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| airline = Société Air France, S.A.

| logo = Air France Logo.svg

| logo_size = 300

| IATA = AF

| ICAO = AFR

| callsign = AIRFRANS<ref>{{cite web |title=Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services |url=http://www.carsamma.decea.gov.br/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DOC8585_182-orig.pdf |publisher=ICAO |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827235855/http://www.carsamma.decea.gov.br/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DOC8585_182-orig.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| aoc =

| hubs = {{ublnowrap|[[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]]}}

| alliance fleet_size = [[SkyTeamAir France fleet|223]]

| fleet_sizeparent = [[Air France fleet|243-KLM]]

| founded commenced = {{start date and age|1919|021933|08|30|df=yes}}<br />{{small|(as [[Société Générale des Transports''Air Aériens]]France'')}}

| subsidiaries = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| {{nowrap|[[Air France Hop]]}}

| {{nowrap|[[Servair]] (50.01%)}}

| {{nowrap|[[Transavia France]]}} (95.5%)}}

| website = {{URL|www.airfrance.com|airfrance.com}}

'''Air France''' ({{IPA-|fr|ɛːʁ fʁɑ̃s}}; formallylegally ''Société Air France, S.A.''), stylised as '''AIRFRANCE''', is the [[flag carrier]] of [[France]] headquartered in [[Tremblay-en-France]]. It is a subsidiary of the [[Air France–KLMFrance-KLM]] Group and a founding member of the [[SkyTeam]] global airline alliance. {{As of| 2013}}, Air France servesserved 29 destinations in France and operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 201 destinations in 78 countries (93 including [[overseas departments and territories of France]]) and also carried 46,803,000 passengers in 2019. The airline's global [[airline hub|hub]] is at [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]], with [[Orly Airport]] as the primary domestic hub. Air France's [[corporate headquarters]], previously in [[Montparnasse]], Paris,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/27/business/air-france-s-big-challenge.html|title=Air France's Big Challenge|work=The New York Times|access-date=31 May 2009|last=Salpukas|first=Agis|date=27 December 1992| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090618144013/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/27/business/air-france-s-big-challenge.html| archive-date= 18 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> are located at the [[Roissypôle]] complex on the grounds of [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]], north of Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/air-france/--ID__43290--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml|title=Air France – Company Overview|work=[[Hoover's]]|access-date=31 May 2009|year=2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090427190353/http://www.hoovers.com/air-france/--ID__43290--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml| archive-date= 27 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Air France was formed on 30 August 1933<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Notre histoire : Legend |url=https://corporate.airfrance.com/fr/notre-histoire-legend#La%20naissance%20d%27Air%20France |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=corporate.airfrance.com}}</ref> from a merger of [[Air Orient]], [[Air Union]], [[Compagnie Générale Aéropostale]], [[Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne]] (CIDNA), and [[Société Générale des Transports Aériens|Société Générale de Transport Aérien (SGTA)]]. During the [[Cold War]], from 1950 until 1990, it was one of the three main [[Allied Control Council|Allied]] scheduled airlines operating in Germany at [[West Berlin]]'s [[Berlin Tempelhof Airport#Postwar commercial use|Tempelhof]] and [[Berlin Tegel Airport#Air France|Tegel]] airports. In 1990, it acquired the operations of French domestic carrier [[Air Inter]] and international rival UTA – [[Union de Transports Aériens]]. It served as France's primary national [[flag carrier]] for seven decades until its [[merger]] with [[KLM]] in 2003.

In 2018, Air France and its [[regional airline|regional]] subsidiary [[Air France Hop|Hop]] carried 51.4&nbsp;million passengers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Record traffic in 2018 for Air France-KLM: more than 100 million passengers carried |url=https://www.airfranceklm.com/en/news/record-traffic-2018-air-france-klm-more-100-million-passengers-carried |website=Air France-KLM Group |date=9 January 2019 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811115408/https://www.airfranceklm.com/en/news/record-traffic-2018-air-france-klm-more-100-million-passengers-carried |url-status=dead }}</ref> Air France operates a mixed fleet of [[Airbus]] and [[Boeing]] [[widebody]] [[jet aircraft|jets]] on long-haul routes, and uses [[Airbus A320 family]] aircraft on short-haul routes. Air France introduced the [[Airbus A380]] on 20 November 2009 with service from Paris to New[[John YorkF. City'sKennedy JFKInternational Airport|New from Paris' Charles de Gaulle AirportYork]]. Air France Hop (formerly HOP!) operates the majority of its regional domestic and European scheduled services with a fleet of [[regional jet]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regional.com/data_e/compagnie/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019143222/http://www.regional.com/data_e/compagnie/index.html|url-status=dead|title=regional.com|archive-date=19 October 2006|website=www.regional.com}}</ref>

Air France was formed on 30 August 1933,<ref name=":1" /> from a merger of [[Air Orient]], [[Air Union]], [[Compagnie Générale Aéropostale]], [[Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne]] (CIDNA) and [[Société Générale des Transports Aériens]] (SGTA). Of these airlines, SGTA was the first commercial airline company in France, having been founded as Lignes Aériennes Farman in 1919. The constituent members of Air France had already built extensive networks across Europe, to [[French colonies]] in North Africa and farther afield. During World War II, Air France moved its operations to [[Casablanca]] (Morocco).

