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Air France (French pronunciation: [ɛːʁ fʁɑ̃s]; legally Société Air France, S.A.), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France, and is headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. The airline is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and is one of the founding members of the SkyTeam airline alliance.
Air France has been in operation since 1933. Its aircraft have been involved in a number of major accidents and incidents. The deadliest accident of the airline occurred on June 1, 2009, when Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203, flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with 228 fatalities.
Air France Flight 447 (AF447/AFR447) [b] was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France. On 1 June 2009, inconsistent airspeed indications and miscommunication led to the pilots inadvertently stalling the Airbus A330.
France: Services started December 25, 1918; rebranded as Aéropostale in 1927; its assets were incorporated into Air France in 1933 Svensk Lufttrafik: February 7, 1919: 1921 Sweden: Services started 7 August 1920 Lignes Aériennes Farman: February 8, 1919: October 7, 1933 France: Merged with four other airlines to form Air France.
Kept the First Air brand acquired the Canadian North name. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. 2004 - Acquired by Air France, which changed its company name to Air France-KLM, although the two airlines still operate as separate airlines; Loftleidir-Icelandic. 1979 - Flugfélag Íslands and Loftleiðir merged, and the airline became known as Icelandair.
On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history. [1]
P.J Féret, who conducted a dig at France's Cité de Limes site in January 1825, wrote the message, ... Municipal records confirmed that Féret conducted a first dig at the site 200 years ago.
Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers.The militants murdered three passengers and their intention was either to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower or the Tour Montparnasse in Paris.