The
#AirFranceKLM
Group will place an order for 50 Airbus A350 family aircraft with purchase rights for 40 additional aircraft to accelerate the renewal of its long-haul fleet.
#AirFranceKLM
announces today its decision to convert into a firm order the Letter of Intent it signed in December 2021 for the acquisition of 4
@Airbus
#A350F
Full Freighter aircraft – with purchase rights for an additional 4 aircraft, for
#AirFrance
.
In the context of the current
#COVID19
crisis and its impact on anticipated activity levels, the
#AirFranceKLM
Group announces the definitive end of
#AirFrance
Airbus
#A380
operations, initially scheduled by the end of 2022.
More details 👉
Today,
#AirFranceKLM
took delivery of a first
@Airbus
#A321neo
aircraft, to be operated by
@Transavia
.
Fitted with 232 seats in a single-class configuration, the aircraft will operate its first commercial flight out of
@Schiphol
airport on January 5, 2024
For a Group, having almost two century-old companies is rare. It is a strength that shows how much we have been -and still are- capable of developing, anticipating, adapting and transforming ourselves to always progress and innovate.
🎂Happy Anniversary
@airfrance
&
@klm
!✈️
Renewal of the
#AirFrance
fleet to improve its competitiveness, with the
arrival of the Airbus
#A220
-300. A more modern, high-performance aircraft with a significantly reduced environmental footprint.
Learn more 👉
Join us in officially welcoming
@SAS
– Scandinavian Airlines as our newest member airline.
SkyTeam travelers can now enjoy more seamless connections through the key Scandinavian hubs of Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo🌍 ✈️
Learn more ➡️
#SkyTeam
#FlySAS
Today is a very special day for us: we are proudly celebrating
@KLM
&
@airfrance
's birthdays, as they are respectively turning 101 and 87 years old! Together, we managed to cross time, overcome crisis, and constantly reinvent ourselves to connect Europe to the rest of the world.
[PRESS RELEASE] The
#AirFranceKLM
Group and
#AirFrance
secure funding of 7 billion euros to help them overcome the crisis and prepare for the future.
More info 👉
#AirFranceKLM
Group pursues its strategy of fleet rationalizing & modernization and will order an additional 10
@Airbus
#A350
-900 for
@airfrance
(38 expected in total, including 3 already in service) 🇫🇷✈️
For more details 👉
Today,
#AirFrance
will operate its first long-haul flight powered with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) produced in France.
Join us as we prepare the departure of
#AF342
to
@yulaeroport
!
Suivez
@AFnewsroom
pour la version française :)
This new partnership marks an important step towards a close commercial cooperation between
#AirFrance
,
#KLM
and
@SAS
, soon to be a
@SkyTeam
member.
More info at
Happy 100th anniversary to
@KLM
!
The
@AirFranceKLM
Group is proud to rely on companies that are true European pioneers in aviation, having transformed themselves several times over the years but remaining true to their core.
Here she comes!
@transaviaFR
’s very first
#Airbus
A320neo has entered Airbus’s assembly line in Toulouse. She’ll join the fleet at the end of this year.
Le premier A320neo de Transavia France est entré dans l'usine d'assemblage d’Airbus à Toulouse. Cette nouvelle étape s'inscrit dans le renouvellement de notre flotte, premier levier de réduction de nos émissions de CO2.
2⃣▶️Signature of a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the purchase of 4
@Airbus
#A350F
Full Freighter aircraft to increase
#cargo
capacity at
#AirFrance
.
@AirFranceKLM
would be among the launch operators of this aircraft.
More details:
Air France Cargo flights unload millions of masks & medical equipment every week thanks to the massive airlift between China and France. ✈️
Today’s crew was welcomed by
#AirFranceKLM
Chair Anne-Marie Couderc &
#AirFrance
CEO
@AnneRigail
👏🏻
#AirFranceKLM
Group and
@etihad
sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore enhanced collaboration opportunities across passenger operations, loyalty programmes, talent development, and maintenance.
Happy Birthday to
@KLM
turning 102 and
@AirFrance
turning 88 today, and to all our colleagues in the Netherlands, France and worldwide from our
#AirFranceKLM
CEO Ben Smith!
“We want to develop SAS to its full potential.”
Earlier this week,
#AirFranceKLM
announced plans to team up with Scandinavian carrier SAS. Our CEO Benjamin Smith told
@questCNN
more about the motives behind this strategic venture.
This week,
#AirFranceKLM
Martinair Cargo operated the first
@UNICEF
COVID19 vaccine flights to Manila and to Bamako.
Thanks to the professionalism of our teams and our worldwide network, we are committed to support the transportation of the vaccines.
The
#AirFranceKLM
Group and
@TotalEnergies
have signed a partnership for the supply of 800K tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel over a 10-year period. A long term commitment beween two major players in the French airline industry.
