Air France-KLM Group

Italy’s ITA Airways said it would begin to deploy its new Airbus A350-900 on intercontinental routes for its summer season in June, after the aircraft made its first flight with the airline’s livery.

Air France-KLM's board has renewed group CEO Ben Smith’s mandate for an additional five years and appointed Marjan Rintel as KLM’s new CEO.

Air France-KLM said it had a “turning point” fourth quarter in which for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the group posted better than pre-COVID results, with a positive operating result.

The route between Amsterdam and Austin was originally slated to start in 2020.

As Air France-KLM looks toward recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, it does so with changes ahead for its executive team.

Air France and KLM will offer passengers access to 25 new Indian destinations.

Air France and KLM will offer passengers access to 25 new Indian destinations.

As operators expand their go-green efforts, pushback against the use-and-discard pattern that underpins much of the new spare-parts business could grow.

The former Aeromexico CCO will manage Delta’s partnerships with Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic.

France’s flag-carrier becomes the third European airline to operate the aircraft type alongside airBaltic and Swiss.

Fleet renewal is a huge part of CEO Ben Smith’s plans to improve the profitability of the group and close the gap on its European peers.

The airline will fly to 11 destinations in the US this winter—the same number as before the pandemic.

A new link between the Netherlands and Italy is set to join Transavia’s route network.

Transavia France is adding a sixth new route from Paris Orly for the winter season.

The carrier has dropped flights to three leisure destinations this winter.

Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith is looking to secure 160 new aircraft for the medium-haul fleets of Transavia and KLM.

The LCC will offer another option between Paris and Stockholm from October.

Finland’s capital will once again be served by the SkyTeam alliance member.

The SkyTeam alliance member this summer expects to operate between 50% and 75% of pre-pandemic capacity on flights in Europe.

Air France-KLM said May 6 that it expects to offer around half of its equivalent 2019 capacity in the second quarter of 2021.

The Netherlands-based LCC is focused on restarting as many routes as possible this summer, with an ambition of growing capacity to 80% of 2019 levels by the third quarter of 2021.

Air France-KLM is hoping to operate 50% of its normal capacity across the airline group’s entire network during the summer season, CEO Ben Smith said.

The carrier becomes the first SkyTeam alliance member to provide transatlantic service from Denver.

Air France-KLM and China Eastern Airlines are to extend the scope of their partnership following the approval of a recapitalization plan for the European group in which China Eastern, an existing shareholder, is taking part.

The European Commission has approved a €4 billion ($4.7 billion) French government-backed recapitalization plan for Air France, but in return the flag-carrier must relinquish 18 daily slots at Paris Orly airport to alleviate Brussels’ competition concerns.