Originally Posted by
Jagboi
A quick look on google flights for random dates in January shows the shortest duration is Air France with a 1:55 stop in CDG. Second shortest is KLM with 2:50 in AMS.
You must be looking at days when UA’s flight via EWR isn’t running (it’s 3x weekly to start). The UA EWR routing is more than 2 hours quicker than those options.