Air France
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[1] near Paris. Air France is a founding member of SkyTeam alongside Aeroméxico, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air.
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| Founded | 7 October 1933 | |||
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| Hubs | Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris Orly Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | Flying Blue | |||
| Alliance | SkyTeam | |||
| Parent company | Air France-KLM | |||
History
The airline can be traced back to 1933, when four other French airlines were combined to create Air France. [2] Air France hired its first flight attendants in 1946. [3] The airline started flying between Paris and New York City on July 1, 1946. In 1957, the airline bought its first jet aircraft. [4] Air France was one of 4 airlines that flew the Concorde. [5] It used it from 1976 until 2003. In 1988, the airline became the first to fly the Airbus A320. [6] In 2003, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Air France announced they were going to be combining. The combination ended in 2004. [7] As of 2016, Air France is going through many financial problems. [8]
Fleets
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Notes |
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| 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 |
Gallery
An Air France Sud Aviation Caravelle seen in 1979.
An Air France Boeing 767 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
- DL2A Salon première Air France PARIS CDG Roissy 1.jpg
An Air France airport lounge.
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Air France cabin on an Airbus A340.
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Airline food on Air France.
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Air France Media
The inauguration of the Aérogare des Invalides on 21 August 1951
1936 Air France ad for service using Potez 62 twin-engine aircraft
An Air France Douglas DC-3 at Manchester Airport in 1952
A Lockheed Super Constellation of Air France at Heathrow Airport in April 1955
Passengers disembarking an Air France Sud-Est SE-161
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Air France Caravelle in 1977
- Air France Concorde Jonsson.jpg
An Air France Concorde at Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2003
- Air France Boeing 747-100 Gilliand.jpg
Air France operated 33 Boeing 747s by 1983. Here, a 747–100 is seen at Paris (CDG) in 1978.
- Air Inter Dassault Mercure 100 Alain Durand.jpg
A Dassault Mercure of Air Inter, which became part of Air France in 1990
References
- ↑ "Head Office Archived 2009-09-22 at the Wayback Machine,Air France. Retrieved on 18 May 2009.
- ↑ "Air France - French airline". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ↑ "Flight attendant". www.airfrancelasaga.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ http://corporate.airfrance.com/fileadmin/dossiers/documents/press_kits/new-york_2014.06-en.pdf[dead link]
- ↑ "The Other Concorde Airlines: Braniff International & Singapore Airlines - Airchive". Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "Air France: launch customer of the A320 | Airbus Press release". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ Tagliabue, John (1 October 2003). Air France and KLM to Merge, Europe's No. 1 Airline. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/01/business/air-france-and-klm-to-merge-europe-s-no-1-airline.html.
- ↑ "Air France: Seven years of losses before Works Council clash reveals a cracked mirror". CAPA - Centre for Aviation.
