Europe’s airlines have sent out a clear message to policymakers and air traffic service providers to urgently address inefficiencies in airspace control. Airlines 4 Europe (A4E) members were united on this on March 6 at their 2019 Aviation Summit in…
The Dutch government has bought shares into Air France-KLM Group holding since February 20. After announcing an initial purchase of 12.68% for €680mln on Tuesday, more shares were bought on Wednesday to equal the 14% of the French government. Secretary…
Like a year ago, Air France-KLM must have asked itself the question: what if? What if Air France hadn’t lost €335mln on social unrest and strikes that never seemed to end? The effect has been clearly visible in the 2018…
The Air France-KLM Supervisory Board announced a raft of changes to its governance structure on February 19, streamlining decision making within the Franco-Dutch airline group. Part of the decision is to reappoint Pieter Elbers for another 4-year term as KLM’s…
It is not often you see wide-spread support from the staff of an airline for its boss to keep him on his post. But exactly that’s the situation right now around KLM’s president-director Pieter Elbers. A petition to nominate Elbers…
Before this year’s summer peak French airline Joon will have been fully integrated within Air France, the airline confirms to Airinsight. This comes only 19 months after Air France’s ‘little sister’ started operations on December 1, 2017 and after Joon…