I remember flying from JFK to Frankfurt to Delhi on 24-25 October on N747PA Clipper Juan T Trippe but then flying back a few weeks later on a Delta B767-300ER.
Jump to postBA's customer service is an absolute disgrace and they should have been fined alot more in my view. It was painful to get reimbursed for cancelled flights and still remains exceedingly painful to get them to pay any EU/UK indemnity rules as set out by the air passenger rights legislation. It takes a...
Jump to postAir France, but I do like to mix it up a bit across alliances and even outside of alliances (ie Emirates)
Jump to postAir France 1,096
Delta 345
British Airways 149
Lufthansa 127
Alitalia 109
Iberia 109
Top Ten by number of flights:
1) Air France (1,070)
2) Delta (342)
3) British Airways (149)
4) Lufthansa (125)
5) Alitalia (109)
6) Iberia (104)
7) KLM (100)
8) Air Europa (72)
8) Pan Am (72)
10) TAP Air Portugal (70)
-Air France
-British Airways
-Lufthansa
-Thai
-Qatar
For an initial period during the first part of the lockdown, as an incentive to opt for a voucher instead of cash refund, Air France was offering a 10% bonus over face value of the ticket via a voucher. I would always opt for a voucher+10% since I couldn't get a 10% return if I took the cash and inv...
Jump to post-American
-Delta
-Eastern
-Pan Am
-Mexicana
-Alaska
-Air France
-Europe Aero Service (EAS)
-Lufthansa
-Iberia
-TAP (both -100 and -200)
-Turkish
The new A220 has a name: "LE BOURGET"
Jump to postB772: AA, UA, DL, AM, BA, AF, KL, AZ, QR
B773: AA, LA, AF, LX, EK, TK, CI, TG, KE
Does this impact the agreements between AF-KLM and Gol? They have co branding on Gol planes and the Gol lounges in select Brazilian airports. Did AFKL have a small equity investment in Gol?
Jump to post757-200
Delta
American
United
Continental
Northwest
Aeromexico
British Airways
757-300
Delta
767-200
Delta
American
United
Aeromexico
Ansett
Air New Zealand
Varig
US Airways
Boeing 767-300
Delta
American
United
Continental
Air Canada
Varig
Lan Chile
Air France
British Airways
SAS
Alitalia
Boeing 767-400
Delta
Continental
A318 -Air France -Avianca -TAROM A319 -US Airways -United -Delta -Avianca -TAM -British Airways -Brussels Airlines -Air France -Lufthansa -Germanwings -Eurowings -Swissair -Swiss -Austrian -CSA -Easyjet -Alitalia -Air Malta -Iberia -TAP -Bangkok Airways A320 -Delta -United -Avianca -TAM -Aer Lingus ...
Jump to postI was reading this thread over breakfast and almost spit out my cereal when I read US airlines having better customer service than European airlines… Which parallel planet are you living on? As an American living in Europe and traveling extensively on both US and European airlines (even during Covid...
Jump to postNot sure if anyone saw French president Macron's interview on this morning's 'Face the Nation' but he said he expects and is working for borders to open beginning mid-May. Vaccinated, PCR-negative Americans should be able to travel to Europe this summer. Great news! I am pretty sure AF consulted wit...
Jump to postThat is most bemusing. It is not at all a new airport (I do not know were they go the SPX code from). The images are of the new(ish) terminal at Cairo International Airport (CAI) and not of a brand new airport. I was just there last month and was there last November as well. And no need to worry, th...
Jump to postPan Am -100
British Airways -200/-400
KLM -300/-400
Sabena -300
Lufthansa -400/-800
Swissair -300
Air France -200/-400
Iberia -200
Alitalia -200
Singapore -400
Malaysia -300
Qantas -400
Air New Zealand -200/-400
Korean Air -400
Forgot a few politicians: Sat next to the former president of Mexico Felipe Calderon on a flight from CDG to SCL, AF J (very nice and interesting conversation) Also sat next to Jack Lang, former French Minister of Culture, on a flight from RAK to ORY, AT J (eager to start a conversation, but I wasn'...
