Air France

"90 years: that's a very positive event and it's good to celebrate it," explained Ben Smith, CEO of the Air France-KLM Group, at the official opening of the exhibition celebrating 90 years of Air France. 90 years of travel, gastronomy, design, haute couture, art and architecture. Since its creation on 7...

The Air France-KLM Group is securing its future on long-haul routes. It has just announced its intention to order 50 Airbus A350-900s and A350-1000s. It also includes acquisition rights for a further 40 aircraft. This mega-order will enable the renewal and rationalisation of the long-haul fleet. It also reflects the company's ambition to improve its economic performance...

Air France flights have been suspended since 7 August due to the coup d'état in Niger, and will not be resuming any time soon, at least not before the end of September. The French airline has renewed the suspension of its four weekly flights to Niamey. This suspension also affects services to Mali and...

The Air France-KLM Group and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, have just finalised a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening their collaboration in the fields of commercial passenger transport, frequent flyer programmes, talent development and aircraft maintenance. As part of this partnership, and subject to...

We have known since early June that a number of business travel operators were interested in Alltheway. In particular, the French start-up was offering its baggage delivery service in partnership with the Accor group, but Air France had already planned to integrate this option in the run-up to summer. The airline made the integration official at the end of July. And it lists eight...

According to the Air France corporate website reserved for sales agents, the prices for access to the Paris-Orly lounges break down as follows: For the ORY3 international lounge: the fare for an adult has risen from 60 euros (or 12,000 miles) to 75 euros (or 15,000 miles) and for a child from 20 euros (or 4,000...

To continue to make every flight a real moment of relaxation - making a long-haul flight a little shorter - Air France is revamping and enhancing its entertainment offer. The product is available on board all its long-haul travel cabins. In all Air France long-haul travel cabins, each seat is equipped with a...

Air France is continuing to strengthen its long-haul routes. From 29 October 2023, the airline will be offering a new route between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The daily flight will be operated by an Airbus A350-900 with a capacity of 324 seats (34 in the Business cabin, 24 in the Economy cabin and...

It's been a (good) habit at Air France for a long time: the airline aims to vary the pleasures by regularly installing new chefs at the helm of its kitchen. The latest rotation is not insignificant insofar as, for the first time, it is the famous chef Thierry Marx who has been appointed, alongside...

Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways and All Nippon Airways: these are the three winners of the 2023 Skytrax Sky Awards. Whether you like it or not, what has become the airline equivalent of the film Oscars in the United States serves as a benchmark for travellers. The Skytrax Awards are based on a questionnaire filled in...

The Air France lounge in San Francisco reopened its doors on 16 June. Highly-anticipated by business travellers, this makeover has seen the lounge gain ground, still at gate A of the international terminal. It now welcomes passengers in an area of 565 sq. m. - 90 sq. m more than the previous...

The decarbonisation of air transport is essential to its survival, as well as being a communication issue for airlines wishing to prove that they are moving towards air transport that is compatible with environmental issues. Air France-KLM has therefore put in place an environmental policy that includes the increased use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF);...

Buy on Amazon and earn miles on Flying Blue, the Air France-KLM group's frequent flyer programme. This is the partnership that Amazon and Air France-KLM have just set up. The airline group will now be able to offer its 20 million Flying Blue members new ways to earn Miles. Flying Blue members...

At the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2023 in Hamburg, Air France unveiled a preview of its latest Business seat. Equipped with the highest standards of comfort and technology in the industry, the new seat features a sliding door allowing passengers to make their space private. It can also be converted into a perfectly flat bed for...

Air France-KLM is enhancing its relations with companies by adding Amadeus' Cytric suite to the list of partners for its BlueConnect online booking tool, dedicated to the airline group's corporate customers. As one of the world's leading providers of travel-related technologies, Amadeus will be integrating its various solutions into the BlueConnect booking tool...

In order to offer its passengers wider fare options, at the best price, and with more choice, Air France-KLM is introducing a Light fare option in the Business cabin and on Premium Comfort (KLM) and Premium Economy (Air France) classes. The fare naturally offers all the in-flight services and comfort of these classes...

With the summer season upon us, Air France is stepping up its flight schedule from Paris airports. The airline is taking into account the strong demand for medium-haul routes to leisure destinations. The airline will be operating a total of 29 seasonal routes from Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle to: Greece: Santorini: up to...

The information has just been published on the business portal for travel agencies and distribution networks. From 4 April, for all travel commencing on 13 April 2023, Air France and KLM are introducing Advance Seat Reservations (ASR) in Business Class. At this time, Business Class customers will be able to...

Air France is returning to a similar schedule of services this summer as in 2019. The airline is responding to strong passenger demand and will be offering up to 835 flights a day to 191 destinations in 89 countries from the end of March. This development particularly concerns long-haul, with 85 destinations. The reopening of...

Will Perth International Airport become Australia's new intercontinental hub? There is every reason to believe so. That's the ambition declared by Alan Joyce, CEO of Australia's national airline Qantas. Perth's geographical location, which might seem like a weakness, is proving to be an asset, at least for air transport. The capital of the state of...