For USA East Coast and Caribbean from Paris, Air France only served Pointe-a-Pitre in the Caribbean south of Washington DC in 1964. Not even Fort-de-France yet, runway could not handle 707s.
TWA did have its European hub in Paris, but from their usual suspects of Boston/New York/Chicago. They did however also have a nonstop 707 from LAX to Paris, but not direct LAX to London, which may very well have attracted the Hollywood entertainment and media industry. TWA still had the influence of Howard Hughes' shareholding in them, and Hughes had set up direct sales teams with his contacts at the studios etc, which served 'Tee-Dub' well for much of their time, and to an extent still has carried on after American bought them out 25 years ago; the American service from New York to LAX is still regarded as the media and stars shuttle between the two centres, the commercial contacts having carried on.
Last edited by WHBM; 16th March 2026 at 16:25.