Originally Posted by
fastair
AF used to have a 5:45 AM flight from JFK to CDG. Most of those aircraft are now in museums as the SST is no longer flying.
Yes, but even since the retirement of the Concorde, AF did have a daytime departure JFK-CDG, AF005 LV JFK 07:50 AR CDG 21:00.
It only operated briefly in 2007.
The reason for its cancellation was interesting,by the way. The daytime departure was highly popular, but the problem was the return leg (AF004) which left CDG at 20:45 and arrived at JFK at 23:00.
This westbound flight was apparently always very light, which I honestly find surprising since it allowed pax to spend essentially an extra day in Paris and then arrive home in time for bed.
Perhaps the problem was that the late arrival at JFK precluded any pax connecting onward from JFK from choosing this flight.