Air France

Air France
IATA ICAO Callsign
AF AFR AIRFRANS
Founded7 October 1933
HubsCharles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris Orly Airport
Frequent-flyer programFlying Blue
AllianceSkyTeam
Parent companyAir France-KLM

Air France is one of the largest airlines in the world. It is based in France. It is owned by Air France-KLM. Before it merged with KLM, it employed 71,654 people. Its headquarters are at Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris. Air France is a founding member of SkyTeam alongside Aeroméxico, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air.

History

The airline can be traced back to 1933, when four other French airlines were combined to create Air France. Air France hired its first flight attendants in 1946. The airline started flying between Paris and New York City on July 1, 1946. In 1957, the airline bought its first jet aircraft. Air France was one of 4 airlines that flew the Concorde. It used it from 1976 until 2003. In 1988, the airline became the first to fly the Airbus A320. In 2003, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Air France announced they were going to be combining. The combination ended in 2004. As of 2016, Air France is going through many financial problems.

Fleets

Aircraft In service Orders Notes
A318-100 18 Largest operator of A318-100
A319-100 40 2 leased to Air Cote d'lvoire
A320-200 46 6 2 operated for Transavia France

1 leased to Air Corsica

A321-100 5
A321-200 18
A330-200 15
A340-300 13 Being retired in 2016
A350-900 18
A380-800 10 2
B777-200ER 25
B777-300ER 40 Launch customer
B787-9 12 Orders under review

References

  1. ↑ "Head Office Archived 2009-09-22 at the Wayback Machine,Air France. Retrieved on 18 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Air France - French airline". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  3. ↑ "Flight attendant". www.airfrancelasaga.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ↑ http://corporate.airfrance.com/fileadmin/dossiers/documents/press_kits/new-york_2014.06-en.pdf[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "The Other Concorde Airlines: Braniff International & Singapore Airlines - Airchive". Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Air France: launch customer of the A320 | Airbus Press release". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. ↑ Tagliabue, John (1 October 2003). "Air France and KLM to Merge, Europe's No. 1 Airline". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ "Air France: Seven years of losses before Works Council clash reveals a cracked mirror". CAPA - Centre for Aviation.