Air France

Air France (AFR, National company Air France) (Code IATA: AF ; Code ICAO: AFR ; radio call sign: airfrans ) is the first French Airline company . It serves principal the French airports, as well as a very great number of foreign destinations and makes from now on left, with KLM of the group privatized Air France-KLM. It forms also part of alliance known as SkyTeam and its principal ear (Plate-forme of correspondence) is located on the Aéroport Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle with which it maintains many agreements of exploitation.

Three principal activities (the classifications are those of the Groupe Air France-KLM):

the transport of passengers: 1st European group with 25,5% of market share (November 2004) and 1e world group in term of turnover.
the transport of freight: 1st world group for the transport of international freight, except integrators, 3rd with (behind Fedex and UPS).
the maintenance and maintenance of the planes: 1st world operator multiproduits.

The history of Air France is presented on the site Air France: the saga

History

August 1st Air-France was founded the August 31st 1933 by the fusion of 4 principal companies of French air transport: Air the East, Air Union, C.I.D.N.A. and S.G.T.A. Farman, in the form of a Public limit company with the capital of 120 million frankly S in which the State held at least 25% of the actions and would be represented with the Board of directors in the same proportions. This company repurchased the credits of the Aéropostale, at the time in compulsory liquidation. The October 7th 1933, a ceremony with the Le Bourget devoted the new company which chaired Mr. Roume, former president d' Air the East, and before general governor of Indo-China and Africa Occidentale French. In the beginning, it like symbol winged Hippocampe had affectionately called a the shrimp by the personnel. This emblême was that of Air the East. The June 26th 1945 the shortly after the Second world war, the Civil aviation French was nationalized and Air France becomes state-owned property then. The January 12th 1990, the State buys with the group Chargeurs SA of Jerome Seydoux the near total of the capital of the private company ATU which is in fact nationalized. Airline companies belonging to the French government, i.e. Air France, Air Inter, Air Charter and ATU are joined together within the Groupe Air France but preserve temporarily their autonomy. A new company, Group Air France , is created by decree the July 25th 1994, which came into effect the next on September 1st. This company held the majority of the shares of the capital of Air France and Air Inter renamed Air France Europe . The February 10th 1999, Air France is the subject of a partial privatization.
Le group (Air France-KLM) which it forms from now on with KLM since the May 3rd 2004 makes of it a company privatized even if the French State still holds big parts within the capital. Sources: Museum Air France and historical files of Air France

Figures

400 planes in exploitation with the July 31st 2007 (127 are exploited by the regional subsidiary companies and 4 by Air Ivory). The average age of its apparatuses is 8,9 years (thanks to the purchase of new planes like the B777-300ER brought into service on the DOM of July 2006 in June 2007).
1.800 daily flights out of 225 destinations in the world and distributed in 88 countries.
43,7 million passengers transferred onto the flights marketed by the company (2003-04) and 32,7 million in the 1st half of 2004 for the group Air France-KLM.
16.670 personnel flying personnel, 38.818 ground personnels, is a total of 56.488 in 2007 (less 528 compared to 2006).

Industrial and commercial statute

List presidents of the company

Misters

Ernest Roume: 1933-1935
Paul Tirard: 1935-1938
Leon Pujo: 1939-1944
max Hymans: 1948-1961
Joseph Roos: 1961-1967
Georges Galichon: 1967-1975
Pierre Giraudet: 1975-1984
Long Marceau: 1983 - 1987
Jacques Friedmann: 1987 - 1988
Bernard Attali: 1988 - 1993
Christian Blanc: 1993 - 1997
Jean-Cyril Spinetta: since 1997

Capital

The capital of the company Air France is held to 100% by Air France-KLM. At July 31st, 2007, the capital of Air France-KLM is composed of 279.363.707 actions being distributed as follows:

French State: 18,6%
Paid group: 14,1%,
estimated: 65,8%
Self-checking: 1,5%

Alliances

Air France is founding member of alliance SkyTeam with Delta Air Lines, Aeromexico and Korean Air since the year 2000.

