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Commissioned in 1933, Air France is setting new levels of achievement with its sky high operating revenue, marvellous financial strategies and customer satisfaction along with out of the box marketing strategies. Serving the whole globe over seven decades; this perfect hub for passengers and cargo services, is carving the new niches in the airline industry. Just for the time being, keeping aside its recent downfalls, we can easily trace out its old glorious history, its splendid journeys, shadow of its aura over Hollywood (Casablanca), its being a pioneer in including super jumbo A380 in its team and many other such events. Let's have a superficial overview of this magnificent airline.

Corporate affairs:

In January 1990 Air-France merged semi private airline 'Air Inter' and a completely private airline UTA in itself. It was the year 99 when the green signal was given to partial privatization of Air France and thereafter its shares hit the floor of country's stock exchange. Earlier it was a flagship airline under French government but the increased market competition and a brink of anarchy in terms political breakdown brought this airline on doorstep of privatisation in the mid of 2002. Then acquisition of Dutch gargoyle KLM; brought this airline on the apex position among other global air carriers. Now the new brand hails as Air France-KLM; but both sustain their individual identity in terms of their assets like their flights, their brands and their staff. But their alliance with KLM gave them freedom to spread their wings by getting enlisted in the network of SkyTeam alliance. At present this esteem airline "Air France-KLM" is not only the largest operating revenue binder in the world but is also the top most for international passenger-kilometres.

Facts and Figures:

Air-France is serving more than 200 destinations across 80 countries and 32 in house destinations. Its fleet size is 589, out of which 584 are passenger planes and 25 are cargos. At present number of employees working under its roof is more than 104,700. Though Air France has an enormous fleet, but still its subsidiaries like KLM, Regional, Brit Air, KLM Cityhooper, Cityjet, and Martinair continuously beef up its strength. Now-a-days it is in talks to invest in JAL.

Along with having a good baggage allowance service, Air France also charge very less for baggage. Food quality is indeed world class. Passengers travelling with infants are facilitated with bassinet, on prior request. Air-France always stood high on wooing its passengers. Their flying blue program has truly been proven out to be a milestone in marketing. It acts as a magnet for the frequent flyers. Let us take the case of their official song these days, "The World Can Be Yours"; usually played at the time of boarding and landing. They have always approached finest music groups whether it used to be "The Chemical Brother" or "Telepopmusik". Pioneer in using Airbus A380-800 (a superjumbo), they are continuously increasing its headcounts. It is truly a feather in their cap. It is the official airlines of Cannes Film Festival. Air France passengers are entitled for the access to SkyTeam lounges. Most of their planes are well equipped with fine audio video gadgets.

Air France provides best services to domestic as well as international travellers at highly competitive rates. You can book Air France flights online very easily.