Air France is born from the merger of the four major French carriers, soon joined by the carrier Aéropostale. Formal at the airport Le Bourget 7th Founded in October 1933. He served a network of 38,000 km, a total of 259 aircraft. Air France again the symbol of Air Orient, a winged seahorse.
Air France has based its headquarters in the complex Roissypole at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and of the city in Tremblay-en-France, Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris. The 130,000 square meters (1,400,000 square feet) complex was completed in December 1995. The French company Groupement d'Etudes et de Méthodes d'Ordonnancement (GEMO) managed the project. The architect was have Valode & Pistre and design consultants have been Sechaud Boyssut and Trouvin. The project has cost 137,000,000 euros (less than 700 million francs). The start and landing strips are visible from the building.
Air France has its regional airline subsidiaries around three Brit Air, City Jet and Regional structures the services to the French regions grow, feed the hubs in Paris and the French provinces, and to acquire a firmer footing in the highly competitive European market.
The merger agreement in September 2003 between Air France and KLM signed gave birth to May 2004 for the largest European airline group, AIR FRANCE KLM, consisting of a holding company and two airlines, each retaining its brand, its identity and its three business units. The new group now has 100,000 employees, 73.5 million passengers to 225 destinations and operates with a fleet of 565 aircraft. It has become the world's top earners in terms of turnover, and is the leading airline in Europe. it is also the world leader in the transport of goods (excluding integrators) and is among the top suppliers of maintenance. The two airlines together form a unique and powerful global network to the Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol hubs built. As with SkyTeam, with the arrival of KLM and its two U.S. partners, Continental and Northwest. It is now the second largest in the world alliance airlines.
On 17 October 2007, announced the creation of a profit and risk transatlantic revenue-sharing venture between Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines at a press conference at the headquarters of Air France-KLM. The company entered into force 29th March 2008. The goal is to leverage opportunities for transatlantic record a significant proportion of business traffic long-haul flights from London Heathrow Airport, which opened to free competition on this day of "Open Skies" pact between the EU and the U.S. following. It was expected that Air France and Delta, as well as fellow SkyTeam members Continental and Northwest, the nine daily return flights between London Heathrow and U.S. destinations, including the replacement of London (Heathrow) in Los Angeles begin service by Air France. Once the new Air France-Delta venture received antitrust immunity, it should be extended to two further transatlantic SkyTeam partners, so that all four partner code share flights and share revenues and profits. Air France said the first Airbus A380 to its fleet in 2009
The transatlantic joint venture is the new joint Air France-KLM second major expansion in the London market after the start of the CityJet operated short-haul flights from London City Airport, which were intended for passenger business in the City financial services industry. However, the daily London (Heathrow) Los Angeles service is not successful and was abandoned in November 2008.
Current version of Air France is a plan EURO WHITE, with a white hull with blue as Air France and design. The tail is white with a series of parallel red and blue lines on an angle, and a small European flag at the top. This painting is from the late 1970s years. In 2008, to coincide with the new logo of Air France, a new dress was revealed. The tail is slightly changed, there are now 3 blue bars goes up instead of 4. The pubs also now under the curve, which reflects the logo design. Previously, the Air France plane, a metal part below, extends to cheat a blue line that ran through the cabin window. Above the fuselage cheat line was white again, with Air France and French title flag. The tail is white with two thick blue lines, the tapering on the back of the line and met at the point prior to the bottom. These color bases, with minor variations, appear on all post-war aircraft of Air France until the late 1970s.
Air France has three main classes of international service: The First (First), Business (Business) Premium Traveler (premium economy) and Voyageur. European short-haul traveler’s function and the premium service class travelers. A flight to the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, a premium economy class, Alizé, is also offered, and a premium-class passenger was announced to select international routes. In-flight entertainment via AVOD (Audio Video On Demand) is available in selected cabins.
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