Air France

From July to October 2022, Air France will be unveiling new Michelin-starred menus by top French chefs Michel Roth and Anne-Sophie Pic in its long-haul La Première and Business cabins on departure from Paris. Working with seasonal produce, vegetarian dishes, red and white meats and fish, the chefs have come up with dishes...

From 30 June until the end of the weekend on 3 July, flights out of Paris CDG will be disrupted following a strike called by some Paris Airport staff to demand pay rises. As a result, and as it did for the same reasons at the beginning of June, the...

As part of the European Commission's "Connecting Europe Days", five sustainable European flights converged on Lyon airport, where the EU event was taking place. These flights used innovative technologies, fuels and air navigation procedures to minimise their carbon emissions, demonstrating the potential for transforming...

Is Air France a model in Europe when it comes to managing its staff and, consequently, its summer schedule? There is every reason to believe so, given the French airline's current flight planning situation. Unlike other European airlines - easyJet, British Airways, the Lufthansa group...

Over the last few days, several airlines have revealed their increased ambitions for the France-Algeria route. Transavia is the latest to step up its offer in this strategic market - for business, leisure and affinity customers - and will soon be offering more than 50 flights a week. From Paris...

Business travellers due to fly today (8 June) or tomorrow (9 June) can expect to be patient or to revise their flight plans. A strike by security staff has prompted Paris Airport to tweet a warning to passengers to "anticipate your arrival and check your flight details with...

Air France is multiplying positive signs about its ambitions, particularly in the "high contribution" segment. A few days after unveiling its new long-haul Business seat, the airline announced on Tuesday that it was working on a new La Première cabin. According to Air France, the project has now "entered its design phase".

The launch of the Paris-Quebec flight, which had been awaited for several months, took place on 16 May. The service to Jean-Lesage airport is operated by an Airbus A330-200, whose new travel cabins - Economy, Premium Economy and Business - are equipped with a wifi connection. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="124815"] This seasonal service is now...

Air France-KLM and IndiGo have confirmed that they have finally obtained the necessary regulatory approvals for their new codeshare relationship announced for December 2021. Air France-KLM had already been looking for a partner in India for several years following the bankruptcy of Jet Airways. The agreement will result in the establishment of a codeshare...

On Tuesday evening, Air France's management presented what had been announced as "a major new stage in the airline's move upmarket in long-haul services". This will be based in particular on the refurbishment of the Boeing 777-300s, as Anne Rigail confirmed: "After the refurbishment of our 15 A330s and our 12...

Air France is working to reduce its CO2 emissions, and has just launched a programme called "Air France ACT". It aims to: reduce as a priority the direct emissions generated by Air France's operations, reduce indirect emissions, upstream and downstream of the airline's activities,...

Flying Blue, the frequent flyer programme of the Air France-KLM group (which also includes Transavia, Air Calin, Kenya Airways and Tarom) introduces "Flying Blue Family". Thanks to this new offer, any Flying Blue member aged over 18 can now create and launch their own "Flying Blue Family". And as a result...

Air France seems to be drawing a line under the two years of the pandemic. With almost 200 destinations served at the height of summer, Air France's offer will correspond to 90% of 2019 capacity. On the long-haul network, Air France's business will be driven by buoyant demand in North America, Africa, the Caribbean and...

This is bad news for passengers, but it was to be expected. Since 1 March, Air France-KLM has put an end to total flexibility on cancellations of tickets purchased. Admittedly, we are not back to the conditions that existed before the pandemic. Tickets can still be changed. The Air France website details that what...

Since the reopening of the American borders in November 2021, Air France has been gradually strengthening its service to the United States, the airline's leading long-haul destination in terms of the number of seats offered. Air France currently serves 11 destinations in the United States (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Seattle, San Francisco and Washington D.C.). The offer between...

For the past fortnight or so, the Italian press has been buzzing with rumours about a future partner for Italy's national airline ITA. ITA, which rose from the ashes of the former Alitalia, took off in October. But it knows from the outset that it has little chance of surviving on its own in a domestic and European market...

It's now official. From 17 May until 29 October 2022, Air France will be linking Quebec Jean Lesage airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle with three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The flights will be operated by Airbus A330-200 with a capacity of 224 seats (36 in Business cabin, 21 in Premium Economy...

Mali is more isolated than ever, and the sanctions imposed on Sunday by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are being echoed in Europe. ECOWAS announced the closure of borders and a trade embargo to put pressure on the military junta. The junta was planning to postpone the return of...

Since 10 January, passengers buying a ticket on Air France-KLM have been charged what the airline calls a "Sustainable Aviation Fuel Contribution", in addition to the current eco-tax. This compulsory contribution means an additional cost ranging from €1 to €4 in economy class and from €1.50 to €12 in the business cabin, depending on...

The demise of India's Jet Airways more than two years ago left a gaping hole for the Franco-Dutch group Air France-KLM. With flights to Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore from Paris and Amsterdam, the two airlines had access to a network of over fifty destinations. The new...