Air France

Air France-KLM third-quarter profit jumps as price trends improve

Paris - Muslimchronicle

Air France-KLM said improving price trends helped it report better than expected third quarter profits, joining major European peers in benefiting from strong summer demand. The Franco-Dutch company reported third quarter operating profit up 38.7 percent to €1.022 billion, against the average analyst expectation of €953 million in a Reuters poll. Unit revenues — a closely watched measure of howRead more

unveils Joon - the 'millenials' airline

Paris - Muslimchronicle

Air France on Thursday unveiled a new lower-cost subsidiary called Joon that will specifically target well-travelled millenials. A new medium-haul service will begin operating from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris later this year, with long-haul flights to follow in summer 2018. The French carrier unveiled details of its new service after resolving a lengthy dispute between the management andRead more

Air France suspends Venezuela flights ahead of vote

Paris - AFP

Air France Saturday announced it was suspending flights to crisis-hit Venezuela ahead of a controversial weekend election called by President Nicolas Maduro that has provoked deadly violence and international criticism. The carrier said it was monitoring the situation and that flights would be temporarily halted. "Air France has been forced to suspend its flights to Caracas from Sunday July 30Read more

Air France to Inaugurate New Paris to Dakhla Flight

Rabat - Arab Today

Starting next November, foreign tourists will be able to take direct flights from Paris to Dakhla with low-cost airline, part of the Air France-KLM group, Transavia. The inauguration of this service was announced by Abderrafie Zouiten, Director General of the Moroccan National Office of Tourism (ONMT), during a meeting with the press this Tuesday, March 28 in Rabat. “At first,Read more

Air France Adds New Marrakech Flights

Rabat - Arab Today

Air France has increased its offers to the Kingdom with a new line between Paris’s Charles de Gaulle and Marrakech. Air France will connects Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Marrakech every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with Airbus A320 planes, which have a capacity of 174 seats and the latest medium-haul travel cabin equipment. A ceremony was held on Sunday, March 26Read more

Air France workers on trial over 'shirt-ripping' melee

Bobigny - Arab Today

Fifteen people went on trial Tuesday over rowdy scenes a year ago in which an Air France executive had his shirt ripped as he fled a mob of workers angry over planned job cuts. Images of the incident near Paris hit screens around the world, showing bare-chested human resources chief Xavier Broseta trying to scale a fence after being chasedRead more

Fresh stoppages loom as Air France strike hits 150 flights

Paris - Arab Today

Air France canceled 150 flights in and out of Paris on Monday on the sixth day of a strike by flight crew, airport sources said, as unions warned of more disruption at the height of the holiday travel period. The carrier said it would cancel some 10 percent of domestic flights Monday, but would maintain almost all long-haul services andRead more

Air France strike, in fifth day, has affected 150,000

Paris - AFP

Thousands of people faced flight cancellations in France on Sunday, the fifth day of a strike by Air France flight crew at the height of the holiday travel period, the airline said. So far the strike has affected around 150,000 people, the airline said. Some 900 flights, or about one in five, have been cancelled since the action began onRead more

Air France strike affects 30,000 passengers on day 2

Paris - AFP

Some 30,000 passengers were affected Thursday on the second day of a weeklong strike by Air France flight crew with the cancellation of one in five flights, a company spokesman said. The disruption was slightly greater than on Wednesday. The new CEO of the Air France-KLM group, Jean-Marc Janaillac, said in an interview with the daily Le Figaro that theRead more

Air France pilots call off strike plans for June 23-27

Paris - AFP

Air France pilots on Tuesday called off a strike planned for the weekend, averting what would have been the second such stoppage during the Euro football tournament, union officials told AFP. The development came after the incoming CEO of Air France-KLM, Jean Marc Janaillac, proposed freezing new pay rules opposed by the pilots in exchange for a four-month truce. InRead more