Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Paris to Vienna. The right side wins overall because the Vienna arrival on the right delivers the most concentrated and visually rewarding sequence — Danube, city center, and Wienerwald all in one descent. The left side has a good Paris departure but the right side also catches the southern edge of the Black Forest and the Austrian Alps foothills in the distance during cruise.

During takeoff from Charles De Gaulle (CDG), sit on the Left side for the best views. CDG typically departs eastbound on runways 09L/09R, meaning the left (north) side gives you a view back over central Paris as you climb out. You can pick out the Seine river bending through the city and the Eiffel Tower area before turning southeast toward Vienna. Notable sights include: Seine river bends through Paris, Eiffel Tower district, La Défense business cluster to the west, Bois de Boulogne.

When landing at Schwechat (VIE), sit on the Right side for the best views. Vienna Schwechat typically uses westbound runway 29 for arrivals from the west, meaning the approach track comes in from the northwest over the Marchfeld plain. The right (north) side gives you a clear view of central Vienna, the Danube, and the Vienna Woods on the city's western edge as you descend. Notable sights include: Danube river and Alte Donau oxbow, central Vienna and Ringstrasse district, Vienna Woods (Wienerwald) hills to the west, Prater park and Riesenrad area.

The flight from Charles De Gaulle (CDG) to Schwechat (VIE) takes Approximately 1 hour 50 minutes to 2 hours.

The route tracks roughly east-southeast across northeastern France, clipping the southern edge of the Vosges mountains, then crossing the Rhine valley near Strasbourg or Karlsruhe, over Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in southern Germany, before descending across the Austrian border near Salzburg and across the flat Danube basin into Vienna. The Bavarian Alps are visible to the south during the German portion of the cruise.