Jump to postI have seen more than a few... especially on the LAX-CDG vv route which for me is celebrity-siting central for some reason... Here is a list of celebs I have seen (that I remember): Mick Jagger LAX-CDG, Air France F Brad Pitt CDG - LAX, Air France F Matt LeBlanc CDG-LAX, Air France J Luc Besson (Dir...
Jump to postNot sure these additions are all purely for local Lisbon traffic. Ibiza for instance has been added by a number of mainline European carriers over the past few years when traditionally a low cost market (thinking AF, KL, BA from LHR, AZ, LH). A portion of this traffic is connections from North Amer...
Jump to postNot sure these additions are all purely for local Lisbon traffic. Ibiza for instance has been added by a number of mainline European carriers over the past few years when traditionally a low cost market (thinking AF, KL, BA from LHR, AZ, LH). A portion of this traffic is connections from North Ameri...
Jump to postAir France has reached a tentative deal with its pilots to transfer some domestic services to low-cost subsidiary Transavia. Why not, but for Flyingblue FF, not a good news : this means fewer opportunities to earn miles and XP... You only earn 2 XP on domestic flights... nothing to cry too much abo...
Jump to postI flew into CDG yesterday evening (my first post-lockdown flight) and I saw an AF A380 at the gate at Terminal 2E Satellite M. I guess just temporarily stored there. On a slightly separate note, it was a bit sad to see all these AF aircraft parked spread throughout the airport. All planes parked at ...
Jump to postDoes anyone now when precisely the A380 will exit the AF fleet? Checking their on-line timetables, they are showing the A380 flying out until next year... Will they be replaced by B773s with the Premiere product? I don't think that either the A350 or B789s are equipped with Premiere. My gut feel is...
Jump to postDoes anyone now when precisely the A380 will exit the AF fleet? Checking their on-line timetables, they are showing the A380 flying out until next year... Will they be replaced by B773s with the Premiere product? I don't think that either the A350 or B789s are equipped with Premiere. My gut feel is ...
Jump to postThe French 14-day quarantine in place until 24 July is only for those coming in from outside the European Union zone and the UK. The EU ministers will be meeting tomorrow to discuss coordination for the opening up of intra-European borders for the summer. France, Italy, Spain and Germany are already...
Jump to postPersonally, and as a a very frequent traveller on both, I love both airlines and love the fact they are culturally distinct... and you really get that feeling when you fly both. I have never had a problem with AF cabin crews (maybe only once...but he acquiesced in the end) nor with KLM ones. Both ai...
Jump to postThank you for that. But that doesn't mean AF can just sit back and relax. KLM currently achieves 70% turnover for the entire group, while AF is twice as large as KLM. KLM has made a lot of effort in the past decades without complaining much. KLM had two excellent subsidiaries Transavia and Cityhoppe...
Jump to postAm I sensing a trend here or is it just me? The A350s would seem to be named for large French cities and/or important AF domestic airports. The A321s for important mid-sized French provincial cities and A320 cities in Ile-de-France (greater Paris region).
Jump to postThe furthest I have flown an A318 with Air France was Paris-Malaga when they flew this route on their own metal. The longest flight on a A318 I have done was Paris-Bucharest with TAROM. I have flown on the A318 close to 60 times, almost all of them with AF (others being Avianca and Tarom flights). I...
Jump to postNot just Saudia, but Aeroflot and Xiamen (also Skyteam members) use 2C. Up until recently Kenya and MEA also used 2C. I wonder how long China Southern will continue to use 2F as leaving the alliance. Maybe there will be a swap. Skyteam member Czech Airlines uses 2D and not 2F (as AZ, UX and KL do). ...
Jump to postBasically the same seats, but business class meal on IB Express is a slight downgrade from IB business class meals and served on cheaper dining ware... but the fares are the same (and in some cases more expensive than IB). Both offer flights on Paris-Madrid sector though different Paris airports. No...
