Air France announces that the Airbus A380, the world´s largest airliner, will exceptionally operate on the London-Heathrow airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle route for the very first time from Saturday, 12th June 2010 until Monday, 30th August 2010.

Therefore, customers will get the chance to experience the aircraft during this Summer period.

The Air France A380 will be assigned to flight numbers AF1980 (Departing Paris Charles de Gaulle, 10:05) and AF1981 (Departing London Heathrow, 12:50) during all Summer weekends from Saturday to Monday, plus all Fridays in July.

For this special event, Air France has launched very attractive fares from just £104 return including all taxes in Economy Class, and from just £280* including all taxes in the Affaires/Business Class cabin.

Says Henri Hourcade, General Manager, Air France KLM UK and Ireland, ‘We´re thrilled to have our flagship aircraft on the London to Paris route. During the Summer, the demand for our services from London to France or to connect with our global network is always extremely high”.

Air France currently operates three double-decker A380s on the Paris-New York and Paris-Johannesburg routes.