Air France (AF) is preparing for a busy summer of 2022 as it plans to serve 196 destinations, reaching 90% of its 2019 capacity by then. The French carrier’s increased number of summer destinations is but one example of the gradual recovery of the industry.
As of this week, airlines are banned from flying over parts of the world due to airspace blockades and sanctions amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis. In this article, we’ll take a look at the consequences airlines must face from the current geopolitical tensions.
Today in Aviation, the French-built, twin-engined civilian airliner, the Potez 62, took to the skies for the first time in 1935. The aircraft was designed by Henry Potez, a French aviation engineer who founded his own company Aviation Potez in 1919. During the First World War, many of his factory-built land and seaplanes were considered […]
DALLAS – Today in Aviation, Air France (AF) and British Airways (BA) concurrently put Concorde into commercial service in 1976. Air France’s F-BVFA and BA’s G-BOAA took to the skies simultaneously at 11:40 UTC. The AF jet (AF025) departed Paris (ORY) bound for Rio de Janerio (GIG) via Dakar (DKR). In the flight deck was […]