Air France Introduces Direct Flights from Seattle to Paris

Paris has a tower. Seattle has a needle. Parisians like to drink coffee in cafes. Seattlites drink a lot of coffee. Paris has a river. Seattle has a sound. Paris is one of the great cities in Europe. Seattle is one of the great cities in North America. It is a marriage made in heaven and now the two cities will be connected like never before.

Air France has announced that it will have direct flights from Seattle to Paris with service starting on June 11, 2007. This is excellent news for anyone living on the west coast as direct flights to France are not always easy to come by. The initial rates aren’t that bad either. The listed price is $600 one-way, which for the busy summer season is within reason.

In addition to the Paris flight, Air France also will fly from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport to Barcelona, Spain and the rates are roughly the same as the France flight. Seattle has long been an international, cosmopolitan city and flights to the heart of Europe are long overdue.

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