You can fly 'AF' without going via PAR if you travel on a codeshare.
We booked an elderly relative from the UK to CPT, on KLM flights via AMS. It happened to be cheaper by about £100 to book the flights on the AF website, so they were KL flights but with AF flight numbers.
On the way home in the car, one of his comments was : "I hadn't realised what a nice airport they had in Paris now....". He hadn't even realised he'd transited Schiphol!