Air France

Jetstar Asia has welcomed back Air France, KLM and British Airways to its international carrier partnerships

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For Air France the Airbus A380 never arrived with a real splash, Lufthansa supplying the cabin staff when the aircraft was certificated with a media flight out of Toulouse and then a quiet…

Air France is expanding its Indian network to include Chennai with thrice weekly direct services to Paris Charles de Gaulle starting 14 June 2020, opening more opportunities for travel…

A lifeless body of a 10-year-old child was found on the landing gear of an Air France flight on 7 January at Paris airport. The aircraft had travelled to Paris Charles de Gaulle from Abidjan…

Air France has launched a new proactive travel insurance in partnership with Allianz Travel, which will see customers compensated EUR 50 (USD 56.44) if their flight is delayed by more…

Air France, the French flag carrier, will welcome the revamped travel cabins on board Airbus A330 on the Bengaluru – Paris route effective 18 June and effective 28 June, on the…

Virgin Atlantic is now part of Bluebiz, a rewards programme for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) which also includes KLM, Air France, Delta and Kenya Airways.

Cork Airport has confirmed that long-standing airline partner Aer Lingus will introduce flights to Dubrovnik and Nice from Summer 2019.

After dropping codeshare flights five years ago when the airline forged a global alliance with Emirates, Qantas has reinstated its codeshare agreement with Air France, giving passengers more…

Travelport signed a deal with Air France KLM to distribute its content through a private channel arrangement, allowing agents to avoid the carrier’s GDS charge. The deal allows customers…

Air France and Vietnam Airlines announced the signing of a comprehensive strategic partnership allowing the two airlines to optimize their services between France, Europe and Vietnam and to…

Air France is making significant progress in upgrading its fleet of long-haul Boeing 777s with new seats and cabin products. All 25 of the airline's 777-200s and 19 of its 43 777-300s…

Singapore Airlines has signed a deal that will significantly expand its route network in Europe. The national carrier has penned a Memorandum of Understanding with Air France-KLM to…

Air France will launch direct flights to the Maldives this year, as it continues to expand its Indian Ocean network. Effective 1 November 2017, the national carrier will operate twice…

Vistara, Singapore Airlines' Indian carrier, has moved to streamline international connections at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. While Vistara does not currently operate…

Air France has become the latest airline to take delivery of Boeing's newest long-haul aircraft, the B787 Dreamliner. The twin-aisle aircraft, which becomes the 500th Dreamliner to…

Air France-KLM has chosen to install a new fast in-flight Wi-Fi system on its long-haul aircraft. The European group has selected Gogo's 2Ku broadband technology, which claims to…

Following the end of the world's biggest sporting event, Olympic host Rio de Janeiro welcomed the world's largest passenger aircraft for the first time this week. The Airbus A380 touched…

Air France touched down in Iran on Sunday for the first time in eight years. The new service will now operate three times a week direct between Paris and Tehran. Flights will…

Air France has revealed the next phase of its long-haul cabin improvement programme, with the revamp of its Airbus A330 fleet. The airline's entire fleet of A330-200 aircraft will be…

Air France and KLM have expanded their operations in Central Asia with the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Kazakhstan's national carrier, Air Astana. Effective 11 March…

Air France has started offering its latest cabin products to passengers on its Paris-Tokyo Narita route. A revamped Boeing 777 aircraft will be deployed on the route featuring all…

Air France will retire its last remaining Boeing 747 aircraft this week, after more than four decades of service. The final B747 flight took place on 11 January, flying between…

Air France will launch a new daily flight to Glasgow from Paris-Charles de Gaulle on 27 March. Flights will be operated by Airbus A318 with a capacity of 131 seats. “The launch of…

Air France has started offering its new long-haul cabin products on flights to and from Bengaluru. The new cabins have been introduced on the Boeing 777-200 aircraft Air France uses…

Air France has started offering its new long-haul cabin products on flights to and from Beijing. The new cabins were introduced this month on the Boeing 777 aircraft Air France uses…

Air France and Air Seychelles have signed a “landmark codeshare agreement”, following an MoU between the airlines in April.  Roy Kinnear, CEO of Air Seychelles, and Frédéric Gagey,…

Air France along with Air Seychelles have recently inked a codeshare agreement to provide better connections between France, wider Europe, and the Seychelles. The agreement was signed…

Air France will deploy its Airbus A380 to Mexico next year, marking the first time the world's largest passenger aircraft has operated a scheduled service to the country. From January…

Korean Air has announced a major expansion of its network in Europe, following the expansion of its codeshare agreements with Air France and Alitalia. Effective this week, the Korean…

