Air France will add two evening flights per week on its Shanghai-Paris route from June 30, the company announced yesterday. The move, which signals existing flights are doing well, takes the total number of flights between the two cities to 12 each week.

The new flights will be operated with Boeing 777-200 planes, with three classes of service and 263 seats in total. Said Frank Legre, general manager of Air France China: "The additional flights are a further proof of our commitment to Shanghai and our determination to offer a better service to our customers."

With the change, Air France will fly seven day flights and five evening flights between Shanghai and Paris each week. This is not including the airline's code-sharing flights between the two cities, which are operated by China Eastern. Air France currently runs 42 weekly flights between four Chinese cities and France.