The first Airbus A220-300 for Air France has received its full-livery recently at the Airbus Canada factory in Mirabel. The aircraft will now be prepared for her post-assembly test flights before she is delivered to the airline in late September. Air…
UPDATE JULY 13 – Air France-KLM is in negotiations with Airbus and Boeing about an aircraft order for potentially more than 160 aircraft for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, its leisure subsidiary Transavia, and Transavia France. Group CEO Ben Smith confirmed this…
Seven years after parent airline Lufthansa, SWISS is set to introduce Premium Economy seats on its fleet from the final quarter of this year. The new class was unveiled on June 28 and puts SWISS among the airlines that want…
UPDATED STORY – For months, and even as recently as last Monday, Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has been ranting against the €30 billion of state aid that has been granted by European governments to their troubled legacy airlines. But now,…
The second quarter is almost halfway through but Air France-KLM already knows enough: as lockdowns and restrictions continue, Q2 is no better than Q1. The operating result will be almost identical to that of the first quarter. This wasn’t good,…
Air France-KLM has got approval from the European Commission for an additional EUR 4.0 billion recapitalization of Air France and its Holding company, the airline Group confirmed on April 6. This follows on remarks by French Minister of Finance Bruno…