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Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:It’s also against the contract of carriage in most countries. I’d rather spend the money and be an honest customer. Something about looking in the mirror.
Why not just buy the tickets that match your desired itinerary, rather than cheating? A bit harsh of a response... If airlines can discriminate on pricing, you are legally allowed to do what ever you want to beat them at their game. Pricing a ZYR-CDG-HKG roundtrip in business class vs a CDG-HKG rou...
Jump to postI think it is risky... You do actually have to check-in at a dedicated Air France counter at Brussels Gare du Midi to get your boarding passes (an AF boarding pass is your train ticket, you can't get a separate Thalys/SNCF/SNCB ticket for this). In some cases, you check in your luggage in Brussels w...
Jump to postSkyTeam slowly seems to be dismantling, either by internal forces or external forces. I’m going to be interested to see how things play out during the next economic downturn, the carriers have either fortified themselves, or over extended. We’ll find out who has the best strategy. Interesting topic...
Jump to postI have flown 189 different airlines in my lifetime (a number of which have either disappeared or been merged into a larger airline group) and there is no doubt in my mind which are the top 3 worst airlines: 1) Vueling 2) Vueling 3) Vueling Regular year on year summer breakdowns of service leading to...
Jump to postBusinesses don't pay taxes and fines...Their customers do... I assume the airline will temporarily reduce or remove the discounted government fare structure to pass the government "fine" onto the government...Which effectively means that UK citizens will be paying the "fine". Ah...
Jump to postI recall the FAA was quick to ground the Franco-Italian built ATRs after the American Eagle accident in Illinois. I thought to myself at the time how odd they took so long for action on the DC-10s and never took necessary action on the B737s following Pittsburgh and Colorado Springs... and yet so qu...
Jump to postWho would take a 3-hour train from Brussels to Schiphol when you can do Brussels to CDG in about 90 minutes!!??? And personally, I much prefer CDG 2E where AF LAX flights leave from than any terminal at AMS... and I know both VERY well... Where do you get that a train ride from Brussels to AMS take...
Jump to postI'd suggest you to try UA afternoon departure to CDG to avoid the morning transcon, CDG offers very smooth HSR connections tu Brussels. Other options are MUC and FRA connecting to Brussels on LH AMS is closer to BRU than CDG and has HSR connections to Brussels too. Besides that, AMS is also a reall...
Jump to postApparently I am much more informed than you are, and I have even provided my real-life experience having served on boards of French companies with significant Dutch operations... It's called real life... not internet jibberish that you seem to espouse endlessly here. Your rationale makes 0 sense......
Jump to postI am personally tired of discussion on profitability etc... as having sat on a number of boards of French companies where we avoided registering profits in France for tax reasons, putting most in Netherlands or elsewhere; In fact in one case, we would never even hold the board meetings in France fo...
Jump to postAt the end of the day, I think the views of those really concerned about this will be neutral, including the French government as they have stated publicly wanting to distance themselves from any day-to-day decisions at AF (look how they are trying to get out of ADP!!). Again, Dutch reaction is quit...
Jump to postupperdeckfan wrote:LH658 wrote:Also recently French Energy firm agreed to investing $400 million dollars in to PDVSA.
Would you mind to provide a source?
Nothing like the approaches to these Latin American giants: CGH, SDU and AEP!! Landing amid the skyscrapers!
Jump to postSeriously - not a lot of very objective comments on this thread... When two companies "merge", they don't do it to become BFF's, they do it to survive, to improve efficiencies, to benefit from each others areas of expertise... lots of reasons - all of which apply to the AF-KL "merger...
Jump to postAF saved KLM. It's now time to be a true group, and keep both prides aside. Non-sense. KLM has always been profitable, also before the merge. AF is the one that had to be saved by the french state, every 4-5 years. They payed some 747s from the balance to suppress profits / taxes / salary demands i...
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