Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Paris to Lima. The left side wins overall due to the spectacular Paris departure views. During the transatlantic crossing the views are largely ocean on both sides, and over the Amazon basin cloud cover is typical. The Andes approach favors the right, but the Paris departure is the most visually rewarding single moment of the flight and tips the balance to the left.

During takeoff from Charles De Gaulle (CDG), sit on the Left side for the best views. CDG's primary departure runways (08/09 direction, heading east then turning south) mean a left-side seat gives you the sweep back over Paris as the aircraft banks. You'll see the Seine river bending through the city, the Eiffel Tower, and the dense urban grid of central Paris before the aircraft heads southwest. Notable sights include: Seine river bends through central Paris, Eiffel Tower and Champ de Mars, La Défense business district towers, Bois de Boulogne forest.

When landing at Jorge Chavez International (LIM), sit on the Right side for the best views. Jorge Chávez airport sits just west of Lima near the coast, and aircraft typically approach from the south or southeast over the Pacific before turning inland. A right-side seat gives you the view of the Andes cordillera rising dramatically to the east of Lima — the snow-capped peaks of the Cordillera Occidental visible on the horizon — while the left side faces the open Pacific. Notable sights include: Pacific Ocean coastline and Lima's Costa Verde cliffs, Cordillera Occidental Andes peaks to the east, Lima's urban sprawl across the desert plain, Callao port district.

The flight from Charles De Gaulle (CDG) to Jorge Chavez International (LIM) takes Approximately 14 to 15 hours nonstop.

The flight tracks southwest over the Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Peninsula, then crosses the Canary Islands region over the Atlantic. It crosses the equator over the open Atlantic Ocean west of Africa, then makes landfall over the mouth of the Amazon basin in northern Brazil. The route passes over the vast Amazon rainforest canopy — often obscured by convective cloud — before crossing into Peru and descending toward Lima over the western Andes foothills and the coastal desert.