Air France

The standoff continues at Air France, where the referendum announced by the company's management began at 10am on 26 April. This electronic consultation will be open until 6 p.m. on May 4. "To ensure a positive outcome to the current dispute, are you in favour of the pay deal proposed on 16...

Tuesday 24 April saw further disruption due to the strike at Air France. The strike is being followed by 27.8 % of pilots, 19.2 % of cabin crew and 4.4 % of ground staff. Air France is expected to operate almost 75 % of its flight schedule. The...

The week begins with another strike day: on Monday 23 April, 28.1 % pilots, 19.6 % cabin crew and 13 % ground staff are on strike at Air France. Air France therefore plans to operate an average of 75% of its flight schedule. The network...

What does the acquisition of this new aircraft, celebrated by Transavia France at the end of March, represent? Nathalie Stubler - Picking up a new aircraft is always a unique event. This is Transavia France's 32nd Boeing. With the arrival of another aircraft in the spring, this will mean growth of 18% in...

Air France celebrated its return to Seattle on 25 March and intends to take care of the business travellers who will accompany it on this transatlantic route. The Boeing 777-200s chosen by the airline are equipped with the new long-haul travel cabins. In addition, Air France's initial schedule already includes up to five flights a week between Paris-CDG and Seattle...

With the launch of the Paris-Seattle route, are you already thinking of a daily flight on this route? Pierre-Olivier Bandet - We offer 5 flights a week at peak times, operated by Boeing 777-200s equipped with the latest long-haul cabins. But in fact, the aim would be to achieve a daily frequency, at least during the summer, because it's a...

Business travellers were dreading April, but it didn't take long for the disruption to make itself felt. Unsurprisingly, rail transport is the hardest hit on 3 April, with the start of the famous "slowdown strike" at the SNCF. An average of one TER out of 5 is expected to be disrupted, both in...

In the wake of a day of general strike action, it is the Air France site that is the focus of business travellers' attention on 23 March. The strike notice filed by several of the airline's staff unions would mobilise 35% of pilots, 31 % of cabin crew and 29 % of ground staff. The...

Brittany and the French overseas departments have never been so close. Travel between these two parts of the world will be easier from 6 March thanks to the TGV Air offer. Air France customers living near Rennes will be able to take advantage of train-plane tickets to Fort-de-France, Point-à-Pitre, Cayenne and Saint-Denis. This offer is in line with the...

The SkyTeam alliance is expanding its range of business lounges with the expected opening of its eighth and ninth worldwide by the end of the year. These new additions come on the heels of the inauguration of a new lounge in Vancouver last November, and following on from North America, the alliance will now be offering its South American business lounges in Santiago,...

Joon is expanding its range of flights with a daily service to Mumbai (Bombay). The new Air-France KLM airline will take over operation of the route between Paris and the Indian business capital from 18 June. Departures from Paris will be at 11:40 a.m., with arrival the following morning at...

Journalists who went to Air France-KLM's annual conference on Friday in search of major announcements or minor revolutions were disappointed. Long-haul low-cost, Alitalia, strike action: the 'hot' issues of the moment did not give rise to any decisions within the group's management, which was focused on the agenda for the...

Business travellers in the Var will soon have a new option for their business trips. Toulon Hyères Airport announced on Monday the forthcoming launch of a flight to Geneva operated by Swiss. Two flights will be operated each week, aboard a Bombardier CS100 or CS 300, with a capacity of 125 seats. These flights will take place every Thursday and Sunday...

According to Jean Marc Janaillac, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM and President of Air France, 2017 is a source of satisfaction: "We have approached 100 million passengers, an increase in traffic of 5.65 %, higher than the initial forecasts, and this in a context of ever-increasing competition from the carriers of the...

Faced with the planned demise of AirBerlin, Germany's second largest carrier, two airlines immediately joined the ranks of buyers. Unsurprisingly, Lufthansa showed an interest in taking over part of the business of its moribund competitor. But easyJet will also be taking over 25 of AirBerlin's aircraft in order to increase its presence in the German capital....

On 1 December, Air France officially opened a new chapter in its long history with the launch of Joon. The new airline is starting operations from Paris CDG, with flights to Barcelona, Berlin, Lisbon and Porto. Joon officials have also announced the next destinations to be covered by the carrier, with a programme of...

This is anything but a surprise: on 29 November, the CEO of Air France-KLM and the Chairman of Jet Airways signed a major cooperation agreement extending the joint development of their activities between Europe and India. This agreement is the culmination of a cooperation initiated in 2014 between the two groups...

As part of its #AFDigidays events, this time dedicated to artificial intelligence and customer relations, Air France presented its new high-tech assistant, called Louis. This chatbot - or conversational robot - is designed to answer some of the main questions asked by travellers, i.e. those relating to the...

There was already the joint venture with Delta Air Lines on the North Atlantic, those with China Eastern and China Southern Airlines on the China-Europe route and with Air Mauritius on the Indian Ocean. There will soon be other joint venture partners for Air France-KLM. Since the summer, there has been a real acceleration in the number of...

"Simplicity" was the watchword repeated over and over again by Air France KLM managers at Monday's presentation of the new Flying Blue format. It is true that the intricacies of Air France KLM's frequent flyer programme - like those of many other carriers - tend to make one dizzy,...