Alliance with KLM

The bringing together Air France-KLM led to the creation of the first European group of air transport. The success of the public offering of exchange on KLM allows the new group, founded on the concept a group, two companies, three trades , to engage its strategy quickly. Three levels of priorities were released:

continuation of the control of the costs for each company,
the implementation of synergies,
the development of alliance SkyTeam with the simultaneous entry of KLM, Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines (initially partners of KLM)

End November 2004, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, chairman of the group, and Leo Van Wijk, vice-president of the group and chairman of KLM, presented semi-annual benefit (from May to September, fusion having been concretized only starting from this date) of 296 million Euro S is a rise of 56,6% compared to the preceding exercise. The programmes of development of consumer loyalty of Air France (Frequency More) and KLM (Flying Dutchman) were amalgamated in a single program, baptized Flying Blue, as from the June 6th 2005.

Alliance with Alitalia

Following a Franco-Italian government seminar, the revival of the process of alliance between the Air France group and Alitalia were confirmed. “ Alitalia has its problems to solve and will solve we them ”, declared Silvio Berlusconi, and then one will move towards the integration to create a single Franco-Italian company, which was confirmed by Jean-Pierre Raffarin. As of this advertisement, the actions of Alitalia flew away. The managing director, Giancarlo Cimoli confirmed these remarks in margin of the top: “ once the company will have a more positive situation from a countable point of view, it will be worth more and it will support alliance with KLM and Air France ”.

Alitalia and Air France is already bound by a trade agreement since 2001; agreement reinforced by an exchange of actions in 2003 bearing out of 2% of the capital and the presence of the two presidents in the respective boards of directors. But fusion was deferred while that with KLM was carried out in September 2004. This trade agreement in particular envisages to develop a beam of correspondences, centered on the Aéroports of Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle, Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino and the development of the Partage of code for the intercontinental Europe and flights.

For the connections between the Italy and the France, the companies operate in joint venture (as only one company) There are currently 582 weekly flights of which 30,6% only are ensured by Alitalia, which makes react Giancarlo Cimoli which recently wished that this division be balanced better.

In November 2005, Air France announced that it subscribed to the capital growth of Alitalia for December 2005 in order to always have 2% of the capital at the conclusion of the transaction.

In June 2006, Jean-Cyril Spinetta has declared that the ultimate goal of the partnership with Alitalia was fusion, which would lead to an uncontested primatie European, with a total fleet of more than 650 planes (by taking of account regional subsidiary companies)

Does at the end of 2006, the idea of a fusion with Alitalia seem abandoned, in spite of adventures and one (next?) privatization of the latter which enlise.

Industrial assets and platform of correspondence (ear) of the airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle

It is generally considered that one of the largest assets of Air France is its establishment with the Aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (its main thing ear) which has the advantage of having a strong potential of extension (it is surrounded by rural areas). Its surface is currently of 3200 hectares, that is to say approximately 3 times more than the majority of the large European airports. Air France currently established its ear with terminal 2 of the Aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle. With the enlarging of the current terminal and the nearest opening of the S3 Satellite in 2007, then S4 Satellite in 2010, Air France will gradually give up the first part of the terminal, i.e. the terminals 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D to concentrate on 2nd, 2F, 2G (future regional air terminal), S3, and S4 which will offer to him an annual capacity of 40 million passengers. That will push Roissy to have a full capacity of approximately 72 million passengers. The ultimate project is T4, project of terminal in North to accommodate 30 million passengers.

The fleet

detailed Fleet of Air France

Policy of fleet

At July 31st, 2007, Air France exploits 380 Avion S which it distributes on its fleets long-distance carrier, middle-distance carrier and regional.

A policy of fleet which the company regards as effective makes it possible to rationalize and modernize the fleet with the advantages which are dependant there:

reduction of consumption,
reduction of the costs,
reduction of the harmful effects.

