Cheap Flights to Paris: From $459, and No Nonstop Was Ever the Cheapest Fare
Paris ranks 10th of 40, $690 median, $459 from New York. The cheapest fare on every Paris route connected; Air France was undercut from all 11 gateways.
Best for: Anyone flying to Paris who wants to know what the nonstop actually costs over the connection from their airport, and which of Paris's three airports to land at
By Jon Miksis6 min read
This page contains affiliate links. If you sign up or book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what we recommend, or the order we recommend it in. Full disclosure.
Paris is the 10th-cheapest of the 40 European cities we price, at a $690 median and a $459 floor from New York, and it holds a record in our carrier grid that no other major city does: on every route into Paris where a nonstop was on offer, the cheapest fare connected. Not one nonstop, on any route, from any gateway, was the cheapest ticket to Paris in the week we priced.
That is not because Paris is badly served. Six airlines fly it nonstop from the US, and New York to Paris is among the most heavily served routes we price. It is because Paris is a hub for one airline and a spoke for sixteen others, and the sixteen priced it as a spoke. The figures below come from our grid of 1,037 round trips collected on August 30, 2026 in one sitting, and from the carrier grid's fixed-week comparison of the 17 airlines that sell Paris from the US.
- $690
- Median observed economy floor across priced US gateways
- #10 of 40
- Rank among European cities, cheapest first
- $459
- Cheapest fare found, from New York
- $336
- Spread between the best and worst US gateway, 13th widest of 40
Every US gateway to Paris
- New York$459
- Miami$526
- Boston$558
- Washington DC$573
- Chicago$589
- Orlando$598
- Los Angeles$617
- Nashville$629
- Denver$649
- Las Vegas$670
- Atlanta$674
- San Francisco$674
- Seattle$690
- Portland$694
- Tampa$704
- Houston$710
- Minneapolis$726
- Charlotte$732
- Philadelphia$754
- Raleigh$756
- Dallas$768
- Austin$787
- Detroit$795
- Phoenix$795
- Salt Lake City$795
New York at $459 is the cheapest fare into any French, Italian, Spanish or German city anywhere in our grid, and the reason is competition: six airlines sold New York to Paris in our carrier grid, and the route page for New York to Paris finds fares so tightly bunched that shopping between them is nearly pointless. Miami at $526, Boston at $558 and Washington at $573 follow. Then the chart climbs steadily to Detroit, Phoenix and Salt Lake City, tied at $795.
One gateway is missing. San Diego returned no Paris fare in the week we searched, so it is absent from the chart and from every Paris figure on this page rather than filled in from a neighbor; the carrier grid, priced for a fixed November week, did find San Diego to Paris on United through a hub, which is on the Alternate Airport Checker for anyone pricing it against Los Angeles. The spread among the 25 gateways that did price is $336, the 13th-widest in the grid.
Who sells Paris cheapest, and why it connects
| Airline | From | Routing | Round trip | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icelandair | BOS | via KEF to CDG | $594 | August 31, 2026 |
| Icelandair | IAD | via KEF to CDG | $603 | September 1, 2026 |
| Royal Air Maroc | LAX | via CMN to CDG | $625 | August 31, 2026 |
| Icelandair | ORD | via KEF to CDG | $649 | August 31, 2026 |
| SAS | BOS | via CPH to CDG | $672 | August 31, 2026 |
| Icelandair | MCO | via KEF to CDG | $680 | August 31, 2026 |
| SAS | JFK | via CPH to CDG | $682 | August 31, 2026 |
| Air Canada | BOS | via YUL to CDG | $707 | August 31, 2026 |
| Finnair | JFK | via HEL to CDG | $711 | August 31, 2026 |
| American | JFK | nonstop to CDG | $714 | August 31, 2026 |
| Aer Lingus | BOS | via DUB to CDG | $718 | August 31, 2026 |
| Delta | BOS | nonstop to CDG | $719 | August 31, 2026 |
17 airlines sold Paris in our carrier grid. The cheapest into the city was Icelandair through Keflavik, at $594 from Boston and $603 from Washington, then Royal Air Maroc through Casablanca from Los Angeles at $625, then Icelandair again from Chicago and SAS through Copenhagen from Boston and New York. The first nonstop in the table is American from New York at $714, and it is not cheapest on its own route: SAS beat it through Copenhagen at $682.
Air France, flying into its own hub, was undercut from every one of the eleven gateways where it sells Paris. From New York the gap was small, $719 against $682, which on the most competitive route in the grid is effectively a tie. From Boston it was $719 against Icelandair's $594; from Washington $1,244 against $603; from Los Angeles $1,314 against Royal Air Maroc's $625. Air France carries a $162 median premium over the cheapest carrier across the 216 routes it sells, and our Air France business class review finds the one French market, Bordeaux, where Paris genuinely is the way through.
This is the same pattern as Amsterdam and Dublin: across our grid, 112 of 130 flag-carrier home routes were beaten by another airline flying to the same city in the same week. Paris is the sharpest version of it, because Paris has more nonstop competition than either and the nonstops still all lost to the connections.
