Flying home from anywhere besides CDG

Do a multi city trip, and at the end of your journey take a train to Milan. That's about the largest hub to the south of France. It's either that, or take Air France back to CDG for a connecting flight

I find this website very helpful
https://www.flightsfrom.com/

Marseilles and Nice are the 2 largest in the south of France, but you'll have to connect at least once, either in Europe or the US.

PS Milan is in Italy, not France.

If I’m not mistaken only flights from France to south Florida that don’t require a change would be from CDG. I’v returned from Marseille and Nice, both times changing planes at CDG.

You might consider Geneva, Switzerland. There are direct flights to JFK, Newark and D.C., and It's only a couple of hours by train or bus from Lyon, France, which a well-traveled friend has just told me she liked better than Paris. She was there five days on a recent trip.

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Lyon Saint-Éxupery would be a good choice to consider.

Hey CJean. Milan is also the Largest major hub to the south of France, which is what I said in my post. Never said it was in France.

You may want to look into whether Delta still has its nonstop flight between Nice and JFK.

Barcelona is also a possibility and a lot faster from the south of France, depending on where you are. It's a pretty wide area from the Basque country to Menton. However, I've also taken a puddle-jumper from Nice to Barcelona for onward travel and would do the same if I chose Milan or Geneva, both kind of a long-haul from Nice.

I think Toulouse is actually the largest city in S of France. But you should make your plan based on your itinerary, not city size.

Provence in the SE is justly popular, and logistically easy thanks to the train connection. But if you have the time, you might consider the Dordogne and SW.

A car is recommended for either and practically a requirement for the latter.

I am not sure of the objective. If it is to avoid CDG, you can take any number of smaller airlines such as Transavia, Vueling, Wings, among many others from airports in the south of France and connect to US airports through major hubs such as LHR, AMS, or FRA. Depending upon your itinerary, you could take a relatively short train ride to BNC or GVA for possible non-stop flights to Florida.

The possibilities are almost endless but the most important consideration should be your France itinerary. Only with the information about where in the south of France you will be could you formulate a logical return to the USA travel plan.

I think Toulouse is actually the largest city in S of France.

Marseilles and Lyon are larger, but I think with all 3 you'll have to make at least 1 stop before arriving in the US. We've taken Lufthansa to and from Lyon the last 2 years, with a change in Munich. And the year before we flew to Lyon on KLM via Amsterdam. Munich and Amsterdam are much easier to deal with than CDG.

Marseille, Lyon, Nice, Bordeaux, and Toulouse all have major airports. For part of the year, Nice has service to JFK on Delta, and I also see that Lyon and Marseille have service on Air Canada to Montreal. So, these airports will have one stop service to FLL.

The other airports have no nonstops to the US, and it looks like you'll have to make two changes to get to FLL; if you are willing to use Miami airport, you can get home with one change. You don't have to fly via Paris - these airports have service to London, Amsterdam, Madrid, Frankfurt, etc.

To learn who flies where from a particular airport, look at that airport's Wikipedia page.

Lufthansa and British Airways will get you out of Lyon and have codeshares with US carriers,
but even better is to depart from Nice, maybe also using a codeshare. I think the Nice flights leave a little later in the morning, too, if that's part of your calculation.

Thank you all! I was just trying to avoid back-tracking to Paris when I am in South France.

We flew out of Nice, so easy, then CDG to US.

We too flew out of Nice to CDG then home to Seattle. Nice was a piece of cake and if I remember flights every hour or so - lots of options. I think we chose the 7:15 pm flight spent the night near CDG and flew out the next morning. I do really really try to avoid CDG preferring AMS but sometimes it's not an option

I would have said Marseille first, Nice second. I wouldn't have thought of Milan but it's a good choice, especially if you're ending near the Italian border. My neighbor moved in from Italy (near Venice). When he goes back he flies in and out of Milan and takes a train from there.

Of the three, I've only flown out of Nice - an Air France to Paris. It's not a giant airport and I'm not sure how much intercontinental service is available from there?

Toulouse might be an option if you're on the other side of the country. I've flown into Toulouse. It seems to get international traffic.