Nearly the three quarters of the capital spending program the 5 next years will be devoted to this rationalization and modernization. They are in particular to limit the number of models planes used, in a preoccupation of profitability and a greater flexibility of programming.

Long-distance carrier

The success of the Platform of correspondence of the Airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle 2 and the developmental perspectives which accompany it, direct the choices of the company towards long-distance apparatuses with very long operating range. The fleet length mail of Air France has a 6,6 years Middle Age (except airfreighters). For a long time, it exploited number of Boeing 747 of which it currently replaces the old models by Boeing 777 (example of the 777-300ER for the DOM-TOM) and in the future, by Airbus A380.

The French company is one of the rare owners to hold at the same time Airbus A330-200, A340-300X and of Boeing 777-200ER, the first being used with the 747 on the tourist destinations while the seconds are devoted to the connections with customers businesses. This specialization increased during the refittings with the new cabins, arranged in 2003, for A330/340 and 747, in version Bi-classes.

Air France is the main customers of launching of Boeing 777-300ER, brought into service in May 2004 and initially ordered to replace Boeing 747-400.

The last 747-200 and 747-300 exploited on the network Indian Caribbean-Ocean were thus replaced by 777-300ER (47) with high density (472 seats), whose first flight on these lines was accomplished on June 12th, 2006 in direction of the Guadeloupe to the Aéroport of Raizet to Point-with-Clown. The deployment was then carried out on the Meeting since January 24th, 2007. The last apparatus intended for overseas was delivered in June 2007 and serves the French Guiana.

The Airbus A330-200 (16) replaced A310 and 767-300ER on the destinations long-distance carrier with less traffic and on the openings of line as from December 2001. The version exploited by Air France (MTOW 233,010 tons) is equipped with an increased operating range making it possible to join the west coast of the United States.

Middle-distance carrier

For the middle-distance flights, Air France privileges all the same Airbus with its many apparatuses of the family A320 of which it is the only airline company in the world to have all the alternatives: A318 (18), A319 (46), A320 (68) and A321 (15). The Boeing 737 disappeared from the fleet of Air France to the profit of the models of Airbus on June 11th, 2007 with the last flight of a Boeing 737 registered F-GJND between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Turin.

Cargo liner

Air France took delivery of its first Boeing 747-200F in October 1974 (registered NR 18815 then F-BPVO the 4/20/82), baptized " Super-Pélican" in reference to the 707-328C " Pélicain". Seven other machines will follow (F-BPVR, VV, F-GCBE, BG then BK, BL and BM with increased MTOW). The integration of ATU will bring two additional apparatuses (F-GBOX and F-GPAN, destroyed by fire in Madras in March 1999).

Air France was again the customer of launching of a version freight of the Jumbo Jet by ordering 747-428ERF in March 2001 in order to replace its -228F growing old. This version with operating range improved in particular allowed to remove the technical stopover of Tachkent on the lines towards the Southeast Asia.

Cargo Air France will take delivery of Boeing 777 -200LRF starting from 2008, version which it will be the first company to be exploited. In parallel, 3 current Boeing 747-400 in version passengers are designed to be converted into version freight (B747-400BCF) as of 2007.

Current fleet

The Middle Age of the fleet of Air France is 8,9 years to July 31st, 2007.

Place orders

the February 22nd 2005 Air France placed order of 4 Boeing 777-300ER, in addition to the 10 already ordered before and the 6 apparatuses taken in leasing near ILFC (including 4 already delivered).