Air France will operate an additional weekly flight to Havana in Cuba from October 2015, increasing its offer to 11 weekly departures during winter 2015.  Air France has operated…

Throughout April and May, Air France’s La Première customers can enjoy new dishes designed by Michelin-starred chef Guy Martin.  La Première customers travelling on Air France…

Finnair has commenced offering tickets for its inaugural Airbus A350 XWB flights scheduled for October.   The airline, which is the European launch customer for the aircraft, will operate…

In a bid to expand its customer offerings, Air Seychelles recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Air France. The agreement was signed between Joël Morgan, minister of…

Air France has started flying its revamped Boeing 777 aircraft to Guangzhou, featuring the airline's latest cabin products. The twin-aisle jet operating the direct Paris-Guangzhou…

Passengers onboard an Air France flight from New York to Paris were left stranded at Manchester airport for half a day as the pilot had to stop due to exceeding his maximum working hours.…

Qatar Airways has been awarded ‘Business Airline of the Year’ for the second consecutive year at the UK Business Travel Awards 2015 held in London this week. Carrier country manager…

Air France has unveiled its new La Première first class cabin products on the route to Singapore and Jakarta. The new premium cabin comes equipped with a seat that reclines to form a…

CLINTON ANDERSON has been named as Sabre's new senior vice president of strategy & business development. Anderson previously spent nearly 20 years with Bain & Company, leading…

Kathryn Robertson has been promoted to general manager UK & Europe at Air New Zealand. Robertson first joined the team in 2007 as marketing manager UK & Europe and has since held…

Air France Group has put forward proposals to shift all short-haul flights to subsidiary HOP!. HOP! would operate the services from summer 2015 in a move that the group hopes will…

Air France-KLM Group capacity is scheduled to increase by 0.7% this, from 26 October to 28 March, including more seats on long haul routes. The group’s long haul capacity is up 0.3%…

Air France will start to resume normal operations tomorrow (30 September) after pilots returned to work from two weeks of strikes. Yet while the industrial action has stopped the…

Air France has resumed talks with the SNPL union in the hope to resume strikes that enter their 11th day today. The two are talking after the union released a counter-offer to the…

Pilots on strike with Air France have rejected an offer to end the industrial action. Air France had offered to suspend plans to expand Transavia to settle the dispute, which has seen…

Air France has cancelled more than half of its flights today as an expected eight days of strikes start at the airline.  The carrier said it will operate 48% of flights today (15…

Several pilot unions have called for eight days of strikes at Air France next week. If it goes ahead the industrial action will start on Monday (15 September) and end the following…

Air France-KLM's financial performance improved in the second quarter of 2014, but could not prevent the company from slumping to a large first half loss. The European airline group…

Air France has launched a new service to Jakarta. The route commenced on 9 July and will now operate daily, via Singapore. Flights will depart Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport at 1920,…

Air France has launched a new private jet service for its first class passengers. Customer booking La Première class tickets on long-haul flights with connections at Paris Charles de…

Airlines said they will look to minimise disruption in the next six days after French air traffic controllers (ATC) announced industrial action. Flights into the country as well as…

Air France has launched its first ever Airbus A380 flight to Hong Kong. The double-decker aircraft touched down at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for the first time on 27 May…

Jet Airways has today launched its direct flight between Mumbai and Paris. The airline will operate an Airbus A330 to Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport, four days a week on Thursdays,…

Air France has unveiled its new La Première first class suite at an event in Shanghai. The new product, which will be rolled out across the airline's fleet of Boeing 777-300 aircraft,…

Four major airlines have chosen Amadeus to provide car rental services on their websites. Air France, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways and TAM all recently implemented 'Amadeus Cars', taking…

Air France-KLM-Delta has announced an increase in baggage allowance for travel from India to North America on Economy class. For tickets issued effective 17 April 2014, passengers…

Jet Airways has announced the expansion of its codeshare partnership with Air France.  The partnership will offer enhanced network connectivity to 12 major cities across Europe and…

Air France will deploy its Airbus A380 on the Paris-Hong Kong route this summer. From 27 May to 8 June 2014, the double-decker jet will operate four weekly services (Tuesdays,…

Air France-KLM achieved an improved financial result in 2013, as the airline's restructuring strategy started delivering cost-savings. The European airline group achieved a 3.8%…

Air France is now able to offer passengers flights to Yangon, following the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways. The French national carrier currently operates…

Air France has unveiled its brand new long-haul business class seat. Set to be rolled out this summer across the airline's fleet of Boeing 777s, the new business class cabin will…

Air France will add more flights to several destinations in Southeast Asia this summer. The national carrier currently operates 18 weekly flights from Paris to four destinations in…