What the nonstop costs
Because no nonstop was cheapest, the useful number is the gap. From New York it was tens of dollars, and a traveler with a weekend should pay it without thinking. From Boston it was a little over a hundred, the price of a Keflavik layover and about four hours; from Washington and Philadelphia a little over two hundred. From Chicago, Atlanta and Los Angeles it was several hundred dollars, which is where the decision becomes a real one: a family of four pays for a hotel night with the difference, a solo traveler with three days in Paris probably does not want to spend one of them in Casablanca. The table gives you the exact gap from your gateway; the answer depends on the trip, and no rule of thumb survives the range.
Three Paris airports, and one of them
| Airport | Cheapest round trip | Premium | Routing | Cheapest nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDG Charles de Gaulle | $558 | cheapest | 1 stop, Icelandair · 10h 10m | $787 Air France |
| ORY Orly | $675 | +$117 | 1 stop, Iberia / Vueling · 11h 35m | none |
| BVA Beauvais | no service | — | Not sold from Boston | none |
Paris has three airports in our arrival data and from the US they are one. Charles de Gaulle is where every transatlantic nonstop lands. Orly is a domestic and short-haul airport, so a US itinerary into Orly is a connection through Madrid, Barcelona or another European city; from Boston it was $675 against $558 into Charles de Gaulle. Beauvais, the low-cost airport Ryanair uses, had no US itinerary at all in the week we priced, which the table shows as absent rather than expensive. Orly is closer to central Paris, roughly 30 minutes by train against 35 to 50 from Charles de Gaulle, and that is not worth an extra stop or an extra fare. Land at Charles de Gaulle.
Business class to Paris
The cheapest business fare into Paris we priced was Icelandair through Keflavik at $2,155 from Washington and $2,336 from New York, a recliner with a stop. The nonstop cabins, Air France's, Delta's, American's and United's, were all above it, and the Business Class Value Finder shows the multiple over economy for every gateway with a lie-flat-only view for readers who want the bed. The Air France review covers the seat itself.
Choosing between cities rather than airports? Paris or Rome prices the two most-booked capitals in Europe against each other, gateway by gateway.
What counts as a deal to Paris
Anything at or below $459 beats every gateway we priced. From New York the floor is so low that a fare under $500 for a week is an ordinary good week rather than a find; from Chicago or Denver the same fare would be exceptional. Use the Fare Deal Checker with your own airport, and the Deal Alert Setup Wizard to see your lines before the alerts start.
Paris sits 10th in the cheapest places to fly into in Europe, and cheap flights to France covers Nice and Bordeaux alongside it, with the case for entering France through Paris and taking the train.
Common questions
- How much does it cost to fly to Paris from the US?
- A median of $690 round trip in economy across the 25 US gateway metros that returned a fare on August 30, 2026, for departures in the following six months, ranking Paris 10th of 40 European cities. New York was cheapest at $459, Miami at $526 and Boston at $558; Detroit, Phoenix and Salt Lake City were the most expensive at $795. San Diego returned no Paris fare in the week we searched, so it is absent rather than estimated.
- Which US airport is cheapest for flights to Paris?
- New York at $459, which is the cheapest fare into any French, Italian, Spanish or German city anywhere in our grid, then Miami at $526, Boston at $558 and Washington at $573. New York to Paris is also one of the most heavily served routes we price, and the fares on it sit unusually close together.
- Is Air France the cheapest way to fly to Paris?
- Not from any of the eleven US gateways where it sells Paris in our carrier grid. From New York it was $719 against SAS through Copenhagen at $682, a gap small enough to be effectively competitive. From Boston it was $719 against Icelandair through Keflavik at $594; from Washington $1,244 against $603; from Los Angeles $1,314 against Royal Air Maroc through Casablanca at $625. Air France carries a $162 median premium across the 216 routes it sells.
- Is a nonstop to Paris worth paying for?
- In our carrier grid, on every route into Paris where a nonstop was on offer, the cheapest fare was a connection. Not one nonstop was the cheapest ticket on its route. The premium for flying direct ranged from a few tens of dollars out of New York, where six airlines compete, to several hundred out of Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta. The nonstop is often worth it on a short trip; it is never the cheap option, and the table on this page shows the exact gap from your gateway.
- Should I fly into Charles de Gaulle or Orly?
- Charles de Gaulle, from the US, almost always. Orly is a short-haul and domestic airport with very little transatlantic service, so a US itinerary into Orly is a connection through another European city; from Boston the cheapest Orly fare was $675 against $558 into Charles de Gaulle. Beauvais, the low-cost airport, had no US itinerary at all. Orly is closer to the city, about 30 minutes by train against 35 to 50 for Charles de Gaulle, which is not worth the fare difference or the extra stop.
Written by
Jon Miksis
Jon Miksis has run travel businesses since 2017 and spends 3–6 months a year traveling, two to three of them in Europe. He has taken 250+ flights and booked every one himself, and regularly flies Boston to Europe for under $300 round trip. Every “Flown” review is from his own seat.
Join the Club, free
One email a week: the Europe fares worth acting on, the new transatlantic routes, and first look at the tools. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.