On 26 June 1945, all of France's [[air transport]] companies were [[nationalised]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000339693&fastPos=3&fastReqId=559500528&categorieLien=id&oldAction=rechTexte |title=Ordonnance n°45-1403 du 26 juin 1945 portant nationalisation des transports aériens |language=fr |publisher=Legifrance.gouv.fr |access-date=31 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605000113/http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000339693&fastPos=3&fastReqId=559500528&categorieLien=id&oldAction=rechTexte| archive-date= 5 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> On 29 December 1945, a decree of the [[French Government]] granted Air France the management of the entire French air transport network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/the-airline/history/ |title=Air France: History |publisher=Air France |access-date=31 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605125955/http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/the-airline/history/ |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref> Air France appointed its first [[flight attendant]]s in 1946. The same year the airline opened its first air terminal at [[Les Invalides]] in central Paris. It was linked to [[Paris Le Bourget Airport]], Air France's first operations and engineering base, by coach. At that time the network covered 160,000&nbsp;km, claimed to be the longest in the world.<ref name="AF_History">{{cite web|url=http://www.fotw.infp/flags/fr$hfair.html |title=Air France (Airline, France) |publisher=Flag of the World |access-date=31 May 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629173337/https://www.fotw.info/flags/fr%24hfair.html |archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref> Société Nationale Air France was set up on 1 January 1946.

European schedules were initially operated by a fleet of [[Douglas DC-3]] aircraft. On 1 July 1946, Air France started direct flights between Paris and New York via refuelling stops at [[Shannon Airport|Shannon]] and [[Gander International Airport|Gander]]. [[Douglas DC-4]] [[piston]]-engine [[airliner]]s covered the route in just under 20 hours.<ref name="AF_History" /> In September 1947, Air France's network stretched east from New York, Fort de France and Buenos Aires to Shanghai.

By 1948, Air France operated 130 aircraft, one of the largest fleets in the world.<ref name="AF_History" /> Between 1947 and 1965, the airline operated [[Lockheed Constellation]]s on passenger and cargo services worldwide.<ref>Marson, Peter, "The Lockheed Constellation Series", Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1982, {{ISBN|0-85130-100-2}}, pp. 137–141</ref> In 1946 and 1948, respectively, the French government authorised the creation of two private airlines: [[Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux|Transports Aériens Internationaux]] – later [[Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux]] – (TAI) and SATI. In 1949, the latter became part of [[Union Aéromaritime de Transport]] (UAT), a private French international airline.<ref name="AF_History" /><ref>''Aeroplane – Airline of the Month: UTA – Five-star independent'', Vol. 109, No. 2798, p. 4, Temple Press, London, 3 June 1965</ref>

On 4 August 1948, [[Max Hymans]] was appointed the president. During his 13-year [[tenure]] he would implement modernisation practices centred on the introduction of [[jet aircraft]]. In 1949 the company became a co-founder of [[SITA (IT company)|Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA)]], an airline telecommunications services company.<ref name="AF_History" />

In 1952, Air France moved its operations and engineering base to the new [[Orly Airport]] South terminal. By then the network covered 250,000&nbsp;km.<ref name="AF_History" /> Air France entered the jet age in August 1953, flying the original, short-lived [[de Havilland Comet]] series 1A Paris-Rome-Beirut.

In the mid- 1950s, it also operated the [[Vickers Viscount]] turboprop, with twelve entering service between May 1953 and August 1954 on the European routes. On 26 September 1953 the government instructed Air France to share long-distance routes with new private airlines. This was followed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport's imposition of an [[Contract|accord]] on Air France, [[Aigle Azur]], [[TACATransports InternationalAériens AirlinesIntercontinentaux|TAI]] and [[Union Aéromaritime de Transport|UAT]], under which some routes to Africa, Asia and the Pacific region were transferred to private carriers.<ref name="AF_History" />

On 1 February 1963, the government formalised division of routes between Air France and its [[private sector]] rivals. Air France was to withdraw services to West Africa (except [[Senegal]]), Central Africa (except [[Burundi]] and [[Rwanda]]), Southern Africa (including [[South Africa]]), [[Libya]] in North Africa, [[Bahrain]] and [[Oman]] in the Middle East, Sri Lanka (then known as [[Ceylon]]) in South Asia, Indonesia, [[Malaysia]] and Singapore in Southeast Asia, Australia, [[New Zealand]] as well as [[New Caledonia]] and [[Tahiti]]. These routes were allocated to the new [[Union de Transports Aériens]] (UTA), a new private airline resulting from the merger of TAI and UAT. UTA also got exclusive rights between Japan, [[New Caledonia]] and [[New Zealand]], South Africa and [[Réunion]] island in the Indian Ocean, as well as Los Angeles and Tahiti.<ref name="AF_History" /><ref name="Dirigisme" /><ref>''Aeroplane – Airline of the Month: UTA – Five-star independent'', Vol. 109, No. 2798, pp. 4–6, Temple Press, London, 3 June 1965</ref>

