Articles tagged “air france/klm”

Airlines

Airlines use high-speed rail to offer passengers faster connections

It's a win-win when airlines find ways to work with rail lines for trips under three hours. The passenges get to their destinations faster and the airlines open up slots for use on longer routes.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Air France vows ground staff strike won’t ground planes

Air France's pledge that the strike will only cause minor disruptions may be overly optimistic.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Add silverware to the list of things that international airlines are better at than the U.S.

It shouldn’t be too much to ask for clean non-plastic utensils that actually cut through butter, but the only American airline to make the list is Virgin with its European role model.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

What the Etihad-Air France pact means to the airline industry

Although this brings Etihad one step closer to the Sky Team alliance, it also begs the question: What does a growing airline with 40 code-share agreements need from an alliance?

Chris Jasper, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Airlines

Etihad tighten links in Europe: Code share agreement with Air France-KLM

Airlines

The European airline industry is about to change dramatically

Europe's fiscal crisis is leading to some uncertainty in the markets, but it's really the changing face of aviation that's driving consolidation and bankruptcy in its skies.

Nathalie Thomas, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Airlines

Air France and Roll-Royce at a negotiation standstill over jet maintenance

Air France wants to buy Rolls-Royce engines for their 25 new Airbus jets, but are not willing to pay for the engine maker's long-term maintenance deal as they are eagerly developing their own support division.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Air France asks passengers to count their cash to contribute to refuel in Syria

The Syrian airport wouldn't accept Air France's credit card, but being asked for fuel money was just the cherry on top of these passengers' flight which had already be re-routed due to violence in Beirut.

Bharati Naik, CNN | 12 years ago

Airlines

European airline earnings: Air France surges while Ryanair dips

The turmoil in European air space continues, and despite all cost cuttings, expect lots more consolidation to come in. Watch any combo of Qatar/Emirates/Etihad/Turkish to be big players.

Mathieu Rosemain, Chris Jasper, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

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Air France crash report points to poor training and pilot error

The pilots union and some families are already challenging the report because of the lack of blame directed at Airbus and component makers.

Skift | 12 years ago