Air France-KLM

By David Casey
Air France and KLM will offer passengers access to 25 new Indian destinations.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
As operators expand their go-green efforts, pushback against the use-and-discard pattern that underpins much of the new spare-parts business could grow.
MRO

By Aaron Karp
The former Aeromexico CCO will manage Delta’s partnerships with Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
France’s flag-carrier becomes the third European airline to operate the aircraft type alongside airBaltic and Swiss.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Fleet renewal is a huge part of CEO Ben Smith’s plans to improve the profitability of the group and close the gap on its European peers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
The airline will fly to 11 destinations in the US this winter—the same number as before the pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
A new link between the Netherlands and Italy is set to join Transavia’s route network.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Transavia France is adding a sixth new route from Paris Orly for the winter season.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The carrier has dropped flights to three leisure destinations this winter.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith is looking to secure 160 new aircraft for the medium-haul fleets of Transavia and KLM.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
The LCC will offer another option between Paris and Stockholm from October.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Finland’s capital will once again be served by the SkyTeam alliance member.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The SkyTeam alliance member this summer expects to operate between 50% and 75% of pre-pandemic capacity on flights in Europe.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM said May 6 that it expects to offer around half of its equivalent 2019 capacity in the second quarter of 2021.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The Netherlands-based LCC is focused on restarting as many routes as possible this summer, with an ambition of growing capacity to 80% of 2019 levels by the third quarter of 2021.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM is hoping to operate 50% of its normal capacity across the airline group’s entire network during the summer season, CEO Ben Smith said.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The carrier becomes the first SkyTeam alliance member to provide transatlantic service from Denver.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM and China Eastern Airlines are to extend the scope of their partnership following the approval of a recapitalization plan for the European group in which China Eastern, an existing shareholder, is taking part.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission has approved a €4 billion ($4.7 billion) French government-backed recapitalization plan for Air France, but in return the flag-carrier must relinquish 18 daily slots at Paris Orly airport to alleviate Brussels’ competition concerns.
Airlines & Lessors

By Wesley Charnock
The full transcript of Elbers' interview in Routes Magazine, in which he discusses the airline’s network rebuild and why sustainability remains a key focus during the recovery from COVID-19.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ever since it became obvious that the state loans and guarantees allocated to Air France-KLM to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis would not be enough, executives and ministers in the group’s home countries have been scrambling to come up with a new solution.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Conditions remain challenging in the first quarter of 2021, in which the group expects to operate 40% of pre-pandemic capacity as ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions stifle flying
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s transport minister has called for “fair competition” regarding conditions set to be imposed by the European Commission (EC) on a planned state recapitalization of Air France-KLM.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith has reportedly called for the conditions Europe is expected to impose on the Franco-Dutch airline group’s recapitalization to be proportionate.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM has launched a new sustainability scheme that allows corporate customers to determine an annual contribution to the group’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) program.
Airlines & Lessors