Air France

ASL Airlines France, which specialises in flights between France and North Africa, will tomorrow open a new domestic scheduled passenger route.

Government aid is tied to Air France cutting short-haul domestic flights.

An Air France pilots union has expressed concerns over a plan being formulated to restructure the carrier’s domestic network, with low-cost subsidiary Transavia set to take on a greater role at the expense of Air France and regional brand HOP.

Following Air France’s decision to retire its Airbus A380 fleet immediately, Routes assesses the impact on the carrier’s network.

Air France has definitively ended Airbus A380 operations, bringing forward an existing plan to phase out the superjumbo following the coronavirus outbreak.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Subject to travel restrictions being lifted, Air France plans to gradually resume flights by the end of June, aiming to operate about 15% of its normal schedule using 75 of its 224 aircraft.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

KLM is resuming routes to an additional eight destinations as it begins to restore its European network.

Air France-KLM will get €7 billion in aid from the French government.

The European Commission has approved the French state’s €7 billion ($7.7 billion) package to help Air France-KLM withstand the COVID-19 crisis, saying the plans comply with EU state aid rules and praising the decision to link the funding to environmental targets.

France’s economy minister has told Air France to drastically reduce its emissions in return for the €7 billion ($7.6 billion) in loans the French state has promised the Air France-KLM group to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis.

Loan condition calls for most short-haul domestic routes to be scrapped.

The latest news and airline schedule changes as carriers across the world react to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

France’s economy minister Bruno Le Maire has pledged to support big companies, including Air France, by any means necessary as the government unveiled an initial €45 billion ($49.6 billion) package of financial aid for struggling businesses hit by the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis.

Ryanair expects “the majority” of its fleet will be grounded while Finnair and SAS are among the latest airlines to stop almost all flights. Air France is also grounding its entire Airbus A380 fleet and KLM its entire Boeing 747 fleet.

Air France plans to cut 3,600 flights in March as a result of the worsening COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Norwegian and Air France are altering their networks in response to the demand slump caused by the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus.

Air France has moved to fill a gap in the market left by the collapse of its former commercial partner Jet Airways.

Air France and its low-cost sister airline Transavia are expanding their services to and from Algeria, adding services from Paris and the French regions, taking advantage of the gap left by Aigle Azur, which collapsed in September.

Air France is adopting new methods to cut its environmental footprint, as part of a goal to cut CO2 emissions per passenger-kilometer by 50% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.

Flights will be operated with Airbus A320 family aircraft.

Air France is extending its business-class service to its domestic network from Feb. 4, offering services such as priority boarding and luggage delivery, access to lounges and more space on board.

The carrier aims for more seamless service throughout its network.