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Air France returns to Bamako and organises a special flight to...

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...

Air France, a high level of winter services

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....

Air France: the glamour of 90 years of elegance

"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...

Air France-KLM confirms order for 50 Airbus A350s

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...

Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso: status quo at Air France

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...

Air France-KLM Group and Etihad strengthen their partnership

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...

New baggage options with Air France and SkyTeam

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...

More exclusive access to Air France lounges

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...

Air France expands its in-flight entertainment offer

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 launches flights to Abu Dhabi and Raleigh-Durham this winter

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...

Air France: five stars in the kitchen

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...

Skytrax 2023 ranking reveals the world's best airlines

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...

San Francisco: the Air France lounge gets a complete makeover

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...

Air France-KLM, champion in the use of sustainable fuels

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);...

Air France and Amazon team up to offer Miles on Flying...

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...

New Air France classes on the Airbus A350

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 integrates the Cytric suite from Amadeus into its...

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...

The 'Light' fare makes its debut in business and premium classes...

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...

Air France: 31 seasonal medium-haul routes from...

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...

Air France-KLM will be charging for seat reservations in the...

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...