Air France ordered 10 Airbus A380, with option for 4 additional apparatuses what will make the first European company of it use this plane as of April 2009. Initially planned for the second half-year 2007, the setting on line should take place on April 1st, 2009, that is to say with two years of delay. A first delivery of 3 apparatuses was initially to be done in spring 2007 and 6 would follow in the 2 years to come. The Airbus A380 of Air France will be initially used for the ways of the North Atlantic, like Paris Montreal or Paris New York. Then, the plane will also ensure of the connections towards Beijing and Tokyo.

the May 24th 2007, the company officializes the conversion of 2 of its 4 options for the Airbus A380 into control firm as a part of the plan of compensation of the delays of delivery of the apparatus. Air France also ordered 30 Airbus A320 to replace its oldest models and to widen its fleet. Lastly, 18 Boeing 777 (whose 5 versions freight) are also ordered for replacement of the Boeing 747-400.

the June 18th 2007, the company officializes the additional order of 2 A380 and 18 planes of the family of a32X, at the time of the Paris airshow 2007.

Other aircraft of the regional companies

At July 31st, 2007, 126 regional planes (which belong or are rented by the subsidiary companies):

Brit Air

17 Tanker plane Jet CRJ 100 (50 seats)
13 Tanker plane Jet CRJ700 (3 additional orders) (72 seats)
13 Fokker 100 (100 seats)
8 CRJ1000 has just been ordered + 8 options diverente 1st delivery at the beginning of 2010 (104 seats)

CityJet

20 BAe 146 -200-300 (94 seats)
in the course of replacement by 23 Avro RJ-85 (98 seats)

Régional (fleet November 2007)

7 Embraer EMB-120 (30 seats)
9 Embraer ERJ-135 (37 seats)
28 Embraer ERJ-145 (50 seats)
5 Fokker 70 (80 seats)
9 Fokker F100 (100 seats)
5 Embraer 190 (100 seats)
order of 6 Embraer 170 (78 seats) and 4 Embraer 190 (100 seats)

(Regional was the first European company to receive Embraer 190, in November 2006)

Float withdrawn from the service

Franchized companies

Frankness (definition): “the franchized company ensures the management of its flights, exploits them under its financial responsibility and pays a royalty with Air France. The flights are marketed under the code AF (and not under code IATA of the franchized company). ”

In return, the strategy of Air France meets the needs for the regional companies by:

- reinforcement of their marketing policy, thanks to the power of marketing and with the network of a company such as Air France,

- the possibility of offering to their passengers a greater number of destinations within the framework of a structured and coherent network, while profiting from a chain from services homogeneous,

- the access to a very gravitational programme of development of consumer loyalty for their customers.

Air France developed partnership agreements and majority takeovers in regional companies. The regional pole is organized around the companies acquired in 2000:

- Brit Air, based with Morlaix

- CityJet, Irish company based in Dublin which connects Paris/Orly & Charles-of-Gaulle, Dublin and London City Airport (LCY), as well as a big number of destinations at the beginning of Paris-CDG and other French airports.

- Regional, resulting from the fusion of Regional Airlines, Flanders Air and Proteus.

This pole had at September 30th, 2006 of a fleet of 127 planes of less than 100 seats. These conveyers, all subsidiary companies of Air France, as well as the CCM Airlines (ex Corsica Compagnie the Mediterranean) and, until 2004, the British British European), are franknesses. The advantages Flying Blue apply to all the flights franknesses.

Brit Air (Code IATA dB)
Regional (Code IATA YS)
CityJet (Code IATA WX)
CCM Airlines (Code IATA XK, for the service road of the Corsica especially)

Former air partner: British European

Freight

Maintenance

The maintenance activity is marketed under the mark Air France Industries.

Subsidiary companies and participations not airline companies

Servair, held to 98%
CRMA or Company of construction and repair of material aeronautical, subsidiary to 100% of Air France, covers the repair of modules of engines, the regeneration of parts engines and the revision of equipment,
Sodexi or Company of development of the international express train, held to 60%, is the first world operator of treatment of freight express train.
Amadeus (participation sold mainly in 2005).