In 1974, Air France began shifting the bulk of operations to the new Charles de Gaulle Airport north of Paris. By the early 1980s, only [[Corsica]], Martinique, [[Guadeloupe]], most services to [[French Guiana]], Réunion, the [[Maghreb]] region, Eastern Europe (except the [[USSR]]), Southern Europe (except [[Greece]] and Italy), and one daily service to New York (JFK) remained at Orly. In 1974, Air France also became the world's first operator of the [[Airbus A300]] twin-engine [[widebody]] plane, [[Airbus Industrie]]'s first commercial airliner for which it was a launch customer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.key.aero/view_feature.asp?ID=37&thisSection=commercial |title=Airliner Classic: Airbus A300 – the beginning for a giant: key.Aero, Commercial Aviation |publisher=Key.aero |access-date=31 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428232437/http://key.aero/view_feature.asp?ID=37&thisSection=commercial |archive-date=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

By 1983, Air France's [[golden jubilee]], the workforce numbered more than 34,000, its fleet about 100 [[jet aircraft]] (including 33 [[Boeing 747]]s) and its 634,400&nbsp;km network served 150 destinations in 73 countries. This made Air France the fourth-largest scheduled passenger airline in the world, as well as the second-largest scheduled freight carrier.<ref name="AF_History" /> Air France also codeshared with regional French airlines, [[TAT (French airline)|TAT]] being the most prominent. TAT would later operate several regional international routes on behalf of Air France.<ref name="AplinMontchamp1999">{{cite book|author1=Richard Aplin|author2=Joseph Montchamp|title=A dictionary of contemporary France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQ-c6BnUUcgC&pg=PA453|date=1 April 1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-115-2|page=453}}</ref> In 1983, Air France began passenger flights to [[South Korea]], being the first European airline to do so.<ref>Rahn, Kim. "[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/06/119_31638.html Air France Celebrates 25th Years in Korea]." ''[[The Korea Times]]''. 25 September 2008. Retrieved on 29 June 2010.</ref>

In 1986, the government relaxed its policy of dividing traffic rights for scheduled services between Air France, Air Inter and UTA, without route overlaps between them. The decision opened some of Air France's most lucrative routes on which it had enjoyed a government-sanctioned monopoly since 1963 and which were within its exclusive sphere of influence, to rival airlines, notably UTA. The changes enabled UTA to launch scheduled services to new destinations within Air France's sphere, in competition with that airline.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2003|title=France – The Role of Competition Policy in Regulatory Reform|url=https://www.oecd.org/france/31415943.pdf|journal=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=1998|title=COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY IN FRANCE|url=https://www.oecd.org/france/34825657.pdf|journal=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.joc.com/france-frowns-competition_19900205.html|title=FRANCE FROWNS ON COMPETITION|website=www.joc.com|language=en|access-date=23 December 2017|archive-date=24 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101157/https://www.joc.com/france-frowns-competition_19900205.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1987, Air France together with [[Lufthansa]], [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]] and [[SAS Group|SAS]] founded [[Amadeus IT Group|Amadeus]], an IT company (also known as a [[Computer reservations system|GDS]]) that would enable travel agencies to sell the founders and other airlines' products from a single system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amadeus.com/web/amadeus/en_1A-corporate/Amadeus-Home/About-us/Our-history/1987-New-global-distribution-system/1319591612325-Page-AMAD_DetailPpal?assetid=1319593241232&assettype=StandardContent_C |title=Amadeus History – 1987 – Amadeus is born! |work=Amadeus |publisher=Amadeus.com |access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref>

On 30 September 2003, Air France and [[Netherlands]]-based [[KLM]] Royal Dutch Airlines announced the merger of the two airlines, with the new company to be known as Air France–KLM. The merger took place on 5 May 2004. At that point former Air France shareholders owned 81% of the new firm (44% owned by the French state, 37% by private shareholders), former KLM shareholders the rest. The decision of the [[Jean-Pierre Raffarin]] government to reduce the French state's shareholding in the former Air France group from 54.4% to 44% of the newly created Air France–KLM Group effectively privatised the new airline. In December 2004, the state sold 18.4% of its equity in Air France–KLM. The state's shareholding in Air France–KLM subsequently fell to just under 20%.<ref name="FI" />

Air France–KLM became the largest airline in the world in terms of operating [[revenue]]s, and third-largest (largest in Europe) in passenger kilometres.<ref name="FI" /> Although owned by a single company, Air France and KLM continued to fly under their own [[brand name]]s. Air France–KLM remained part of the SkyTeam alliance, which then included [[Aeroflot]], [[Delta Air Lines]], [[Aeroméxico]], [[Korean Air]], [[Czech Airlines]], [[Alitalia]], [[Northwest Airlines]], [[China Southern Airlines]], [[China Eastern Airlines]], [[China Airlines]], [[Air Europa]], [[Continental Airlines]], [[Garuda Indonesia]], [[Vietnam Airlines]], [[Saudia]], [[Aerolineas Argentinas]], and [[XiamenAir]]. As of March 2004, the group employed 71,654 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AIRF.PA |title=AIR FRANCE – KLM Company Profile |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |access-date=31 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070828060321/http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AIRF.PA| archive-date=28 August 2007| url-status= live}}</ref> As of March 2007, the group employed 102,422 personnel.<ref name="FI" />

