Aigle Azur’s CEO announces resignation; airline’s booking engine closed from 10 September
Frantz Yvelin, the CEO of French airline Aigle Azur, placed in receivership Monday, throws in the towel by announcing his resignation on the set...
Air France Airbus A319 between Moscow’s Sheremetyevo and Paris CDG diverts to Luxembourg
On 20 August, an Air France Airbus A319 (F-GRHB) operated flight AF1145 between Moscow Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport, Russia and Paris Charles...
Air France: Airbus A330 to Brazzaville returns to Paris CDG (medical) & Airbus A320 to Madrid diverts to Bordeaux (technical)
On 16 August, an Air France Airbus A330 (F-GZCB) operated flight AF896 between Paris CDG, France and Brazzaville, Congo Republic. The aircraft stopped climbing...
Air France orders 60 Airbus A220-300, retires A380 fleet by 2022
The Air France-KLM Board of Directors approved several strategic decisions concerning the development of the Air France fleet, following a meeting on July 30,...
Air France and Paris Aéroport launch cooperation to ensure baggage tracking using RFID technology
As from 2020, Air France will ensure baggage tracking at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport using tags equipped with RFID chips in cooperation with Paris...
Air France opens a new route to Krakow
Krakow (Poland), new Air France destination in the summer of 2020;
From March 29 to October 24, 2020 with a daily flight departing...
A revamped Air France lounge at Washington Dulles airport
A lounge that can accommodate up to 155 La Première, Business and Flying Blue Elite Plus customers;
615 sq. m. on two levels;
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Twenty flights to Las Vegas by Air France, KLM and Delta for the Consumer Electronic Show 2020
The world’s largest technological innovation showcase, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), will take place from January 7 to 10, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.On...
[Video] A ballet in the sky on board an Air France flight
On July 6, 2019, Air France, in partnership with the Paris Opera, surprised its passengers on flight AF117 from Shanghai to Paris-Charles de Gaulle....
Air France opposed to the eco-tax proposal announced by the government
Air France's official reaction to Elisabeth Borne and François de Rugy's statements on July 9, 2019Air France strongly disapproves the announcement of a proposal...
Research team finds and salvages missing Air France Airbus A380 engine part
On 30 September 2017, an Air France Airbus A380 (F-HPJE) was operating flight AF66 between Paris CDG, France and Los Angeles, United States. About...
Air France-KLM optimises long-haul fleet: future Airbus A350s for Air France and Boeing 787s to KLM
Air France and KLM pursue the optimisation of their respective long-haul fleets. The airlines will effectively swap the remaining firm Boeing 787 and Airbus...
Engine failure on Boeing 777 prompts Air France crew to immediately head back to Atlanta Airport
On 23 June, an Air France Boeing 777 (F-GZNJ) departed Atlanta Airport, United States for flight AF681 to Paris CDG, France. The crew, however,...
First Air France Airbus A350-900 rolls out of the paint shop
Air France and Airbus just revealed pictures of the airline's very first Airbus A350 coming out of the paintshop. The delivery to the French...
Air France committed to eliminating 210 million single-use plastic items by the end of 2019
It’s the end of the road for plastic cutlery, cups, stirrers etc. For this year’s World Environment Day, passengers on flight AF378 from Paris-Charles...
Exactly ten years ago, Air France flight AF447 crashed into the Atlantic
Exactly 10 years ago - on 1 June 2009 - an Air France Airbus A330-200 (F-GZCP) was lost about 3.5 hours after departure from...
Listeria detected in sandwiches available from self-service aboard some Air France flights
Air France issued the following customer notification after an isolated instance of listeria detected in a sandwich available from self-service aboard some flights 21-24...
Changes at Paris-Orly: Air France welcomes its long-haul customers to new Orly 3 building
With the inauguration of the new Orly 3 building on April 18, Paris-Orly airport has been transformed into a single terminal, known as Paris...
Air France pilots agree on Transavia France expansion, currently capped at forty aircraft
SNPL ALPA Air France, representing a majority of Air France pilots, has agreed to start negotiations with Air France management in order to increase...
Air France launches flights to Quito
On May 23, Air France operated its first flight to Quito from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. The company is offering its customers 3 weekly services...