The aviation industry (airlines and manufacturers) should do better in communicating with the general public which efforts it takes to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions and curb the negative climate footprint. This message was voiced by many airline executives at last week’s…
Air France-KLM reported a net loss in HY1 of EUR 239 million, down from -158 million last year. In Q2 the Franco-Dutch airline group posted a EUR 81 million profit, but this was 30 million lower compared to the same…
The French government has unveiled plans to introduce an eco-tax and air travel tickets from 2020. Unsurprisingly, the plan has been met with stiff opposition from Air France. Minister of Transport Elisabeth Borne said on July 9 that Economy Class…
What has caused the fan hub and fan case to detach from engine 4 on Air France A380 F-HPJE over Greenland on September 30, 2017? French and Danish accident investigators have been going at length to identify the cause and…
Air France will cut its short-haul domestic capacity by 15 percent over the next two years, citing competition from other airlines and France’s growing high-speed railway network as the main reasons. The decision had been anticipated for some time but…
Air France-KLM will carefully grow capacity this year after last Winter’s additional capacity hurt unit revenues in Q1. The Franco-Dutch airline group plans to add capacity by on average 2-3 percent, slowing down growth on routes to the Middle East,…