Air France to temporarily lay off 80% of staff due to coronavirus
Due to the coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic, Ben Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM Group announced it would gradually reduce…
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Air France – the French flag carrier, providing domestic and international passenger and cargo services.
Child stowaway found dead in Air France flight
The body of a child was found in the landing gear well of an Air France flight between…
Airlines modify flights to avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspaces
After the Iranian military launched over 12 missiles on U.S. bases in Iraq during the night of January…
Air France-KLM Group confirms order for 60 Airbus A220-300s
Air France-KLM Group has confirmed its order for 60 Airbus A220-300s. The aircraft will all be operated by…
Air France A340 limit helps avert windshear crash in Bogota
Due to a lack of communication with air traffic control in Bogota, Colombia, an Airbus A340 operated by Air…
Aigle Azur time slots: Air France-KLM winner, Ryanair left out
Aigle Azur bankruptcy in September 2019 left a pool of over 12,000 flight slots up for grabs. The…
France braces for strikes, 20% of flights cut
The French General Directorate of Civil Aviation required airlines to cut 20% of their flights over French territory…
Air France retires its first Airbus A380
Air France retired its first Airbus A380, marking the beginning of the withdrawal process of its fleet of…
Air France “has broken operational model” and changes are coming
Over the past few years, the Air France-KLM group has been in its fair share of turmoil. While…
Air France-KLM finances affected by A380 retirement
In its financial results for the third quarter of 2019, Air France-KLM announced a net profit down by…
Aigle Azur, four offers left, no more Air France
Air France and the Dubreuil group did not submit any new takeover offer for Aigle Azur after the…
Aigle Azur: 14 takeover offers, 13,000 passengers still stranded
At least fourteen offers to take over Aigle Azur were submitted before the deadline on September 9, 2019.…
Passengers stranded after Aigle Azur ceases operations
Aigle Azur will stop its operations from the evening of September 6, 2019. The second biggest French airline,…
AF447: Manslaughter case against Air France, Airbus dismissed
The ten years of investigation into the crash of flight AF447 from Rio to Paris, which killed 228…
Aigle Azur files for bankruptcy, Air France, IAG expected to bid
After an eventful week, Aigle Azur filed for bankruptcy on September 2, 2019. The company is now waiting…
Cracks in salvaged A380 engine part to prompt safety checks?
Updated on August 23, 2019, to include a statement from the EASA Investigation into a mid-air engine explosion…
Air France-KLM to retire its last A380 by 2022
After months of uncertainty on the fate of the A380, Air France-KLM finally announced it would sell the…
Air France to place its biggest Airbus order in a decade
Air France should place an order for 50 to 70 Airbus A220 aircraft for its short and medium-haul…