For more details:
[
#AirFranceKLM
Traffic] For the first time, more than 100 million passengers transported in 2018 thanks to the commitment of all our staff!
All details here
#AirFrance
and
#KLM
have signed new codeshare agreements with Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) Airways.
The commercial partnership will offer additional travel opportunities and open up 12 ITA destinations.
Thanks to this new partnership with
@IndiGo6E
,
#AirFrance
&
#KLM
customers will be able to fly to the Indian destinations of their choice with one single booking. This agreement will also allow
#FlyingBlue
members to earn miles on all routes covered.
Today,
#AirFrance
and
#KLM
inaugurated their new Air&Rail Terminal in Brussels. It reflects both airlines’ commitment to offering the best experience to customers connecting by rail to
@parisaeroport
and
@Schiphol
airports.
20 years ago, the
#AirFranceKLM
Group was founded. To our 76,000 employees around the world, happy anniversary !
Here’s to two decades of joint work to be at the forefront of a more responsible European aviation, uniting people for the world of tomorrow.
A warm “welcome to the family” to
@KLM
's very first A321neo. This first delivery marks a new stage in our fleet renewal program, the first lever to reduce CO2 and noise emissions. The A320neo family is now in operation at
#KLM
,
#Transavia
France and Transavia Netherlands.
“What we’re waiting for is reciprocity on the part of the U.S. government,” said our CEO Benjamin Smith to the
@nytimes
, “The trans-Atlantic is the most important long-haul market that we have.”
Full article by
@NirajC
is available here 👇
The
#AirFranceKLM
group is today taking an important step in its development, with the signing of an amendment to the group’s “Air France-Transavia pilot agreement” with
@snplafalpa
allowing
@transaviaFR
to operate on domestic routes within France.
➡️
Today we are holding a meeting for investors where we will outline the group’s strategic priorities and its financial trajectory over the next five years. ✈️
Here are the main lines of our roadmap to resume a leadership position in Europe:
The
#AirFranceKLM
Group is delighted to welcome its Joint-Venture partner
@VirginAtlantic
in the
@Skyteam
family!
Starting today, all the alliance customers around the world will enjoy new benefits.
Our family just got bigger ✨
Join us in welcoming
@VirginAtlantic
as our first and only UK member airline. This exciting new addition will bring you more travel options and seamless connections to and from
@HeathrowAirport
and
@manairport
.
Learn more ➡️
“The
#AirFranceKLM
Group is like no other. Its strength comes from the combined force of historic industry champions, working together.
Let us all be proud of our success as we look forward to the next one! ” Benjamin Smith, Air France-KLM CEO
#KLM100
Up to 341 daily trans-Atlantic services, 110 routes & 238 cities connected:
@AirFranceKLM
is thrilled to launch the extended partnership between
@airfrance
,
@klm
,
@delta
&
@VirginAtlantic
for a unique & enhanced customer experience 🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸
Read more 👉
Order of 60 A220-300s to replace our A318 and A319, generating 20% less CO2 emissions than comparable aircraft and twice as quiet ✈️
More information 👉
F-GNEO is the 1st aircraft of the
#A320neo
family to join the
#Transavia
France fleet.
The Group has 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft on order, to be delivered to
@KLM
,
@transaviaFR
&
@transavia
.
This massive investment in fleet renewal is the Group’s first decarbonization lever.
[
#AirFranceKLM
Q3 2023 Results] Solid performance translating in a record operating profit. Operating margin at 15.5% driven by strong summer demand.
👉
Ben Smith,
#AirFranceKLM
CEO: "I would like to start by thanking our 83,000 employees who have done an exceptional job since the beginning of this crisis. It is thanks to them that your group has repatriated more than 500,000 of our fellow European citizens."
"Stability at Air France-KLM has been achieved. We’ve optimized all the strengths of the different Air France-KLM brands." Watch the full interview of Ben Smith, Air France-KLM CEO on
@questCNN
Full video 👉
[PRESS RELEASE]
#AirFranceKLM
Group,
#AirFrance
and
#KLM
are holding in-depth discussions with their respective governments and financial institutions.
Air France-KLM, Airbus, ATR, Dassault Aviation, Groupe ADP, Safran and Thales welcome the Declaration of Toulouse on future sustainability and decarbonisation of aviation alongside European institutions.
More details on
On this
#WorldPilotDay
, a warm thank you to the pilots of our airlines taking to the skies every day to transport our customers with expertise, professionalism and safety at their utmost priority!
#AirFranceKLM
Our CEO Benjamin Smith spoke today at
#ParisAirForum
:
“We are committed to this environmental challenge. The first way to improve our environmental impact is to buy new aircraft like the A350, which improves our footprint by 25%.”
#ParisAirForum
The
#AirFrance
and
#KLM
teams are proud to participate once again in the launch of
#BeaujolaisNouveau
around the world 🌍 by transporting more than 600T of wine on more than 130 flights ✈️.
.
