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This is the logical follow-up to the memorandum of understanding signed between the Air France-KLM group and Etihad in September 2023. This agreement, which focuses on joint services and the coordination of flights on the France-Abu Dhabi route, now includes the two airlines' frequent flyer programmes. Members of Flying Blue, Air France's frequent flyer programme, will...

The Train + Air service gives passengers a single reservation for their entire journey, combining rail and air. Above all, it guarantees them a seat on the next flight or train in the event of delays, free of charge. Last year, the service even entered the digital age, with...

"We called Air France to tell them that flights would not resume in October. And we told them: when you're ready, you're going to line up and see if we're ready to give you back your slots. You are not the only airlines in the...

After a good summer season, particularly in terms of passenger numbers on long-haul routes, Air France is continuing to reopen and expand its global network. During the 2023-2024 winter season, the airline will serve 167 destinations, including 84 on long-haul routes and 83 on short and medium-haul routes. The national carrier will thus return to a level...

Orly is currently the most dynamic airport in Paris. The airport recorded 24.72 million passengers in the first three quarters of 2023. This represents an increase of 14.5% over one year. But above all, it represents an increase - albeit modest - of 0.3% compared with the same 9 months of 2019, the last...

The news came on Wednesday, in a completely official statement from the airline: Air France will indeed be leaving Orly. The timetable drawn up by Air France management has made 2026 the pivotal year for turning this page in history. By this date, the airline plans to operate all its flights...

The announcement was short-lived. Officially confirmed to AFP on 10 October by a company spokesman, the resumption of flights between Paris CDG and Bamako by Air France only lasted two days. Late in the afternoon of 11 October, the Malian military junta announced that it was cancelling the authorisation granted to Air France...

According to an Air France spokesman speaking to AFP, the national airline has been authorised to serve Bamako three times a week. The frequencies are scheduled on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. The airline previously served Bamako with a daily flight. According to the same source, the flights will no longer be operated by the airline's own aircraft. Air France...

For Henri Hourcade, CEO France of Air France-KLM, 2024 will remain an excellent year for Air France. During the summer, the carrier actually flirted with passenger traffic close to 2019 levels, before Covid. "Traffic levels were equivalent to 95% of what they were before the health crisis....

"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...