Air France

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France’s flag-carrier becomes the third European airline to operate the aircraft type alongside airBaltic and Swiss.

The Spanish LCC will be able to launch new routes from the airport in November.

The tie-up becomes the Greek airline’s seventh interline agreement.

The move follows the European Council's Aug. 30 recommendation to remove several countries from the 'safe' travel list.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

The carrier is adding flights from Paris-Orly to Berlin and Munich.

Destinations in Tanzania, Oman and Sri Lanka are being added to the carrier’s international network.

Air France is expanding its schedule as the gradual reopening of French borders and the lifting of some travel restrictions allow it to offer more flights.

The flag-carrier will operate 81 seasonal routes this summer.

Belarus’ national carrier has suspended service to more than half the destinations in its network.

“Together with the renewal of our fleet, sustainable aviation fuels constitute our main lever in the medium term for reducing our CO2 emissions per passenger/km by half by 2030,” Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith said.

Civil unrest in Israel has prompted a number of carriers to halt flying to the country.

Routes looks at the key markets and statistics that illuminate the City of Light.

The carrier becomes the first SkyTeam alliance member to provide transatlantic service from Denver.

France has moved closer to banning short-haul domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under 2.5 hrs. as part of efforts to lower carbon emissions.

French MPs have voted in favor of suspending domestic airline flights that can be made by direct train.

The French flag-carrier will launch 22 new routes.

Air France said it was focusing on leisure destinations as it set out a summer 2021 schedule it hopes will support a gradual recovery in passenger traffic.

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.

Air France is considering closing its bases at Marseille (MRS), Nice (NCE) and Toulouse (TLS) as it restructures its domestic network.

Air France has begun a month-long test of a smartphone app that carries secure records of passengers’ COVID-19 test results on flights from Paris to Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Flight frequencies on many routes continue to be significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels.

Talks with the European Commission on plans for a second Air France bailout will last as long as is necessary to reach a fair agreement, French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said March 4.

Europe’s largest airline reached another interim deal with its pilot union Dec. 23.