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CDG has no direct international flights.
Most passengers from Paris connect via O.R. Tambo (JNB) or Bole (ADD) for international routes. Aviasales finds the cheapest connection live.
Charles de Gaulle (CDG, ICAO LFPG) serves Paris, France and is a destination reached by travellers flying from across Africa. It is the based hub of Air France. Our catalogue links 0 direct destinations out of CDG and 7 African origins into it, served by 5 carriers.
At a glance
7 catalogued corridors touch Paris (CDG / LFPG) in France: 0 outbound and 7 inbound, flown by 5 carriers, with Air France based here. 2 of those corridors carry a cached USD quote in our fare file; the rest are catalogued on schedule evidence alone. The mix runs 1 sector under four hours, 3 of four to seven and 3 beyond seven.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA / ICAO | CDG / LFPG |
| City | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Based hub carrier | Air France |
| Direct destinations (catalogued) | 0 |
| Reached from (African origins) | 7 |
| Coordinates | 49.013, 2.550 |
The route mix at CDG splits into 1 short sector under four hours, 3 medium sectors of four to seven hours and 3 long-haul sectors beyond seven — a profile that tells you what the terminal is actually built around. 3 of the corridors here are flagged in our data as labour-migration or diaspora routes, where checked-baggage terms drive booking decisions more than schedule does.
Two codes, two uses. CDG is the IATA code you will see on a ticket, a baggage tag and a departure board, while LFPG is the ICAO code used in flight plans, NOTAMs and air-traffic filing. They are not interchangeable: IATA codes are reused across the world’s smaller fields and are the ones that cause mis-booking, which is why every corridor on this site is keyed on the pair of codes rather than a city name.
Airlines serving CDG
5 carriers appear on the CDG corridors catalogued here, 5 of them with a row in our carrier file, recording checked-baggage baselines of 23 kg, and 4 of those rows sit inside a global alliance (Star Alliance 2, SkyTeam 1, Oneworld 1). That list is built from the 7 corridors this site catalogues through CDG, so it is our coverage rather than the airport’s full published schedule.
These carriers operate the CDG corridors catalogued on this site. Charles de Gaulle is the based hub of Air France, which anchors most of its schedule and connecting bank.
| Airline | Alliance | Checked baggage | Hajj/Umrah charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopian Airlines (ET) | Star Alliance | 23 kg | Yes |
| Air France (AF) | SkyTeam | 23 kg | No |
| EgyptAir (MS) | Star Alliance | 23 kg | Yes |
| Royal Air Maroc (AT) | Oneworld | 23 kg | Yes |
| Air Senegal (HC) | None | 23 kg | No |
Alliance spread decides how easily a disruption at CDG gets fixed. With 2 Star Alliance carriers, 1 SkyTeam carrier, 1 Oneworld carrier on these corridors, a passenger stuck here can sometimes be reflowed onto a partner without a new ticket — but only within the same alliance, and only when the original ticket permits it. Between alliances, re-accommodation is a commercial favour rather than an entitlement.
Top routes into CDG
10/10 is the highest demand score on any CDG corridor in our catalogue — Casablanca to Paris (CMN–CDG), about 42 flights a week on AT and AF. Demand score is this catalogue’s own 1-10 editorial rating across 7 corridors at CDG, not a passenger count from a civil-aviation authority.
Sorted by demand; the USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our cache has seen on the corridor across all carriers.
| Route | Carriers | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casablanca (CMN) → Paris (CDG) | AT, AF | ~42 | ~3.5 | — |
| Dakar (DKR) → Paris (CDG) | AF, HC | ~14 | ~6.0 | $355 |
| Cairo (CAI) → Paris (CDG) | MS, AF | ~11 | ~4.5 | — |
| Addis Ababa (ADD) → Paris (CDG) | ET, AF | ~7 | ~7.5 | $468 |
| Johannesburg (JNB) → Paris (CDG) | AF | ~7 | ~10.7 | — |
| Lagos (LOS) → Paris (CDG) | AF | ~7 | ~6.5 | — |
| Luanda (LAD) → Paris (CDG) | AF | ~5 | ~8.0 | — |
Three corridors carry roughly 72% of the 93 weekly departures our catalogue records at CDG, which makes the airport two different places depending on which flight you hold. Dense routes absorb disruption within the day. Thin ones do not, and rebooking onto another airline needs an interline agreement rather than goodwill.