Incidents and accidents

The company knew approximately a score of plane crashes since years 46, here the principal ones:

Flight??? Air France - Between Fort de France and Port Etienne August 1st, 1948 - Laté 631, F-BDRC
Collision of Sao Miguel - Sao Miguel the Azores (Marcel Cerdan) - October 28th, 1949 - L 749 Abis, F-BAZN
Visit of maintenance - Workshops AF Orly North, (fire) - January 22nd 1950 - DC4, F-BBDB
Flight??? Air France - Bahrain - June 12th 1950 - DC4, F-BBDE
Flight??? Air France - Bahrain - June 17th 1950 - DC4, F-BBDM
Flight??? Air France - Mount Cameroun (Nigeria) - February 3rd 1951 - DC4, F-BBDO
Flight??? Air France - Nice (France) - March 3rd 1952 - BLOCH 161, F-BCUM
Flight??? Air France - Barcelonnette (France) - September 1st 1953 - does L 749 have, F-BAZZ
Vol??? Air France - Biskra (Algeria) - April 8th 1957 - C47, F-BEIK
Flight 343 Air France - Dakar (Senegal) - August 29th 1960 - L 1049G, F-BHBC
Flight 406 Air France - Edjeleh (Algeria) - May 10th 1961 - L 1649A, F-BHBM
Flight 2005 Air France - Reduction (Morocco) - September 12th 1961 - SE 210.3, F-BJTB
Flight 159 Air France - Airport ofOrly (France) - June 3rd 1962 - B 707.328A, F-BHSM
Flight 117 Air France - Guadeloupe (France) - June 22nd 1962 - B 707.328A, F-BHST
Flight 212 Air France - Guadeloupe PTP (France) - March 2nd 1968 - B 707.328C, F-BLCJ
Flight 1611 Air France - Nice (France) - September 11th 1968 - SE 210.3, F-BOHB
Flight 212 Air France - Caracas (Venezuela) - December 14th 1969 - B 707.328B, F-BHSZ
Flight 296 Air France - Habsheim (France) - June 26th 1988 - has 320.111, F-GFKC
Vol 72 Air France - Aéroport of Tahiti-Faa' has {France} - September 12th 1993 - B 747.428B, F-GITA. Repairs carried out on place Given in service Pt 1/5/94
Flight 6745 Air France - Madras (India) - March 5th 1999 - B 747.2B3F, F-GPAN
Flight 4590 Air France - Gonesse (France) - July 25th 2000 - Harmony, F-BTSC
Flight 358 Air France - Toronto (Canada) - August 2nd 2005 - has 340.313, F-GLZQ

The crash landings undergone by the companies ATU and Air Inter are not entered as being accidents of Air France.

All air incidents of the company Air France since 2005

Management of the firm

* Human Resources : * Economy and Finances : * Coordination : * Marketing and Network : * Commercial France : * Commercial International : * Air operations : * Exploitation Ground : * Industrialist : * Air France Cargo liner : * Information system

Board of directors

10 members representing the shareholders:

* Jean-Cyril Spinetta - Chairman of the board

* Leo Mr. van Wijk - Vice-president of the Board of directors - President of the Directory of KLM

* Patricia Barbizet - Managing director of Artémis

* Giancarlo Cimoli - general President-director of Alitalia, resigns in January 2007, following the announced privatization of Alitalia.

* Jean-François Dehecq - general President-director of Sanofi-Aventis

* Frits Bolkestein to replace Willem F. Duisenberg - Former President of the European Central bank (deceased on July 30th, 2005)

* Jean-Marc Espalioux - President of the Directory of the group Accor

* Cornelis J.A. van Lede

* Flowered A. Maljers

* Pierre Richard - Managing director of Dexia

8 representatives the State:

* Michel Delahousse - General inspector of Finances, ministry for the Economy, Finances and Industry

* - Director of the Budget, ministry for the Economy, Finances and Industry

* Bruno Fareniaux - Director of Tourism

* Jean-Louis Girodolle - Sub-manager with the direction of the Treasury

* Claude Gressier - President of the section of the economic affairs of the general advice of the Highways Departments

* Michel Guyard - Chief of the general inspection of the Civil aviation and Meteorology

* Yves Lambert

* - Managing director of the Agency of the participations of the State

2 representatives paid shareholders:

