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…
Should the European Commission end the waiver on the 80/20-percent slot rule that has been effective in Europe since the start of the pandemic? The topic resulted in some interesting remarks from airline CEOs with totally opposite views during Monday’s Paris…
A number of times during Thursday’s Airlines for Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit, CNN’s Richard Quest tried to tease airline CEOs with almost the same question: is your lobby effective enough? Is Airlines 4 Europe taken seriously enough? Posing the question…
Air France-KLM confirms it is in in-depth discussions with the French and Dutch governments and financial institutions about strengthening its liquidity position, the Group said on April 9. The airlines are implementing additional cost-cutting measures but without additional financing, Air…
Captains of Europe’s Big Five airlines are worried but not in a panic about how Covid-19 will impact the air travel industry this year. At least, that has been their message at the Airline 4 Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit in…
Higher revenues, more passengers, but still a lower net result. That describes the fiscal year 2019 for Air France-KLM. The Franco-Dutch airline group recorded a net income in 2019 of EUR 290 million compared to 420 million in 2018 (a…