Air France-KLM

The former Aeromexico CCO will manage Delta’s partnerships with Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic.

France’s flag-carrier becomes the third European airline to operate the aircraft type alongside airBaltic and Swiss.

Fleet renewal is a huge part of CEO Ben Smith’s plans to improve the profitability of the group and close the gap on its European peers.

The airline will fly to 11 destinations in the US this winter—the same number as before the pandemic.

A new link between the Netherlands and Italy is set to join Transavia’s route network.

Transavia France is adding a sixth new route from Paris Orly for the winter season.

The carrier has dropped flights to three leisure destinations this winter.

Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith is looking to secure 160 new aircraft for the medium-haul fleets of Transavia and KLM.

The LCC will offer another option between Paris and Stockholm from October.

Finland’s capital will once again be served by the SkyTeam alliance member.

The SkyTeam alliance member this summer expects to operate between 50% and 75% of pre-pandemic capacity on flights in Europe.

Air France-KLM said May 6 that it expects to offer around half of its equivalent 2019 capacity in the second quarter of 2021.

The Netherlands-based LCC is focused on restarting as many routes as possible this summer, with an ambition of growing capacity to 80% of 2019 levels by the third quarter of 2021.

Air France-KLM is hoping to operate 50% of its normal capacity across the airline group’s entire network during the summer season, CEO Ben Smith said.

The carrier becomes the first SkyTeam alliance member to provide transatlantic service from Denver.

Air France-KLM and China Eastern Airlines are to extend the scope of their partnership following the approval of a recapitalization plan for the European group in which China Eastern, an existing shareholder, is taking part.

The European Commission has approved a €4 billion ($4.7 billion) French government-backed recapitalization plan for Air France, but in return the flag-carrier must relinquish 18 daily slots at Paris Orly airport to alleviate Brussels’ competition concerns.

The full transcript of Elbers' interview in Routes Magazine, in which he discusses the airline’s network rebuild and why sustainability remains a key focus during the recovery from COVID-19.

Ever since it became obvious that the state loans and guarantees allocated to Air France-KLM to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis would not be enough, executives and ministers in the group’s home countries have been scrambling to come up with a new solution.

Conditions remain challenging in the first quarter of 2021, in which the group expects to operate 40% of pre-pandemic capacity as ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions stifle flying

France’s transport minister has called for “fair competition” regarding conditions set to be imposed by the European Commission (EC) on a planned state recapitalization of Air France-KLM.

Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith has reportedly called for the conditions Europe is expected to impose on the Franco-Dutch airline group’s recapitalization to be proportionate.

Air France-KLM has launched a new sustainability scheme that allows corporate customers to determine an annual contribution to the group’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) program.

For Europe’s airlines, optimism that began in late 2020 over vaccines has not translated into a surge in bookings as hoped.

France and the Netherlands are holding discussions to resolve their differences over how they should approach a planned recapitalization for Air France-KLM to get through the COVID-19 crisis.