December 5, 2019 12:00 am ET
July 14, 2019 7:02 am ET -
France Decides on More Taxes for Aviation Sector
Following a less than successful attempt last year by the French government to increase tax revenues by proposing an increase in fuel taxes, particularly diesel fuel, the government is back at it doing what governments do best. France next year…
June 30, 2019 2:00 pm ET -
French Bee Becomes First All-A350 Airline
French Bee has become the first airline to operate a fleet comprised entirely of Airbus A350s having taken delivery of its third and final Airbus A350-900 XWB. The airline took delivery of its latest aircraft, registration F-HREY, last week and…
May 29, 2019 1:21 pm ET -
Unite and Conquer: Celebrating 50 Years of Airbus
When WWII was coming to an end, the aeronautical industry had one certainty: It would be easier for the U.S. to convert its production capability into civilian products. Long range bombers were quickly transformed into airliners and that posed a…
October 21, 2018 9:00 am ET -
Air France Agrees on Landmark Union Pay Deal to End…
A costly and long-standing pay dispute has finally been resolved after Air France struck a new pay deal with five of the seven unions with whom it had been at loggerheads. The unions, representing 76 percent of Air France's workers,…
October 8, 2018 2:54 pm ET -
Same Birthday, 14 Years Apart: Air France and KLM Celebrate…
On Oct, 7, 1919, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was founded by eight Dutch businessmen and became one of the first commercial airline companies. The first flight took place just over seven months later on May 17, 1920, between Croydon, U.K.…