Air France ordered to pay 10,000 euro fine
A French court on Thursday ordered Air France to pay a 10,000 euro ($12,800) fine for having ordered a pro-Palestinian activist off a flight to Tel Aviv because she was not Jewish.
attempting to prevent competitors from filing complaints
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Information was received from Nairobi that Kenya Airways has applied to the country’s competition authority for extended exemption of their partnership deals with KLM/Air France, to ...
More benefits for flying blue members
PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius - The agreement, effective as from November 1, is part of the existing overall partnership between the two companies providing members of both frequent flyer programs with an ...
Air France
Passengers were asked to help pay for fuel on a Beirut-bound Air France flight that had to be diverted to Syria this week, the airline said.
Air France Takes Delivery Of 60th 777
EVERETT, Wash. - Boeing and Air France are celebrating the delivery of Air France's 60th Boeing 777 passenger jetliner. The airplane, a 777-300ER (Extended Range) model, landed in Paris this ...
AIR TRANSPORT SHIFT
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) - The 29.5 percent share of Etihad Airways, official national carrier of the UAE - in the capital of Air Berlin - will have consequences in the German carrier network in ...
Airline news
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - It was learned late yesterday that Air Mauritius will offer additional flights between the island of Mauritius and Mumbai, India, from April this year, bringing the total number of flights ...
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STRASBOURG AIRPORT
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
STRASBOURG, France (eTN) - After five years of decline, Strasbourg International Airport feels more optimistic.
Promotional Activities
On the September 22, Air France has used the opportunity of the IFTM, the TOP RESA Tourism Trade Fair in Paris, to renew its partnership agreement with the Seychelles Tourism Board.
BATTLE RYANAIR/AIR FRANCE
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
Last January, Europe's low-cost giant, Ryanair, made headlines in French newspapers by announcing the closure of its only base in France, in the Southern city of Marseille.
AIR FRANCE NETWORK'S SHAKE-UP
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
PARIS, France (eTN) - Over the last decade, Air France's policy to concentrate its activity only at its major hubs – Paris CDG, Orly, for domestic flights, as well as Lyon - led to a weakening ...
CAIR Screams Bloody Murder Over Air France
WASHINGTON - A Muslim worker at Washington Dulles International Airport who was allegedly sent home because she refused to remove her Islamic head scarf, or hijab.
Codeshare Partnership
Seychelles’ tourism development is to largely benefit from the signing of a new joint air services agreement between Air France and Air Seychelles, effective June 1 of this year.
A380 Super Jumbo rams Delta plane in New York
By Oleg Von Siziakov, eTN
An Air France Super Jumbo jet slamming into a smaller Delta commuter plane was captured on amateur video Monday night at New York's JFK Airport.
Comment from Cape Town Tourism
Beginning in November, Air France will begin direct flights to Cape Town, making leisure and business travel easier and more convenient. The new schedule will bring 3 flights per week to Cape ...
AIR FRANCE IN CAMBODIA
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
PHNOM PENH (eTN) - It could not have been a better way to celebrate an anniversary.
FRENCH AIR TRANSPORT
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
LILLE (eTN) - Since its first edition eight years ago, French Connect conference has turned into a major event to meet and talk with most French airports.
Air France A380 Montreal flights
Passengers who have booked a seat on Air France flight AF347 between April 22 and May 8 will have the surprise of travelling aboard the world’s largest civil aircraft as the carrier has moved up ...
AIRPORT STORY
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
PARIS (eTN) - Designated as one of the capital cities of the European Union (with Brussels and Luxemburg), Strasbourg in Eastern France has been endowed with all necessary infrastructures to ...
2009 Air France Rio-Paris flight crash
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian court orders Air France has been ordered to pay 540,000 euros ($727,000) to relatives of a Brazilian family that died on the Rio-Paris flight that came down in the ...
SKYTEAM EXPANSION
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
PARIS (eTN) - Just two weeks ago, Air France and Saudi Arabian Airlines signed a codeshare agreement on routes between Saudi Arabia and France.
Air France Conducting Surveys
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
UGANDA (eTN) - It is understood that pre-operations surveys have been and are being carried out by Air France in Uganda, for the purpose of commencing flights between Paris and Entebbe sometime in ...
Air France Takes Delivery Of New 777-300ER
EVERETT, Wash. - Boeing and Air France celebrated on Wednesday the 200th direct delivery of a Boeing jetliner – a 777-300ER (extended range) – to the Paris-based carrier.
Greater Marketing Synergy
The Seychelles Tourism Board and French national airline, Air France, have renewed their partnership agreement on September 23 during the IFTM Exhibition–Top Résa that was held in Paris from ...
LYON AIRPORT GROWTH
By Luc Citrinot, etn
LYON (eTN) - In the shadow of Paris but also of Nice, Lyon airport is now coming of age.
Air France flight diverted after bomb threat
RIO DE JANEIRO – An Air France passenger jet from Rio to Paris that made an emergency landing in northeastern Brazil with 405 passengers aboard due to a bomb threat was scheduled to take off ...
Concorde Crash May cost Continental $218,800
PARIS - Prosecutors said on Friday that Continental Airlines should be fined 175,000 euros ($218,800) for manslaughter over its role in the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde plane which killed ...
Air France flight 447
By John Irish
PARIS – France has found what could be the first concrete clues to the location of black boxes missing from last year's Atlantic jet disaster, but warned on Thursday there was no guarantee the ...
FRENCH SKIES
By Luc Citrinot, etn
With the European and French authorities decision to reopen progressively Europe’s air space, Air France is coming back to its normal operations.
Air France
Air France is promising to reimburse obese passengers it asks to buy a second seat if the plane isn't full.
