Company Watch - Air France KLM.Sep 17, 2007 Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde flew 19.35 billion RPKs in August, up 6.9% from the year-ago month. Capacity climbed 5.7% to 22.7 billion ASKs, lifting load factor 1 point to 85.3%. Sep 12, 2007 Air France reported strong growth in passenger traffic (6.9 percent) and a rise in unit revenue. Traffic was up 6.9 percent, with capacity up 5.7 percent. The airline's load factor gained on point to reach 85.3 percent. Its long-haul load factor was more than 87 percent. American network American Network is cable/satellite television network. It broadcasts only American shows. Is part of Televisa Networks, as affiliate on Televisa. Programs broadcast by American Network Talk Shows
Air France supplies satellite views of flights. Carrier partners with European Space Agency European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. , says it is first to offer service. Air France's Paris-Mumbai route is the one of the first four on which the airline is offering passengers an inflight entertainment program showing medium- resolution satellite images of the terrain over which the aircraft is flying, points of geographic interest en route, and high-resolution images of the departure and destination cities. The images passengers see of Mumbai is much higher-resolution than this low-resolution image. Sep 11, 2007 Air France Cargo is to increase its flights to Bahrain, it was revealed yesterday. The number of cargo flights will increase from three to four per week, connecting Bahrain with Lisbon, Dhaka, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Cairo, effective from November 1 this year to March 31 next year. Sep 12, 2007 KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) has confirmed that it has completed its transfer of all ticketing to electronic format (e-ticket), well in advance of the IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. deadline for the end of March next year. Passengers traveling from any one of the airline's 124 departure points only need to show an identity document when checking in for a flight. Customers can also now use their own computer to check in and select a seat from 30h before departure. Sep 12, 2007 Linkoping is to be joined to Amsterdam with a twice-daily KLM flight from the start of the summer season next year. This makes KLM the first of the large international airlines to begin activities in Sweden outside the major metropolitan areas and offers an attractive link from UK airports. Air France KLM country manager Sweden, Anko van der Werff, said: "The Ostergotland area has long aspired to become Sweden's fourth metropolitan area and many national and international companies have a strong presence in this region. A Fokker 70 will be used on the route in a two-class layout, offering KLM Europe Select, and KLM economy. Sep 12, 2007 Air France polishing Charles de Gaulle hub. Air France KLM Group has plans for terminal renovations at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. The airline wants the airport to be the premier hub in Europe, giving Air France an edge in customer service delivery. "There will be a rebirth [of] Air France through this hub," AF KLM Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jean-Cyril Spinetta said. "We want CDG (CDMA Development Group, Costa Mesa, CA, www.cdg.org) A membership organization founded in 1995 that promotes CDMA wireless systems worldwide. It is involved with developing new features and services and promoting standards that provide global compatibility and interoperability. to become a world leader in transportation." Sep 10, 2007 Alitalia denied an Italian news agency report that it was in high-level talks with Air France KLM as part of its efforts to find a buyer. Alitalia's long-time commercial partner Air France-KLM Air France-KLM (Euronext Paris: AF, NYSE: AKH) is an airline company incorporated under French law with its headquarters at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris, France. is frequently cited in Italian media as a likely buyer for the airline, whose privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned flopped in July, despite repeated denials by the French airline. Air France-KLM has said it would only be interested if Alitalia turned its business around, but recently added it would listen if approached by the Italians. Alitalia denied the existence of such high-level contacts and said management of both companies met regularly as part of their commercial agreements and their membership of the SkyTeam marketing alliance of airlines. Sep 12, 2007 KLM appointed Barbara van Koppen general counsel. She has been company secretary since September 2005 and will retain that title. Sep 14, 2007 KLM said e-tickets now are available for all 124 destinations in its network and its e-tickets can be used when flying with 72 interline in·ter·line 1 tr.v. in·ter·lined, in·ter·lin·ing, in·ter·lines To insert between printed or written lines. in partners. At present, e-tickets account for around 89% of all KLM tickets. It intends to raise this to 100% by Jan. 1, when it will begin issuing e-tickets only. Paper tickets will be available on request, but it will impose a surcharge An overcharge or additional cost. A surcharge is an added liability imposed on something that is already due, such as a tax on tax. It also refers to the penalty a court can impose on a fiduciary for breaching a duty. on issuance. Sep 10, 2007 Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new real-time service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status, delays, security wait times via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. |
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