On 17 October 2007, the creation of a profit and revenue-sharing transatlantic joint venture between Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines was announced during a press conference at Air France-KLM's headquarters. The venture became effective on 29 March 2008. It aimed to exploit transatlantic opportunities to capture a major share of long-haul business traffic from [[London Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow]], which opened to unrestricted competition on that day as a result of the "[[Open Skies]]" [[Treaty|pact]] between the EU and US. It was envisaged that Air France and [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] would begin nine daily round trips between London-Heathrow and destinations in the US, including a daily London (Heathrow) to Los Angeles service by Air France. Once the new Air France-Delta venture received [[United States antitrust law|antitrust immunity]], it was to be extended to the other two transatlantic SkyTeam partners, enabling all four partners to codeshare flights as well as to share revenue and profit.<ref name="FT_London_target">{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/853cb266-7c3e-11dc-be7e-0000779fd2ac.html |title=Air France and Delta target London |work=Financial Times |date=17 October 2007 |access-date=31 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080510061035/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/853cb266-7c3e-11dc-be7e-0000779fd2ac.html| archive-date=10 May 2008| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1192611010.html |title=Air France And Delta Set Transatlantic Venture |publisher=Airwise |date=17 October 2007 |access-date=31 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516104348/http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1192611010.html| archive-date= 16 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>

On December 2018, [[Anne Rigail]] was appointed as Executive Director of the company.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2018 |title=After a turbulent year Air France appoints its first female CEO |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/economy/20181212-after-turbulent-year-air-france-appoints-its-first-female-ceo |access-date=20 September 2023 |website=RFI |language=en}}</ref>

For about 30 years prior to December 1995, Air France's headquarters were located in a tower adjacent to the [[Gare Montparnasse]] rail station in the [[Montparnasse]] area and the [[15th arrondissement of Paris]].<ref>Mlekuz, Nathalie. "[http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/257106.html Air France vole vers ses avions, destination Roissy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228205205/https://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/257106.html |date=28 February 2019 }}." ''[[Le Monde]]''. 2 April 1997. Retrieved on 22 September 2009. "Situé pendant plus de trente ans dans une des tours au-dessus de la gare Montparnasse, le siège d'Air France se trouve désormais près de l'aéroport de Roissy."</ref> By 1991, two bids for the purchase of the Square Max Hymans building had been made.<ref>"[http://search.lesechos.fr/archives/1991/LesEchos/15980-40-ECH.htm?xtor=AL-4001 Deux offres pour l'achat du siège d'Air France]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[Les Échos (France)|Les Échos]]''. 25 September 1991. Page 12. Retrieved on 26 November 2009.</ref> By 1992, the complex was sold to {{Interlanguage link multi|Mutuelle générale de l'Éducation nationale|fr}} (MGEN) for 1.6&nbsp;billion [[French franc|francs]].<ref>"[http://search.lesechos.fr/archives/1992/LesEchos/16059-56-ECH.htm?xtor=AL-4001 Air France toujours à la recherche de capitaux frais]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''Les Échos''. 20 January 1992. Page 12. Retrieved on 23 December 2009. "Air France a pu boucler son exercice 1991 en incorporant la dotation en capital de 2 milliards de francs consentie par l'Etat-actionnaire, 1,25 milliard apportés par la BNP contre des obligations remboursables en actions (ORA), ainsi que le produit de la vente de son siège à la MGEN (1,6 milliard)."</ref> By that year, Air France had planned to move its head office to Roissypôle,<ref>Chenay, Christophe de. "[http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/420014.html Une ville pousse entre les pistes de Roissy Il ne manquera que des logements pour faire de Roissypôle une véritable cité Mais le projet inquiète les communes environnantes]." ''[[Le Monde]]''. 13 September 1992. Retrieved on 20 January 2010. "Le transfert du siège d'Air France qui quittera le quartier Montparnasse en 1995 pour Roissypôle devrait donner une légitimité aux ambitions immobilières."</ref> taking {{convert|50000|sqm|sqft}} of space inside the hotel, office, and shopping complex on the grounds of Charles de Gaulle Airport.<ref>"[http://search.lesechos.fr/archives/1992/LesEchos/16235-77-ECH.htm?xtor=AL-4001 Roissypôle ouvre ses portes]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''Les Échos''. 1 October 1992. Page 23. Retrieved on 20 January 2010. "Et le goupe Air France va y installer son nouveau siège social sur 50.000 mètres carrés en 1995."</ref> After Air France moved to Tremblay-en-France, the ownership of the former head office complex was transferred.<ref>"[http://search.lesechos.fr/archives/1995/LesEchos/16910-107-ECH.htm?xtor=AL-4001 Air France à Roissy: le décollage du siège social]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''Les Échos''. 1 June 1995. Page 32. Retrieved on 22 September 2009. "au terme d'un transfert rigoureusement planifié par la vente de l'ancien siège de Montparnasse."</ref>

