Air France Announces New Business Class

Posted on: September 23rd, 2010 Posted by Stewart Perry

Now that the airline industry is starting to recover, some airlines are moving away from cutting routes and classes and actually starting to add them. This just so happens to be the case for Air France. Just recently, this leading airline announced its new business class cabin. The airline said that the new 2 meter [...]

Schiphol Experiencing 18.4% Cargo Slump

Posted on: January 7th, 2010 Posted by Stewart Perry

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport recently reported that it experienced a reduction in cargo traffic of nearly a fifth in 2009 over the previous year. Fright shipments to the air facility in the Dutch capital slumped by 18.4 percent over the previous year to a total of 1.28 million tonnes, based on provisional numbers.
According to the Schiphol [...]

Air France A380 first to cross the Atlantic

Posted on: November 20th, 2009 Posted by Dave Bond

The world’s biggest commercial passenger aircraft, the A380, set off today under the Air France banner for its initial flight across the Atlantic Ocean despite delays still plaguing Airbus, its manufacturer.
The flight carrying 538 passengers left Paris a little before noon and is set to land in New York around 1300 local time.
A group of [...]

Reports have now come in that show that a man has died on an Air France plane that was reportedly very hot. According to the passengers on the plane, the air conditioning system was not working properly. They were allegedly told by the cabin staff that there was currently not enough power to run the [...]