Air France, a founding member of the airline alliance SkyTeam, on September 29 said it would resume the Ho Chi Minh City-Paris direct flight on November 2, after six years of cessation.

Accordingly, Air France will offer three flights a week, using Boeing 747-400 aircraft with 40 business-class seats and 396 tourist-class seats.

In addition, the airline will use new aircraft Boeing 777-300 ER with Premium Voyagerur space and full services for the HCM City-Paris flights.

Additional two flights from HCM City and five others from Hanoi will be conducted by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines a week. Thus, by this November, Air France will launch 10 direct flights to Paris .

Currently, the airline is implementing a special promotion programme which offers 777 USD ticket till October 24. The price is also applied to return tickets from Hanoi or HCM City to Paris ( France ) or other European countries between November 1, 2010-March 31, 2011./.