Air France Cité PN, located at Charles de Gaulle Airport, acts as the airline's crew base. The building, developed by [[Valode & Pistre]], opened in February 2006. The first phase consisted of {{convert|33400|sqm|sqft}} of space and 4,300 parking spaces. The building is connected to the Air France head office.<ref>[http://www.valode-et-pistre.com/main.php?language=data/en/ui_system.xml Valode & Pistre – Projects -> Thematic -> Office -> Air France Cité PN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717184220/http://www.valode-et-pistre.com/main.php?language=data%2Fen%2Fui_system.xml |date=17 July 2011 }}. [[Valode & Pistre]]. Retrieved on 28 June 2010.</ref>

Air France operates the Air France Vaccinations CentreCenter in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.<ref>"[http://centredevaccination-airfrance-paris.com/plan Nous Situer]." Air France Vaccinations Centre. Retrieved on 5 May 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/contacts/vaccinations-centre/ Vaccinations Centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506031959/http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/contacts/vaccinations-centre/ |date=6 May 2010 }}." Air France. Retrieved on 5 May 2010.</ref> The centre distributes vaccines for international travel. Since 2001 the centre was the only French vaccination centre certified [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO) 9001.<ref>"[http://centredevaccination-airfrance-paris.com/presentation La protection au quotidien]." Air France Vaccinations Centre. Retrieved on 5 May 2010.</ref> In 2005, the centre moved from the [[Aérogare des Invalides]] to its current location.<ref name="MovedVac">B. H. "[http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/fausse-dentiste-mais-vraie-pyromane-les-plieurs-de-twingo-travaillaient-a-la-chaine-la-station-simplon-ne-rouvrira-qu-en-novembre-le-centre-de-vaccinations-d-air-france-demenage-10-08-2005-2006196335.php Twingo travaillaient à la chaîne La station Simplon ne rouvrira qu'en novembre Le centre de vaccinations d'Air France déménage]." ''[[Le Parisien]]''. 10 August 2005. Retrieved on 5 May 2010. "Le centre de vaccinations internationales d'Air France quittera samedi le terminal de la compagnie aux Invalides (VII e ) pour emménager à deux pas, au... 148, [[Rue de l'Université (Paris)|rue de l'Université]] (Paris VII e )."</ref>

The Aérogare des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris houses the Agence Air France Invalides and the Air France Museum.<ref>"[http://www.airfrance.us/US/en/local/avotreservice/pointsdeventes/agence_par.htm#%20Invalides Agences Air France Paris] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130053602/http://www.airfrance.us/US/en/local/avotreservice/pointsdeventes/agence_par.htm#%20Invalides |date=30 January 2011 }}." Air France. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.airfrancemusee.org/en/contact.php Contact Us]." Air France Museum. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.</ref> Until 2005, the building hosted the Air France Vaccinations Centre.<ref name="MovedVac" /> On 28 August 1959, Air France opened a ticket and information agency in the former air terminal in Invalides, targeting transit passengers and customers from offices and companies in the Invalides area.<ref>"[http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/press/news/article/item/1959-2009brles-50-ans-de-lagence-des-invalides/back/246/browse/3/ 1959–2009 The 50th anniversary of the Air France ticket agency at Les Invalides] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728181852/http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/press/news/article/item/1959-2009brles-50-ans-de-lagence-des-invalides/back/246/browse/3/ |date=28 July 2011 }}." Air France. Thursday 27 August 2009. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.</ref>

[[File:144dt - Air France Cargo Boeing 747-200F, F-GCBH@CDG,10.08.2001 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg|thumbnail|An Air France Cargo Asie Boeing 747-200F]]{{Main articles|Air France Asie}}

Owing to the [[Foreign relations of Taiwan|disputed status]] of [[Taiwan]], Air France could not operate flights to the island under its own name. In 1993, its subsidiary, [[Air Charter International|Air Charter]], began operating flights between Paris and [[Taipei]] via Hong Kong,<ref>[http://www.scmp.com/article/43219/french-plans-taipei French plans for Taipei], ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', 8 September 1993</ref> but after Air Charter ceased operations in 1998, a subsidiary called '''Air France Asie''' was established.<ref>[http://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/sites/sciencespo.fr.ceri/files/jpcabest.pdf FRANCE'S TAIWAN POLICY: A CASE OF SHOPKEEPER DIPLOMACY], Jean Pierre Cabestan, 2001</ref> The airline was one of a number of airline subsidiaries flying under the "Asia" name with the purpose of flying to Taiwan, which included [[Japan Asia Airways]] (a [[Japan Airlines]] subsidiary), [[KLM Asia]], [[British Asia Airways]], [[Swissair#Swissair Asia|Swissair Asia]], and [[Australia Asia Airlines]] (a [[Qantas]] subsidiary).

