{"id":107435,"date":"2021-03-26T10:07:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T09:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=107435"},"modified":"2021-03-29T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T12:06:29","slug":"air-france-frmeture-agences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/air-france-frmeture-agences","title":{"rendered":"Air France sounds the death knell for its physical agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many years, the most prestigious Air France agency faced the Pont Alexandre III in Paris. The Air France agency at Les Invalides<\/strong> was housed in a beautiful structure reminiscent of an orangery, built in 1900.<\/p>\n

Air France moved there in 1946<\/strong>. There was an agency, a baggage check-in desk, a shop and above all the famous Air France coaches to Orly and Roissy-CDG<\/strong>. At one time, the company even owned the terminal restaurant. The building also houses the Air France Museum with its research department and archives.<\/p>\n

Air France had long planned to leave these premises<\/strong>, its lease expiring in 2022<\/strong>. The symbolic Invalides terminal will soon become part of the airline's legend.<\/p>\n

Staggered closures until the end of 2021<\/span><\/h2>\n

The closure of Air France's physical branches is one of the restructuring measures announced for 2019. Physical agencies in city centres - ten in total in mainland France<\/strong> were long in coming. Attendance had fallen considerably with the rise of online sales<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As a result, Air France had planned for their virtual disappearance on 31 March this year. According to the company's communications department, these closures<\/strong> will, however, take place over a longer period of time, until the end of 2021.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first to close will be the Air France de Lille<\/a>, <\/strong>from next month. Between now and the end of the year, the carrier is due to bring down the curtain on its branches in Bordeaux<\/a>Lyon, Marseille<\/a>, Nantes<\/a>Nice and Toulouse<\/a> - in addition to the Invalides branch<\/strong>. Two of the three Paris branches (Luxembourg and Porte Maillot<\/strong>) have already closed their doors.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the company is keeping its stopover agencies.<\/strong>. This is an obligation, not least because of all the last-minute services that passengers may need. In DOM<\/strong>The city branches will also remain operational, as online sales are still less developed there.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Air France is closing most of its physical agencies in France from 1 April. 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