Corridors and typical fares from CDG
2 of the 7 CDG corridors carry a cached USD quote, the lowest at $355. Fares are quoted in USD across the whole site so corridors from different African markets stay comparable. Sector length drives the shape: 1 run under four hours, 3 four to seven and 3 beyond seven.
Most CDG corridors here serve diaspora and long-haul family travellers. The mix is 1 short intra-Africa hop (under 4 h), 3 medium Gulf-range sectors (4–7 h), 3 long-haul routes (over 7 h). 3 are labour-migration or diaspora corridors where extra-baggage allowances matter. USD fares vary by corridor — intra-Africa typically $400–900, Gulf hubs $500–1,200, long-haul $800–2,200; each per-route guide below carries live cached fares.
| Corridor | Cached low (USD) | Cheapest month seen |
|---|---|---|
| DKR-CDG | $355 | $236 in Sep 2026 |
| ADD-CDG | $468 | $470 in Aug 2026 |
The shape of the fare curve follows the sector length. The 1 short corridor under four hours from CDG price like regional traffic and move mostly with the day of the week; the 3 long-haul corridors beyond seven hours move with season and school holidays, and can double between the cheapest and dearest month in our own cache. Mixing the two on one average would be meaningless, which is why every corridor page carries its own floor.
Direct flights to CDG — 7 routes
7 catalogued routes are listed below for CDG, reaching 7 countries, led by Ethiopia, Egypt and Morocco. Our catalogue records 0 departure and 7 arrival corridors at CDG, each linking to a corridor guide with carriers, frequency, block time and any cached fare. The list is this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable.
Each link opens a corridor guide rather than a booking form: carriers, an estimated weekly frequency, scheduled block time, the great-circle distance used that sets an EU261 or UK261 band where either applies, and whatever the fare cache holds. That is deliberate — the useful decision on a corridor is usually which routing and which carrier, and only then which price.
The list covers this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable. We add corridors where there is a real audience among African travellers — diaspora, pilgrim, intra-Africa and business traffic — so a seasonal charter or a thin regional service out of Paris may be missing even though it operates. A blank fare means no cached quote rather than no service.
Hub airlines based at CDG
1 carrier bases an operation at Paris (CDG): Air France (AF), on 7 catalogued corridors. A based carrier is where the airport’s recovery capacity lives. Across the 7 corridors catalogued at CDG, a based operation is what makes a same-day recovery realistic; an outstation carrier usually has one rotation and no local engineering.
Air France
Hub status is operational, not marketing. A carrier that bases aircraft and crew at CDG builds connecting banks around it, holds spare capacity there, and can usually re-crew or swap metal the same day. The same airline at an outstation typically has one rotation and no local engineering, so an identical technical fault produces a two-hour delay at the hub and an overnight at the outstation.
It also shapes price. The based carrier usually sets the fare level on corridors out of Paris and competitors price against it, which is why a hub airport is rarely the cheapest place to originate on its own home routes. Where our cache shows an unusually low floor at CDG, it is normally a competing carrier buying share rather than the hub carrier discounting.
FAQ
How is CDG airport connected? CDG (Paris) is reachable on 7 direct routes in our catalogue — see the full route list above.
What are the IATA and ICAO codes for CDG airport? The IATA code is CDG and the ICAO code is LFPG. The airport serves Paris, France.
Which airlines are based at CDG? Hub carriers at CDG: AF.
How can I check fares and schedules for routes through CDG? Each route in the list above links to a guide with live USD fares, weekly frequency and the airlines that operate it.
Which airlines fly from CDG? Carriers on CDG corridors catalogued here: Ethiopian Airlines, Air France, EgyptAir, Royal Air Maroc, Air Senegal. See the airlines table above for alliance and baggage.
What is the cheapest flight from CDG? In our fare cache the lowest market fare out of CDG is about $355 on Dakar–Paris (DKR-CDG). Fares move with season — check live prices on the route guide.
Related
1 related page follow. Each is linked because it shares an endpoint, a carrier, a country or an audience cluster with this one — the annotations say what each adds, so the ones that do not apply to your trip can be skipped.
- Flights to France — country landing page: 7 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.
Internal links on this site are placed from the data, not from a keyword list: a corridor is linked when it shares an origin, a destination, a carrier or an audience cluster with the page you are on. If a link above looks unrelated to your trip, it probably shares a carrier or a hub rather than a destination.
The link graph on this site is structural rather than lexical: pages connect through shared airports, shared operating carriers, shared countries and shared audience clusters. An entry that looks off-topic is usually the one that shares your airline or your transfer hub — which is the connection that matters when a schedule breaks.
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