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The fleet goes live on www.airfrancelasaga.com!
Discover our new « Hangar » section containing new videos, produced from archive images and recent interviews. You can also find detailed information on the history and characteristics of these aircraft. To mark the arrival of the A380 in the Air France fleet , five aircraft have taken the stage: the Short Bermuda Sandringham, the DC3, the Breguet Deux Ponts, the A320 and the A380. Other aircraft will be progressively added to the new Hangar selection.
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Flying high
Among the spectacular displays at the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace at Le (…)
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1963—one passenger’s personal take
The 1960s ushered in jet planes, affordable travel and the modern Orly (…)
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Wings of fame
The Caravelle boosted France’s reputation abroad and symbolized the carefree (…)
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1937: An eyewitness account
In the 1930s, five daily flights serviced the Paris-London route. Climb (…)
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Hats off to the B747
The venerable Boeing 747 has been operating for 40 years, beating all (…)
Ephemeris
March 9, 1950
The official Paris-Frankfurt-Berlin inaugural flight arrives in Tempelhof, operated by an Air France Languedoc 161 (44 passengers, 350 km/h). This route, opened two months previously, operates twice weekly.
In 2009, Air [...]
March 6, 1990
Launch of a new range of products called “Le Club”, designed by Air France, so that business travellers on long and medium-haul flights in “Le Club” class benefit from added extras from the time [...]
Mars 5, 1920
The airline Grands Express Aériens inaugurates the Paris-London route by Farman Goliath (12 passengers).
February 22, 1950
The cabin of the DC-4 to New York is refitted to house a First Class and Tourist Class.
February 16, 1960
The Boeing 707 replaces the Super Starliner on the Paris-Hamburg-Anchorage-Tokyo route.
February 12, 1930
Start of routes to the Far East: Maurice Noguès links, for Air Union – Lignes d’Orient, France to the Far East in 27 days.
January 31, 1960
Launch of the Boeing 707 “Château de Versailles” (144 passengers, 900 km/h) on the Paris-New York route.
January 17, 2000
Air France Cargo launches a new global advertising campaign: »And the speed made in the air is no longer lost on the ground »…
January 14, 2000
Proteus Airlines, an Air France franchise partner on 14 regional routes in France and Europe, announces that it is taking over Flandre Air, based in Lille (19 aircraft, revenue of [...]
January 14, 2000
The last 4 Fokker aircraft belonging to the Night Postal service operate their final flights, landing in Toulouse, home ground of the Latécoère…
January 13, 1950
Air France takes delivery of the first of its Lockheed L.749 Constellations, which it starts operating on 30 January 1950.
January 7, 1960
An SE 210 Caravelle is leased by Air France to Royal Air Maroc to take His Majesty the King of Morocco and his staff from Meknes to Cairo.
January 5, 1970
Air France launches flights to Osaka as a continuation of the two weekly Paris-Anchorage-Tokyo services, operated by Boeing 707.
January 2nd, 1960
Opening of Berlin-Tegel airport with the arrival of an Air France Super Constellation.
December 15, 1989
New “Club 2000” and “Service Plus” cards were launched in favour of Air France’s most frequent travellers.
December 11, 1959
An Air France Super-Constellation was the first international long-haul aircraft to land on the runway in Eldorado, the new airport in Bogota.