In 2010 Air France migrated from an internally managed [[Passenger service system]] (Alpha3) that manages reservation, inventory and pricing to an external system (Altéa) managed by [[Amadeus IT Group|Amadeus]]. In rail ventures, Air France and [[Veolia]] are looking into jointly operating [[high-speed rail]] services in Europe. Routes have become available to operators in accordance with European rail liberalisation on 1 January 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090111173537/http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL814254520080908 Air France, Veolia plan high-speed rail venture] Reuters, 8 September 2008</ref>

In January 2009, to coincide with Air France's new logo, a new livery was unveiled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/02/11/322387/picture-air-frances-new-livery-retains-much-of-current-scheme.html|title=Air France's new livery retains much of current scheme|work=Flight International|access-date=11 February 2009| archive-url= https://archive.today/20090212215724/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/02/11/322387/picture-air-frances-new-livery-retains-much-of-current-scheme.html| archive-date= 12 February 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> Air France rolled out its new livery on 11 February 2009. The 2009 livery saw the tail slightly changed; there are now 3 blue bars running down instead of 4 previously. The bars also now curve at the bottom, reflecting the design of the logo. In 2017, Air France received their first [[Boeing 787]] with a revised livery which included larger Air France titles. In 2019, Air France revised the livery with the arrival of the [[Airbus A350]], with blue winglets featuring the ''hippocampe ailé''. This coincided with reintroducing practice of naming each of their aircraft, with the name written under the front cabin windows, the first A350-900 was named after the city of ''[[Toulouse]]''. In 2021, Air France oneonce again revised the livery, while most elements were still same to 2019 version, the ''hippocampe ailé'' icon now added between cockpit windows and front cabin doors, replacing [[SkyTeam]] logo, the aircraft type, SkyTeam logo and Air France-KLM logo now featured at back of the fuselage.

In the 1950s and 1960s, graphic designer [[Jean Carlu]] produced promotional posters for Air France.<ref>{{cite web|last=Logemann|first=Jan|date=21 November 2012|title=Jean Carlu (1900–1997)|url=http://www.transatlanticperspectives.org/entry.php?rec=8|access-date=16 July 2021|website=Transatlantic Perspectives}}</ref>

As of 2022, Air France flies to 29 domestic destinations and 201 international destinations in 94 countries ''(including [[Overseas departments and territories of France]])'' across 6 continents, including 19 in the United States. This includes Air France Cargo services and destinations served by franchisees [[Air Corsica]], [[CityJet]] and [[Air France HOP]]. Most of Air France's international flights operate from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Air France also has a strong presence at Paris-Orly, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, Marseilles Provence, Toulouse Blagnac, Nice Côte d'Azur and Bordeaux-Merignac airports. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Flightradar24 |title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/airport/cdg |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=Flightradar24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Flightradar24 |title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/airport/ory |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=Flightradar24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Liste des destinations avec le guide de voyage Air France |url=https://wwws.airfrance.fr/travel-guide/destinations |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>

On 16 September 2011, [[Air France-KLM]] announced orders for 50 Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s with 60 options, to be operated by both Air France and KLM.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.airfranceklm.com/sites/default/files/communiques/cde_avions_af_va.pdf |title= Air France KLM announces the order of 110 Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 aircraft |date= 16 September 2011 |publisher= Air France-KLM}}</ref> Air France-KLM has a commitment forcommits 37 Boeing 787s, 25 directly and 12 leased, of which 16 are earmarked for Air France to replace some A340-300s, subsequent A340s would be replaced by Airbus A350s from 2019. The first Boeing 787–9787-9 entered into service with KLM in 2015 and with Air France in early 2017.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268968/air-france-plans-787-9-debut-in-jan-2017/?highlight=air%2520france%2520787|title=Air France plans 787-9 debut in Jan 2017|date=2016|access-date=1 October 2016}}</ref>

Air France-KLM has 28 A350s on firm order.<ref name=AW170421>{{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/air-france-anticipates-2018-narrowbody-aircraft-decision |title= Air France Anticipates 2018 Narrowbody Aircraft Decision |date= 20 April 2017 |author= Jens Flottau |work= Aviation Daily |publisher= Aviation Week}}</ref> In June 2019, the group announced a revision of the original order with Air France becoming the sole operator of the Airbus A350, with KLM only operating Boeing 787s, including six originally earmarked for Air France. The first Airbus A350-900 ''(named Toulouse'') was delivered to Air France on 27 September 2019.<ref name="5XK">{{cite newsweb |title=Air France takes delivery of its first A350 XWB |url=https://simpleflyingwww.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2019-09-air-france-firsttakes-airbusdelivery-of-its-first-a350-delivered/amp/xwb |titlewebsite=AirAirbus.com France|publisher=[[Airbus]] takes|access-date=6 deliveryMay of2024 first A350|lastlanguage=Bailey|first=JoannaEnglish |date=27 September 2019|work=Aviation Daily}}</ref>