Air France has restarted its Facebook contest for its Indian audience. Post the tremendous success of the Facebook contest for aspiring designers held last year in July, the airline…

Air France will commence a new route to Tokyo Haneda Airport next year. Commencing on 30 March 2014, the national carrier will operate two daily flights to Haneda, direct from Paris…

Air France KLM’s board said it is ‘very encouraged’ by its transformation plan after seeing an improvement in its operating result for Q3. The group posted an operating result of…

Air France will launch the first ever Airbus A380 flights to San Francisco next year. Commencing on 30 March 2014, the national carrier will deploy the double-decker jet on its…

Air France will launch a new daily service to Jakarta next year. Effective 30 March 2014, the national carrier will add a Jakarta leg to its existing Paris-Singapore service. Flights…

Air France is celebrating its 80th anniversary today (7 October).  To celebrate the occasion, the airline has announced a special discount offer – Pay 80% of the fare and celebrate…

Air France is unveiling a new range of products and services for its economy class passengers. To be rolled out in summer 2014, the new economy class cabin will feature a brand new…

Air France is planning to slash 2,800 more jobs after its management decided to ramp up the 'Transform 2015' cost-cutting strategy. Presenting an update of the turnaround plan this…

Air France has taken delivery of its ninth Airbus A380. The latest double-decker aircraft was handed over to the French national carrier at the Airbus factory in Hamburg last week,…

China Eastern to launch Manila flights China Eastern Airlines has announced that it will launch a new service to Manila. From 18 October, the Shanghai-based airline will commence a…

Four French aviation stakeholders, including Air France and Airbus, have agreed to work together to develop sustainable aviation biofuel. An agreement signed at the recent Paris Air…

Air France-KLM and Jet Airways have signed a code-share agreement. The codeshare agreement enables Air France to market flights under AF flight number to key Indian cities beyond…

Half of flights to and from France are expected to be cancelled in the next three days due to several union strikes in the country. Authorities at the French Civil Aviation have…

France- based pilots at CityJet have called for a two-day strike later this week. The pilots’ union could take industrial action on this Friday and Saturday (17 and 18 May) after Air…

Air France has merged three of its regional airlines to create a new short-haul carrier called Hop! The combination of Brit Air, Regional and Airlinair marks the latest stage in the…

Airline news round-up from the last two days Air France launches East Midlands service Air France has announced it is to connect East Midlands Airport ‘to the world’ with new…

Air France has announced it is to connect East Midlands Airport ‘to the world’ with new flights to Paris-Charles de Gaulle. The airline has signed a new codeshare deal with Flybe to…

Air France KLM’s schedule is to be maintained this winter with the same capacity and additional flight frequencies. Air France’s growth will mainly be focused on long-haul routes into…

Round-up of airline news from this morning including Air France strikes and Kingfisher's licence suspension.  Air France braces for strike Air France has said it will aim to "limit…

His Excellency, Eric Giraud-Telme, Consul General of France to the UAE, and Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai airports inaugurated the refurbished Air France Business class lounge in Dubai. The…

Loss-making Air France has confirmed plans to invest "several hundred million euros" in its products and services. Announced at the IFTM Top Resa travel trade show in Paris, the airline…

Air France KLM has revealed that it is to commence a GBP1 million autumn/winter advertising campaign that will target six of the UK’s biggest regions. The Pack&Go initiative will focus…

Air France-KLM has partnered with Jetstar to offer daily one-stop flights between the Gold Coast and Europe, via Japan. Passengers will be able to fly with Jetstar from the Queensland hub's…

The final report into the 2009 Air France crash was said that pilot error, combined with technical faults, caused the accident. French Accident Investigation Bureau’s (BEA) report into…

The final report into the 2009 Air France crash was said that pilot error, combined with technical faults, caused the accident. French Accident Investigation Bureau’s (BEA) report…

Air France has announced a new restructuring plan which will lead to the loss of more than 5,000 jobs. By the end of 2014, the French national carrier said it is aiming to cut payroll costs…

Air France launches Abuja flights   Air France has continued its expansion in West Africa with the launch of a new service to Nigeria’s capital Abuja. The new direct daily service from…

Air France has signed an agreement with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to set up a new airline in the Ivory Coast. Air Cote d’Ivoire will become the West African…

Airline and hotel news from Africa's tourism product. Kempinski signs Nairobi hotel Kempinski Hotels has announced it will expand its Africa portfolio with a new property in…

Passenger traffic at Singapore’s Changi Airport jumped 15.3% to 4.28 million in March 2012. According to the latest data from the Changi Airport Group (CAG), the growth was supported by a…