There are many connecting flights from Ottawa to both Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports. You could fly on Air Canada, Austrian, Delta, Lufthansa, USAir or United. Air France does offer a flight to Paris. However if you are traveling from Ottawa you would take a bus from Ottawa to Montreal. So really Air France is flying from Montreal, not Ottawa.

The flight reservation page on tripcentral.ca can be used to compare the different flights from Ottawa to Paris. With Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports being only 41 km apart this gives you flexibility when deciding which to land at. You may want to consider a few things before deciding. You want to find out what flights from Ottawa to Paris are available for your departure and return dates. The ticket cost is another factor to consider.  You may want to fly into the airport that is closer to where you are staying.

Choosing which Airport to Land at:
You may have to choose between convenience and cost. If you can find cheap flights going to one airport it may be worth taking a longer drive to get to your final destination. You can always find a tripcentral.ca  travel agent who has been to Paris. They can help you decide if Charles de Gaulle or Orly is the best airport for you based on your travel needs.

The flight reservation page on tripcentral.ca lets you look at flights to both airports at the same time or only the individual airports. Prices and the departure times can be seen at a glance. If discount airfare is your priority then you can compare all flights from Ottawa to both airports in Paris. You simply choose all Paris airports and flights for both are shown.

How to Find Discount Airfare:
To make things easy tripcentral.ca’s flight reservation page highlights the cheapest flight as the best price. Best value airfares are also brought to your attention. There is a difference between cheap flights and the best value airfares. Best value airfares may be a little more expensive but may be are often more comfortable or convenient than the cheap flights.

A good time to look for cheap flights to Paris is about four months in advance. If there is going to be any discount airfare it is usually offered between one to four months before a flight. As with any good deals discount airfare goes fast, so you want to book as soon as you can.

Seat sales are another option when looking for cheap flights. They can occur any time there are a bunch of unsold seats. Seat sales normally take place at the last minute, so sometime within 30 days before takeoff.

It may seem like a good idea to wait for seat sales to get discount airfare. There are some disadvantages if you wait for seat sales to book your tickets. You never know if and when seat sales will take place. You cannot plan for them and airfare can go up as well as down. You could wait for discount airfare only to find the price increasing the longer you wait. Be careful about waiting to buy your tickets, flights to Paris do fill up. You can quickly go from waiting for cheap flights to not going at all. If you wait too long there may not be any tickets to buy.  Don’t put your trip plans at risk waiting for seat sales.

When shopping for tickets you may notice that airlines flying from border cities may have cheap flights to Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports.  Always balance the savings from discount airfare or seat sales with any inconvenience or added expenses getting to and from a border city. Savings from cheap flights in a border city may not be real savings once the actual cost of travelling to the different airports is compared. Deals on airline tickets are only valuable when they actually save you money.