We will be flying to Prague at the end of the month via Air France. We have a connecting flight in Paris with just an hour in between. Can this be done in an hour? Thanks.

Are you going to be making your transfer at CDG? If so, I would be very concerned about trying to do a transfer in an hour.

Not that it's reassuring, but Air France does this all the time. I've made connections of 45 minutes. There will be AF staff on the ground to steer you on your way.

One of my funniest travel stories ever is the connection we had back from Prague through Paris to Chicago about 10 years ago. We only had about an hour for connection. The flight left Prague an hour late due to weather or something and we were sure we had missed our connection. But we didn't care. We would have a night in Paris. But, just as we stepped out of the plane in Paris on to the jetway an AF representative was waiting to for us with our name on a sign. We then proceeded to have to sprint after her(I mean a full out run) through that terminal, down a secret staircase to a van waiting on the tarmac, raced at 50+ miles an hour over to another terminal, back up a secret staircase and sprint again through that terminal. (Can you say "pardon" in French too many times?) Then at the last moment we were all but thrown on our flight, which had been held after its scheduled departure, we had the last two empty seats on the flight to Chicago. Whew! But no, then we sat there. It turned out that AF had just figured out that it had allowed a passenger to check her dog into the cargo hold but without realizing that she and the dog were actually connecting through Chicago to another US city. It was summer and domestic flights in the US do not allow pets in cargo then (at least not on a connecting flight, too hot) and so the dog had to be taken off before the plane left CDG. And of course the woman could not travel with her dog left behind in Paris alone so she got off. And of course on an international flight if you don't fly your luggage can't fly either and so someone had to climb in the cargo hold to find her suitcase too. About one hour later we finally left. Could you make your connection at CDG in one hour? I don't know. If it is all one ticket AF is responsible to get you their somehow, but what are your options as to a later flight and what are you at loss for if your travel to Prague is delayed a day if no options are available later? On the way home it didn't seem like such a big deal to us not to take the risk but on the way over, maybe it's different.

With an hour between flights at CDG you may or may not make it. Your luggage may or may not make it.

Is this all on a single ticket? If so, you're protected and will be placed on the next flight to wherever. If these are two flight with separate tickets you have a major problem - since neither airline is responsible if you miss the flight. And you will have to buy a new ticket for whatever flight is available at the walk up rate.

Transferring from Schengen area in CDG airport to international area takes more than 30 min of walking time as it involves change of terminals and there are no inter terminal walkways or coaches. With milling crowd at security check ,I will consider it extremely lucky if you made it in an hour. My experience with AF staff was not very pleasant. I almost missed my flt when I had a connection to make in 75 min( I was transferring from a flt from Bologna to Chicago ) but was saved from a harrowing experience because they had to wait for a group checked in on that flt whose AF connecting flt had reported a delay. AF ground staff didnot inform me and were not ready to radio the gate guys on the other end to hold the flt for me.I double sprinted on the airport dodging carts and strolling passengers,just to be in time.
Would always suggest have 90 min or more at CDG to make it sure that you and your bags make it to the connecting flt.

As of some years ago, unless you are traveling first or business class, no one from Air France will be waiting for you with your name on a sign.

If you go to the Air France website and enter your departure and arrival cities, you'll get detailed instructions, with maps, for making your connection.

An hour should be adequate if your plane isn't too late, and often departures are held a bit for expected passengers.

Thank you for the responses. The Air France website was very helpful, and we will be armed with their detailed directions as we attempt to make this connection.