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Air France in Toronto, 40 years of history

Le 20 mai 1976, un Boeing 747 « Jumbo » pouvant accueillir 360 passagers quittait le tarmac de l'aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle à 17h pour atterrir à Toronto le même jour à 19h, heure locale.Ce premier vol marquait le début des 3 trajets hebdomadaires assurés par Air France à destination de Toronto. 40 ans plus tard, en mai 2016, le Boeing 777 de 309 sièges atterrit à Toronto. Un anniversaire célébré avec les clients du vol AF351, Toronto - Paris. De nombreuses surprises, organisées…Air France au CanadaC'est le 2 octobre 1950 qu'Air France a débuté ses activités au Canada, lorsque le Lockheed Constellation 749 immatriculé F-BAZS a rallié Dorval pour la toute première fois après avoir fait escale à Shannon et Gander. Le premier vol Air France Montréal-Paris Orly a quant a lui décollé 3 jours plus…

The legendary route,Paris-New York, celebrates its 70th anniversary

July 1st, 1946. The Air France Douglas DC-4 took off from Paris-Orly and landed at New York’s La Guardia airport at noon local time.Un vol pour l’Histoire de 23h45 avec deux escales, Shannon (Irlande) et Gander (Terre Neuve). Une première liaison commerciale, entre Paris et New York, baptisée «Ligne du Ruban Etoilé». L’essor des relations entre les Etats-Unis et la France conduit Air France à augmenter la fréquence, deux vols…La ligne de toutes les innovationsDepuis Orly, les Boeing 707 rejoignent l’aéroport d’Idlewild - rebaptisé John Fitzgerald Kennedy en 1963 - en 8h15. Plus que jamais, la desserte incarne la modernité de la compagnie, qui confie au décorateur Pierre Gautier-Delaye la rénovation de son agence de New York, sacrée plus belle façade de…VideoParis-New York, the legendary route celebrates its 70th anniversary Image © air france

Air France and the Pearl of the Orient

On 20 September 1966, the Boeing 707 "Château de Cheverny" launched the Paris- Shanghai route. Three crews shared the 23-hour flight, with stopovers in Athens, Cairo, Karachi and Phnom Penh.Air France became the first European airline to serve the PRC. During the "Cultural Revolution", China experienced much unrest. Shaken within its borders, the Eastern giant did not, however, neglect its diplomatic contacts. Taking advantage of closer ties with France, since 1964, the Chinese…VideoAir France and the Pearl of the Orient Image © air france

The age of the hub

In the early 1990s, the air transport crisis required airlines to review their development strategy.Gone was the extensive global network. To limit costs, it was better to focus on efficient, selective and dense coverage of the most profitable routes, well structured around hubs. In the United States, where the concept was born in the 1980s, this was called the hub and spoke strategy. CDG, Air France's hubAir France's natural choice for its central hub was Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2. Flights to and from Paris CDG 2 were reorganized around five connecting banks, each consisting of a wave of arrivals and a wave of departures, to provide maximum connections in the shortest possible time. A colossal job…VideoDans l’ère du hub / The age of the hub

Launch of the Navette service 20 years ago!

Twenty years after its creation, the Navette carries over 100 million travellers.Everything began on 27 October 1996, following the deregulation of air transport that began 18 years earlier in the U.S. before arriving in Europe in the 1990s. In France, in 1994, TAT-European Airlines (a British Airways subsidiary) was authorized to operate the Orly-Marseille and Orly-Toulouse…VideoIl y a 20 ans : « la Navette » / Launch of the Navette service 20 years ago!

Air France’s longest flight, Paris-Santiago.

80 years ago, Air France launched its Santiago route for passengers.As soon as the company was created in 1933, it began operating flights to the capital of Chile. Despite the distance separating it from the Bourget base some 11,600 km away, Santiago is part of the South-American network inherited from Aéropostale. Enclosed by the Andes, it is a difficult-to-access…Air France plays its cards right In July 1939, its France-Chile service was fully opened to passengers. The journey was truly epic! 70 hours in total and fifteen stop-overs including Marseille, Dakar, Rio, Montevideo, etc. Suspended in July 1940, the route was reopened in 1946, with a DC-4. But due to insufficient profitability…Video80 years of Air France in Chile! Image © air france

1936, Air France launches passenger flights to Dakar.

1936, Air France launches passenger flights to Dakar.Three years after its creation in 1933, Air France was expanding more than ever before. To the South, it was continuing the "Aeropostale" adventure, an ambitious project for a route from Toulouse to Santiago de Chile. Opened in 1929, the route passed through Dakar, a strategic airport facing the…Video80 years of the Paris - Dakar route Image © Air france

New Michelin-starred menus in Air France’s La Première cabin

Starting December, Air France is renewing its in-flight menus on board its La Première suites on departure from Paris, continuing to offer a high-flying culinary experience in its most exclusive travel cabin. The triple Michelin-starred chef Emmanuel Renaut has joined forces with Claire Heitzler,…VideoClaire Heitzler signs desserts in the La Première cabinAbout Emmanuel RenautRespect for nature, respect for the soil, animals and humans are the messages Emmanuel Renaut wants to convey through each of his creations. French chef born in Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Emmanuel Renaut is reinventing local dishes by using local produce in inventive ways. After training in Paris, he…About Claire HeitzlerTrained by some of France’s greatest pastry chefs, Claire Heitzler gained extensive experience in France, first at Troisgros and then at Georges Blanc. In 2004, she was approached by Alain Ducasse to become head pastry chef at his new Beige Alain Ducasse Tokyo restaurant in Japan, where she stayed…

Airline Ticket Solidarity Tax

Precisions from Air France - Airline Ticket Solidarity TaxThe Finance Bill for 2025 presented last October by the departing French government, which included a significant increase in the Airline Ticket Solidarity Tax (TSBA), was not adopted by Parliament. As a result, Air France has decided to suspend the advance collection introduced on 24 October 2024…Adjustments to tickets already issuedAir France made a commitment to “make adjustments to ensure that the amount collected is equal to the amount actually due in respect of the TSBA, in the event of a change to the scale, or if the amendment was abandoned or rejected. This commitment will be honoured. As a result, customers in…

Air France promotes the employment of people with disabilities through its commitment to working with companies in the Sheltered and Adapted Employment Sector

In the run-up to theInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities(December 3), Air France reaffirms its commitment to the Sheltered and Adapted Employment Sector, which enables people with disabilities to integrate the labour market.In 2023, the company’s investment in products and services with the Sheltered and Adapted Employment Sector amounted to 22.7 million euros, making Air France one of the leading national contributors to this sector, which plays a crucial role in the inclusion of disabled people through employment.Actively committed in this area for several years, Air France works with multiple adapted employment sector organizations across France. Close to 70 partnerships have been signed with institutions including ANRH (Paris), APF Amiens (Somme) or the adapted company ESAT La Roumanière (Vaucluse). In…