Air France and Baboo sign a code share agreement
Air France has signed a code-share agreement with the Swiss airline Baboo, to enable its customers to travel as from July 1, 2009 to 5 new destinations in France with an AF flight number on departure from Geneva.
Starting on July 1, 2009, Geneva is directly linked to:
Biarritz 5 times a week,
Bordeaux 6 times a week,
Nice 12 times a week,
Saint Tropez 3 times a week,
Toulouse 6 times a week.
Flights to Bordeaux, Nice, Saint Tropez and Toulouse will be operated by Baboo with aircraft such as the Embraer E190 with 100 seats and the Bombardier Dash Q 400 with 74 seats. To Biarritz, the 3 weekly services by Baboo, which will have Air France flight numbers, will be in addition to Air France’s 2 weekly flights operated by Régional with Embraer RJ145 aircraft with 50 seats.
“Switzerland is an important market for Air France and I welcome the signing of this code-share agreement with Baboo, whose high quality of service I have enjoyed several times. It complements our existing offer of services from Geneva to Paris-Charles de Gaulle,” declared Jean de Lapasse, Air France and KLM’s General Manager Alps and Balkans.
“Baboo, the airline of French-speaking Switzerland, is delighted and proud to be cooperating with one of the best European airlines to offer its customers more than 60 weekly flights between Geneva and the French Provinces”, declared Jacques Bankir, Baboo’s Chief Executive.
