Air France has scrubbed seven destinations from its schedule, according to an analysis of its 2026 and 2027 plans, and the cuts range from the genuinely surprising to the almost inevitable.

The biggest shock for US travellers is Denver. The Paris Charles de Gaulle route, launched in 2021 and flown with 777-200ERs, ends in October 2026. The reason is simple: United Airlines will start flying its own Denver hub to Paris, and Air France chose not to fight it. Denver was already a tough nut — Norwegian tried the route in 2018-19 and gave up, and Air France spent years tinkering with seasonal patterns, frequencies and cabin layouts without ever settling on a formula. It becomes the third European carrier to quit Denver recently, after Edelweiss and Aer Lingus.

Havana is another casualty. Flights ended in March 2026 due to Cuba's fuel shortages, rolling blackouts and wider economic crisis — the same problems that pushed Air Canada and WestJet to pull out. A return isn't impossible if conditions improve.

The rest of the list is a mix of small or awkward markets: Bangui in the Central African Republic (dropped partly because of poor yields, costly fuel and airspace closures over Niger that stretched the flights), Georgian capital Tbilisi (still served, but now by Air France's partner Transavia), Lapland's Kittila airport, Stuttgart — where high-speed rail makes the plane a hard sell — and a very brief experiment with Cardiff.

It's not all cutbacks. Two new US routes are coming, both in May 2027 and both on the A350. Nashville gets three weekly flights from 14 May, making Air France the fourth European carrier there alongside Aer Lingus, British Airways and Icelandair. San Diego gets its first proper scheduled Air France service from 17 May, also three times weekly — previous visits were one-offs tied to big conferences. BA, KLM and Lufthansa already fly that route.

Why should you care? If you had Denver or Havana on your list, you'll now need a partner airline or a connection — United's new Denver-Paris flight is the obvious swap for Colorado. And if you're in Tennessee or Southern California, booking directly to Paris on a French carrier just got a lot easier, with no changing planes on the East Coast. The Nashville and San Diego launches go on sale well in advance, so early bookers should find good A350 availability in the first summer.