Air France operates a fleet of all four variants of the [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320ceo family]] aircraft with a total of 114 jets. In July 2019, a first order was announced as part of replacing its narrowbody fleet. The smaller Airbus A318 and A319 fleet will be replaced by 60 Airbus A220-300s starting in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aviationadr.org.uk/air-france-orders-60-a220s-and-announces-retirement-of-a380/|access-date=31 January 2020|title=Air France orders 60 A220s and announces retirement of A380|date=11 November 2019 }}</ref> Air France would have to cut emission by half by 2024 for flights within mainland France as part of conditions of a €7 billion state support from France.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Leigh |title=Air France must cut emissions, domestic flights for aid: minister |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-economy/air-france-must-cut-emissions-domestic-flights-for-aid-minister-idUSKBN22B2EL |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=Reuters |date=29 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> As a result, Air France plans to place more Airbus A220 onto its domestic network.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hepher |first1=Tim |last2=Frost |first2=Laurence |title=Planemakers delay deliveries as crisis hits manufacturing – Air France-KLM CEO |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-air-france-klm-fle/planemakers-delay-deliveries-as-crisis-hits-manufacturing-air-france-klm-ceo-idUKKBN22J0MI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514224745/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-air-france-klm-fle/planemakers-delay-deliveries-as-crisis-hits-manufacturing-air-france-klm-ceo-idUKKBN22J0MI |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 May 2020 |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=Reuters |date=7 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

The airline started operating the 747 on 3 June 1970, when a 747–100747-100 was put into service that was delivered on 20 March that year.<ref name="Boe_O_D">[http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=747&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=747&ViewReportF=View+Report "Orders and Deliveries: Boeing 747."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928195003/http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=747&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=747&ViewReportF=View+Report |date=28 September 2018 }} ''The Boeing Company''. Retrieved: 1 March 2018.</ref> It would go on to operate the −200, −300 and −400 variants. In January 2016, Air France finally retired its last Boeing 747–400. They were replaced by Airbus A380s and Boeing 777-300ERs. Freighter versions were replaced by Boeing 777Fs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2016/01/13/air-france-retires-747-whos-left-and-whos-next/ |title=Air France retires 747|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115212148/http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2016/01/13/air-france-retires-747-whos-left-and-whos-next/ |archive-date=15 January 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/249666/air-france-accelerates-boeing-747-retirement-schedule/|title=Air France Accelerates Boeing 747 Retirement Schedule|publisher=Routes|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>

La Première is Air France's long-haul [[First class travel|first class]] product. It is available on selected [[Boeing 777-300ER]]s.<ref name=777livraison>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.airfrance.com/fileadmin/dossiers/documents/dossiers_de_presse/seattle_dec2010_01.pdf |title=Air France – Corporate : Livraison du nouveau Boeing 777 à Air France |publisher=Air France |access-date=3 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114015411/http://corporate.airfrance.com/fileadmin/dossiers/documents/dossiers_de_presse/seattle_dec2010_01.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2011 }}</ref> The Première cabin features wood and leather seats which recline 180°, forming two-[[metric system|metre]] long beds. Each seat features a 10.4" touchscreen personal screen with interactive gaming and audio video on demand, a privacy divider, automassage feature, reading light, storage drawer, noise-cancelling headphones, personal telephone, and laptop power ports. Each passenger is also provided with a personalised coat service, pure merino wool blanket, a "boudoir-style" cushion, and a travel kit featuring Biologique Recherche facial and body care products to moisturise and refresh the skin. [[Turndown service]] includes a mattress, a duvet, hypoallergenic feather pillow, sleepwear, a dust bag for shoes, and a pair of slippers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfrance.co.uk/GB/en/common/guidevoyageur/classeetconfort/premiere_confort_airfrance.htm |title=La Première – First Class – Comfort – Air France airline |publisher=Airfrance.co.uk |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref> [[À la carte]] on-demand meal services feature entrées created by Chef Guy Martin. Private lounge access is offered worldwide featuring a chauffeured car to the aircraft. La Première is not available on Airbus A330s, A350s, and most Boeing 777s, whereon which Business is the highest cabin class. Four-class 777-300ER configurations are equipped with four seats. Air France is also planning to offer La Première on selected new [[Airbus A350-9001000]]s, which could be delivered as early as 2024.

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Air France's [[economy class]] long-haul product features seats that recline up to 118°. The current long-haul Economy seat, which debuted on the Boeing 777-300ER, includes winged headrests, a personal telephone, and a touchscreen TV monitor with AVOD Interactive Entertainment System which have been installed on all of Air France's long-haul fleet. On long-haul flights, a menu is presented with a choice of two meals. Short- and medium-haul Economy services are operated by Airbus A320 family aircraft with different seating arrangements. Air France is one of the few airlines who features winged headrests on short-to-medium-haul aircraft in both classes. On short-haul flights, a snack is served, while on medium-haul flights, a three-course cold meal is served. Free alcoholic beverages are available on all flights, including champagne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airfrance.us/US/en/common/guideeconomy/classeetconfort/economy_europe.htm|title=Economy Europe|website=AirFrance|language=en|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airfrance.us/US/en/common/guideeconomy/classeetconfort/economy_aeroport.htm|title=Economy – intercontinental Caribbean/Indian ocean – At the airport|website=AirFrance|language=en|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=December 2023}} On most aircraft, Air France offers extra-legroom seats in economy called Seat Plus. These seats are located in the economy-class exit rows and other rows depending on the aircraft type, offering at least 4" more seat pitch (36" versus the usual 32" in standard economy seats). Seat Plus prices vary by flight time, but it is free to elites and passengers with a full-fare economy ticket.

