondary summaries. Each is listed with what it actually governs, so a claim on this page can be checked against the instrument it comes from. Where a value is missing from our own data we leave the cell blank rather than estimate it.
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EU261 — Regulation 261/2004 — the consolidated text of Regulation 261/2004 itself — the compensation amounts, the distance bands and the extraordinary-circumstances defence.
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AirHelp — flight-compensation claims — a commercial claims service, cited as the industry explainer alongside the regulator rather than instead of it.
The sourcing rule here is simple: a regulator’s own text for anything with legal effect, and a commercial explainer only as a secondary reading beside it. Amounts stay denominated as the instrument denominates them — euro, pound, Canadian dollar, SDR — even though every fare on this site is quoted in USD, because a converted tariff is a moving number pretending to be a fixed one.
Related
- Flights to France — country landing page: 7 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.
Corridor pages carry the per-route detail — carriers, weekly frequency, scheduled block time, great-circle distance and whatever the fare cache holds. Airport pages carry the full catalogued route list at that field, the based hub carriers and the compensation regime of the country it sits in. Carrier pages carry the baggage baseline, alliance and the network as this catalogue records it.