* Christian Magne - for the ground personnel and the commercial flight crew

* Didier the Kitten - for the technical flight crew

6 representatives the employees (advisory voice):

* Bernard Pedamon

* Paul Laprévote

* Daniel Mackay

* Marie Ramon

* Pascal Mathieu

* Pascal Zadikian

Executive committee

Jean-Cyril Spinetta - general President-director

Pierre-Henri Gourgeon' - executive Managing director
(59 years, polytechnician, engineer of the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of aeronautics, Master off Sciences of Californian Institute off Technology with Pasadena, Patent of fighter pilot, general engineer of the armament, managing director of the civil aviation between 1990 and 1993, in the Company since 1993)

Philippe Calavia - Delegated general director - Economic affairs and financial
(56 years, science-Po Bordeaux, ENA, former managing director of Natexis in 1997-1998, in the Company since 1998)

Auguste Gayte - Delegated general director - Coordination
(61 years, HEC, entered in Air Inter in 1969 and in is delegated general director in 1995-1996 at the time of integration)

Patrick Alexandre - Executive vice president - Commercial International
Alain Bassil - Executive vice president - industrial Logistics
Christian Boireau - Executive vice president - Commercial France
François Bush - Communications director ( in an advisory capacity )
Marc Boudier - Executive vice president - Air France Cargo liner
Jean-François Hake - Executive vice president - Industrial relations policy
Pascal of Izaguirre - Executive vice president - Exploitation Ground
Bruno Matheu - Executive vice president - Marketing and Network
Jacques Pichot - General secretary
Gilbert Rovetto - Executive vice president air Exploitation

Financial data

(2) Consolidation of Air France over 12 months (April-March) and of KLM over 11 months (May-March)
(3) rough Surplus of exploitation before operational rents

Stock exchange data

Shares quoted on the Bourse de Paris (Euronext Paris) since February 22nd, 1999, on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Exchange Stock (NYSE) of then on May 5th, 2004.
stock exchange Profile sheet:

Member of the indices of quotation: CAC Next 20, Euronext 100, DJ Eurostoxx, AMX
Indices of sustainable development: DJSI World, DJSI Stoxx, ASPI Eurozone, FTSE 4 Good
Member of index IAS (Index of the employee stock ownership in France)
Code ISIN of the action AF-KLM = FR0000031122 (Euronext Paris and Amsterdam)
Code ISIN of the warrant BASED = FR0010068965 (Euronext Paris and Amsterdam)
Code ISIN of the obligation OCEANE = FR0010185975 (Euronext Paris): 450 M€ on April 14th, 2005
Reuters Code = AIRF.PA (Euronext Paris), AIRF.AS (Euronext Amsterdam)
Code SICOVAM/Euroclear = 3112 (Euronext Paris)
Face value = euro
Code NYSE = AKH and AKH WS

Structure of the capital (at July 15th, 2007):

French State: 17,9%
Paid group: 14,1%,
estimated: 65,8%
Self-checking: 1,5%

Distribution of the capital by nationality (at July 15th, 2007):

France: 57,0%
the United States: 24,0%
the United Kingdom: 14,0%
Belgium: 3,0%
Netherlands: 2,0%
Luxembourg: 2,0%
Not-identified: 5,2%
Others: 2,6%

Site of financial information of the group Air France-KLM

Main competitors in Europe

Lufthansa, German national company with strategy of hub
British Airways, English national company with strategy of hub
Ryanair, company low-cost
Easyjet, company low-cost

Internal bonds

List of the 15 larger fleets of commercial aircraft large carrying

List of the 20 larger fleets of commercial aircraft monocouloirs of more than 100 places

External bonds

Official site of Air France
Site sustainable development of Air France with CO2 calculator
Air France Saga: the historical gate and inheritance of the company
Air France: Life on board
Official site of alliance Skyteam
To find the good places on the flights Air France

See too

List of the European airline companies

Simple: Air France

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