@AnneRigail
(CEO
@AirFrance
): "One of our priority is to be the reference brand for our customers. Therefore, we will continue to speed up our investments in the quality of our products and services, with €1bn invested over 5 years in cabin retrofits & lounges"
#AFKL18
#AirFranceKLM
Group steps up the cooperation with
@Qantas
with a joint frequent flyer proposition and an enhanced codeshare collaboration:
Starting today,
#FlyingBlue
members can earn Miles and XP as well as spend Miles on
#Qantas
flights.
More info 👉
In
@LesEchos
, our CEO Benjamin Smith outlines his vision of the future of air transportation in the post-COVID world & the strengths and opportunities of the
#AirFranceKLM
Group
[
#AirFranceKLM
Q3 2022 Results]
#AirFranceKLM
was able to make the most of the favorable travel demand.
The Group posted a strong operating result in spite of rising fuel costs and inflation.
We are glad to announce today the first codeshare agreement between
@VirginAtlantic
,
@airfrance
&
@KLM
🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧 - creating new transatlantic travel options to and from North America ✈️
Find out more in details 👉
Today,
#AirFrance
&
#KLM
CEOs Anne Rigail & Marjan Rintel visited the
#Neste
biofuel plant in Rotterdam.
This was the opportunity to meet Matti Lehmus, CEO of Neste and to find out more about the overall production process of Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
#DestinationSustainability
#AirFranceKLM
’s first quarter 2022 results confirm that the recovery is here. The Group almost doubled its revenues compared to last year as it continued to increase capacity as a response to the strong demand for travel across the globe.
More details 👉
[
#AirFranceKLM
2023 Results] In 2023, we delivered on our commitment to strong operational and financial performance. Among our major achievements, we can be satisfied of our efforts to further strengthen our balance sheet and restore the Group’s equity.
This morning, our
#AirFranceKLM
CEO, Benjamin Smith, was live from the new La Première check-in lobby at Paris
#CDG
airport : "What we're putting in place with this new lounge is completely exclusive. It's like a private jet experience"
Watch the full interview on
@BloombergTV
👇
« Avec l’ouverture d’une nouvelle base en France à
@MPLaeroport
et ses 14 nouvelles destinations desservies à partir du 3 Avril 2020,
@TransaviaFr
poursuit son développement en Europe et renforce son maillage sur le territoire Français. »
[NOEL AVANT L’HEURE]
Montpellier, le nouveau Hérault de vos vacances est arrivé !
Transavia ouvre 14 lignes au départ de
@MPLaeroport
. Il n’y a plus qu’à choisir où vous souhaitez aller. 💚
"We’re going to make our Group the leading airline group in Europe again. I strongly believe in the future of
#AirFranceKLM
" - our CEO Ben Smith on the group's challenges and ambition.
For 🇬🇧 version 👉
[
#AirFranceKLM
2019 Traffic] Last year, 104.2 million customers travelled with us!
Thank you to our staff who is committed on a daily basis to providing our passengers with the best travel experience. ✈️
Find out more here 👉
[VIDEO] "It's quite amazing what we can acomplish in just one year!"
Take a look back at 2023! 👇
From all of us at
#AirFranceKLM
, we wish you a wonderful year 2024!
To explore the opportunities generated by hydrogen in Paris airports with the aim to decarbonize air transport activities,
@AirFranceKLM
,
@iledefrance
,
@ChooseIDF
,
@GroupeADP
&
@Airbus
are launching an unprecedented call for expressions of interest.
"We placed an order of 60 Airbus A220-300 to upgrade the fleet. It's an improvement from a CO2 emission and noise perspective." Our CEO, Ben Smith, in
@skift
👇
For
#AirFrance
CEO
@AnneRigail
, combining the different levers to reduce the carbon footprint is key to achieving the goal of halving CO2 emissions per passenger km by 2030.
"Nous avons tout en France pour devenir champion du monde de l’aviation durable".
A l'occasion de l'ouverture du
#ParisAirShow
, notre DG Benjamin Smith revient dans
@le_Parisien
sur les ambitions d'
#AirFranceKLM
et les enjeux stratégiques liés au développement durable et aux SAF.
After a successful pilot in 2023,
#AirFranceKLM
and
@Airbus
are pursuing their collaboration with a 2024 “Sustainable Aviation Fuels fares agreement”.
Airbus will now purchase SAF options for employee business travels.
During this first quarter, our
#AirFranceKLM
#Cargo
teams have delivered millions of vaccines to more than 30 destinations in South America, Latin America, Caribbean, Asia and Africa.
We are proud to support the worldwide distribution of
#COVID19
#vaccines
!
#AFKLMPCargo
#AirFranceKLM
and
#DGFuels
confirm their strategic cooperation on Sustainable Aviation Fuels. In line with our decarbonization trajectory, the Group will invest in DG Fuels’ first SAF production facility in the US.
#DestinationSustainability