A consortium that includes investor Castlelake, Air France-KLM, and Lind Invest is to take a combined 60.5 percent majority stake in SAS Scandinavian Airlines. The consortium is the winner of the equity solicitation process , that SAS launched in May…
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Airbus and Boeing know this all too well when clinching aircraft orders. But the announcement from Air France-KLM that it intends to order up to ninety Airbus A350s must be tough for Boeing. Once confirmed, the…
Air France-KLM has made up its mind: the airline group intends to order fifty Airbus A350 plus forty options for the French and Dutch airlines. The aircraft are mainly for the replacement of older-generation widebodies. How many aircraft each carrier…
Airbus and Air France-KLM Maintenance & Engineering announced earlier this week that they plan to establish a joint venture company, dedicated to component maintenance service of the Airbus A350. Not just for the Air France fleet, but the JV targets to…
Air France-KLM and Etihad Airways want to extend their existing codeshare and interline partnership with a collaboration that covers commercial operations and maintenance. The two airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Paris on September 7. The MoU needs regulatory…
Air France-KLM looks back on a strong second quarter, with double-digit growth in revenues and a profit margin reaching ten percent again. Air France fared better than KLM, while leisure subsidiaries Transavia produced an HY1 net loss due to serious…