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Serving the Land of the Morning Calm for 35 years

In July 1983, Air France inaugurated its Paris-Seoul route, becoming the first European airline to serve Korea.The weekly service by Boeing 747 combi (cargo and passenger aircraft) rapidly proved inadequate. Since its creation, Air France has been serving Asia, as successor of Air Orient, one of its five founding airlines. Saigon, now known as Hô Chi Minh City, in Vietnam has been served since 1933. A…Video35 years of Paris Seoul

With Air France, travel becomes child's play

In 1949, the famous « kids meal » appeared on board. In 1951, the family service was born on the Paris-Dakar route.Nurse hostesses helped mothers to care for their children, providing bottles of milk and cots on flights that lasted up to 20 hours. To entertain its younger passengers, Air France provided toys, games, books and even a magazine, Flip, as from 1952. Over the years, even more entertainment was…VideoAir France et les enfants

St Petersbourg, 50 years before the world cup

Ties have existed between France and Russia for a while. It all began in 1924 when Maurice Noguès made a research flight to Moscow on behalf of the Franco-Roumaine line.It took three weeks of short hops flying a Caudron trimotor. But it wasn’t until 1954 that Air France launched a commercial service linking the two capitals. And until 1958 for a non-stop service. Despite the Cold War, exchanges increased and air traffic trebled between 1963 and 1967. That…

A plane on board ?

On September 23, 1913, famous aviator Roland Garros from Reunion Island was the first pilot to cross the Mediterranean on board the Morane-Saulnier H between Fréjus and Bizerte. On October 5, 2018, Reunion Island celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the aviator’s death. On this occasion, Air…VideoTransport of Roland Garros’ Morane-Saulnier

Hong Kong, the scent of adventure

In 1938, five years after its creation, Air France was continuing to expand its network. In particular to Asia, the "fiefdom" of its forerunner Air Orient, which had bequeathed the famous "Noguès route" from Paris to Saigon*, launched in 1932 by Maurice Noguès. It was a real long haul: 12,000…Video80 years of Air France in Hong Kong

Veinte años in Cuba

On June 21, 1998, Air France inaugurated the Paris-Charles de Gaulle – Havana José-Martí service. The Caribbean Island was opening up as never before. A few months earlier, it had welcomed a French Concorde chartered by a group of British Businessmen who wanted to visit the island. Although long…

Roissy CDG: 45 years young

The idea of the third Paris airport emerged in the 1950s. With the exponential increase in air traffic, Orly and Le Bourget were close to saturation.The advent of wide-body jets able to offload over 400 passengers at a time was already on the horizon. There was no doubting the need, therefore, no less than the reference to Charles de Gaulle, who had died in 1970. The airport's location, at Roissy-en-France, some 45km north of Paris, was also an…

Paris-Washington celebrates its 55th anniversary

In 1964, Air France already had a considerable network, one of the most extensive in the world. It served most major cities. Yet it didn't fly to Washington D.C.!Not surprising, actually. Due to its eastern position and buoyancy, New York was the natural gateway for European companies to the United States. The seat of administrative and political power, Washington paradoxically stood back, preserving its so typically... provincial way of life. But things…

Orly, past and present

Air France pays tribute to Adrienne Bolland, the first woman to fly across the Andes on 1 April 1921

Air France is commemorating the centenary of the crossing of the Andes by pioneer Adrienne Bolland. Image © air france On 1 April 1921, the 25-year-old pilot took off from Mendoza in Argentina in a two-seater Caudron G3 without a map or compass. Reaching a speed of 50 km/h, she crossed the Andes…VideoAdrienne Bolland 100 ans du premier vol au dessus des Andes d'Adrienne Bolland/Air FranceMore than 85 years of Air France service to Santiago de Chile and Buenos AiresBefore 1946, the routes between France and South America were operated by l'Aéropostale for carrying mail, and included some fifteen stopovers, with seaplanes taking turns to cross the Atlantic Ocean. In June 1946, Air France launched the Paris-Rio-Buenos Aires-Santiago route to passengers via…