Air France has introduced a brand-new economy long-haul product which features a new slimline seat providing up to an inch more legroom, wider table, universal electrical sockets, retractable armrests, winged leather headrests, more storage space, high-definition 10-inch screens featuring the latest in-flight entertainment with a USB port, a headphones holder, and newly designed pillows featuring different patterns of the Air France logo. The seats would be installed along with the new La Première, Business, and Premium Economy seats from June 2014 till summer 2016 on the Boeing 777 aircraft, the core of the fleet. All other aircraft would be retrofitted except the Airbus A340-300s, Airbus A380-800s, and Boeing 747-400s, as all three types would be retired by 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/press/news/article/item/the-new-economy-seat-optimum-comfort-for-all/ |title=The new Economy seat, optimum comfort for all : Air France – Corporate |publisher=Corporate.airfrance.com |date=25 September 2013 |access-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222220230/http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/press/news/article/item/the-new-economy-seat-optimum-comfort-for-all/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=December 2023}}

For La Première, Air France's first class menu is designed by Guy Martin, chef of Le Grand Vefour, a [[Michelin guide|Michelin]] three-star restaurant in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/wine/2006/10/26/airline-chefs-food-forbeslife-food-cx_lw_1027sky.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111085543/http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/wine/2006/10/26/airline-chefs-food-forbeslife-food-cx_lw_1027sky.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2006 |title=Forbes – First-Class Chefs Take Flight |work=Forbes |date=26 October 2006 |access-date=31 May 2011}}</ref> Menu items include [[hors d'oeuvres]], entrées, bread basket, and cheeses, along with a dessert cart including pastries, [[petit fours]], and tartlets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Heger |first=Monica |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25100962 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227104630/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25100962/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 February 2014 |title=There is such thing as a good airline meal |work=NBC News |date=6 November 2008 |access-date=31 May 2011}}</ref> On long-haul flights, Air France also serves complimentary champagne and drinkswine to passengers in all classes.<ref>{{cite newsweb |title=TheTravel Roleto Ofthe Champagneheart Atof TheFrench Heartgastronomy Of{{!}} AirA France'sseamless Brand Identitysparkle |url=https://simpleflyingwwws.comairfrance.us/airinformation/prepare/repas-francea-champagnebord/cepages-brandpaolo-identity-role/basso |workpublisher=SimpleAir FlyingFrance |access-date=36 FebruaryMay 20232024 |language=enEnglish }}</ref>

On 29 May 2013, KLM and Air France launched a pilot to test inflight [[Wi-Fi]]. Both airlines have equipped one [[Boeing 777]]-300ER]] of each of their fleets with Wi-Fi. Using the inflight Wi-Fi, passengers can stay online using their Wi-Fi enabled smartphones, laptops, or tablets. Wireless service would commence once the flight has reached 20,000 feet.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Air France and KLM launch inflight Wi-Fi |url=http://nieuws.klm.com/wifi-en/ |publisher=KLM|date=29 May 2013|access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref>

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Air France lounges are known as Le Salon, and are open to La Première and Business passengers, as well as Flying Blue Gold, Flying Blue Platinum and SkyTeam Elite Plus members. Worldwide, there are 530 Air France and [[SkyteamSkyTeam]] lounges in 300 international airports on every continent except Antarctica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwws.airfrance.fr/en/information/prepare/salons |title=Air France lounges|publisher=Air France |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=December 2023}}

Air France has been involved in a number of major accidents and incidents. The airline's deadliest accident occurred on 1 June 2009, when [[Air France Flight 447]], an [[Airbus A330-203]], crashed into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] killing all 228 on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/04/world/europe/air-france-flight-447-explainer/index.html|title=Has Air France Flight 447 mystery finally been solved?|first=Paul|last=Armstrong|website=CNN|date=4 July 2012 }}</ref> Another notable crash in Air France's records occurred on 25 July 2000, when [[Air France Flight 4590]], a [[Concorde]], caught fire immediately after take-off due to metal debris on the runway damaging a tire, which produced debris that struck a fuel tank on the underside of the wing, catching fire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Air France Flight 4590 |date=18 July 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Air-France-flight-4590}}</ref> The fire started to disintegrate the aircraft's left wing and the plane started to tilt to its side. This caused the aircraft to crash into a hotel on the outskirts of [[Gonesse]], France. All 109 passengers and crew inside Flight 4590, as well as four people inside the hotel, diedwere killed.