The Air France KLM Group’s schedule for summer 2010 remains practically unchanged compared with 2009 showing slight growth for the long-haul network with a reduction for the medium haul network.
New destinations will be enhancing the Group’s network: Denpasar (Bali) and Aruba for KLM, Abu Dhabi and Bata for Air France as well as Bari in code-share with Alitalia.
Today’s common way of making things easier, on-line check-in, has got its even more dynamic successor – mobile check-in. Sound names like KLM or Air France belong among those who started working on mobile check-in project first, closely followed by German airlines Lufthansa.
When can you use mobile check-in?
Africa, Air France, Airlines, Asia, Australia, New Zealand etc., Europe, KLM, Lufthansa, North America, Other, South and Central America
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will be the first airline in the world to make a demonstration flight on bio-kerosene with a select group of passengers. This will also be the first ever flight in Europe on bio-kerosene. On November 23, 2009, KLM will operate a flight using Boeing 747 equipment. One of the aircraft engines will be running on a fuel mixture made up of 50% sustainable bio-fuel and 50% traditional kerosene.
Along with Air France, KLM has for many years led the airline industry in the field of sustainable development. For example, Air France-KLM this year topped the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the fifth consecutive time. The Dutch wing of the Worldwide Fund for Nature (Wereld Natuurfonds – WNF) also voted KLM its Business Partner of the year for 2009.
AIR FRANCE KLM today informed the Czech Ministry of Finance of its decision to withdraw from the tender process for the privatization of Ceske aerolinie a.s. (CSA). The current economic environment has significantly impacted the airline business. Under such circumstances, AIR FRANCE KLM believes that CSA might focus on developing and implementing a stand-alone recovery plan aimed at restoring its profitability.
In this context AIR FRANCE KLM wishes to further strengthen the existing partnership between the two groups and to continue to explore with CSA any new areas of cooperation that could be of mutual benefit to each company.
Following the interline agreement signed on February 4, Air France, KLM and WestJet announced that, the 2 European companies will offer interline itineraries that connect their passengers into WestJet’s Canadian network. Initially, connections will be made through the gateways of Calgary and Vancouver, with the option to continue on to Vancouver, Calgary or Edmonton.
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Prague Airport has introduced a new service – a system that enables airlines’ passengers to check in using their mobile phones or PDA devices. The first airline to have extended its service portfolio with the mobile check-in service has been the AIR FRANCE KLM airline group.
Passengers travelling to Amsterdam are able to board with a boarding pass on a phone display. Thus the only paper document required for boarding an aircraft remains passenger’s ID card. Another line operated by the group where the new service will be introduced is Air France’s line to Paris.
How does the mobile check-in work?
The AIR FRANCE KLM Group and DELTA AIR LINES announced a new long-term joint venture whereby the partners will jointly operate their trans-Atlantic business by coordinating operations and sharing revenues and costs of their trans-Atlantic route network. The airlines will cooperate on routes between North America and Africa, the Middle East and India, as well as on flights between Europe and several countries in Latin America.
For customers, this joint venture will result in more choices, frequencies, convenient flight schedules, competitive fares and harmonized services on all trans-Atlantic flights operated by the partners. The joint venture represents approximately 25 percent of total trans-Atlantic capacity with annual revenues estimated at more than US$12 billion (approximately 9.3 billion euros, reference year 2008/09).
Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Chairman of AIR FRANCE KLM and Constantino de Oliveira Junior, CEO of GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., which comprises the GOL and VARIG brands, today signed a commercial cooperation agreement in Sao Paulo.
This agreement will enable the 15 million customers who are members of AIR FRANCE and KLM’s “Flying Blue” and GOL’s 6 million “Smiles” frequent flyer programmes to have access to new Frequent Flyers benefits and destinations.Beginning 1 May, Flying Blue members can earn Miles on all GOL and VARIG flights. Reciprocally, Smiles cardholders can earn Miles on AIR FRANCE and KLM’s networks. Then, as of 1 July, they will all be able to use their Miles as award tickets on all three airlines (AIR FRANCE, KLM, GOL/VARIG).
Dutch national airline KLM has launched Europe sale and it offers return flights to Amsterdam from £85 including taxes and charges. Tickets are on sale from February 18 to February 28 and are valid for travel between February 18 and June 30. Prices are subject to availability.
You can book the air tickets at www.klm.com.
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