Air France
Flag carrier of France
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| March 29 2025 | Codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways is set to end. |
| 2025 | Air France plans to introduce an updated version of La Première first class cabin, potentially equipping the Airbus A350-900 with the new cabin design. |
| 2024 | Aircraft scrapped at Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport after being returned to its lessor, the Dr. Peters Group. |
| 2024 | Air France is required to cut emissions by half for flights within mainland France as a condition of receiving €7 billion in state support, leading to plans to increase Airbus A220 aircraft on its domestic network. |
| November 27 2024 | Air France-KLM entered talks to buy a 20% stake in Spanish airline Europa, with a potential transaction worth over €100 million. |
| September 1 2024 | SAS joined SkyTeam alliance. |
| August 31 2024 | SAS exited Star Alliance. |
| June 28 2024 | European Commission approved the investment in SAS. |
| June 24 2024 | Air France received multiple prestigious Skytrax awards, including World's Best First Class Catering, Best Airline in Western Europe, and Best First Class Lounge Dining. |
| June 24 2024 | Transavia was voted runners-up for Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe by Skytrax for the year 2024. |
| March 2024 | US Bankruptcy Court approved SAS's restructuring plan to exit Chapter 11 proceedings. |
| January 2024 | The strategic partnership with CMA CGM was mutually terminated without changing the group's capital structure. |
| October 2023 | Air France-KLM, the Danish state, and two investment firms announced plans to invest in Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), taking a 19.9% stake. |
| September 2023 | Air France-KLM announced an additional order for 50 Airbus A350 aircraft, which will be used to replace their existing Airbus A330s and Boeing 777-200ER models. |
| August 31 2023 | Air France-KLM completed the ISIN change for its stock. |
| July 12 2023 | Air France-KLM announced a 10-for-1 reverse stock split and an upcoming ISIN change. |
| 2022 | Air France-KLM airlines transported 83 million passengers, demonstrating the group's substantial passenger volume and market presence. |
| 2022 | Retired Bombardier CRJ1000 aircraft from fleet. |
| 2022 | Air France announced it would stop transporting nonhuman primates for research, following a negative publicity campaign by PETA. |
| 2022 | Natalie Stubler's tenure as CEO of Transavia France ended |
| June 2022 | Transavia France became the first low-cost airline to reach 100 destinations departing from Paris Orly in the summer season. |
| May 2022 | Air France-KLM signed a strategic partnership with CMA CGM to develop joint air cargo capacities, with CMA CGM acquiring a 9% stake in the group. |
| 2021 | Retired Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft from fleet. |
| 2021 | Air France further revised its livery, adding the hippocampe ailé icon between cockpit windows and front cabin doors, replacing the SkyTeam logo. The aircraft type, SkyTeam logo, and Air France-KLM logo were relocated to the back of the fuselage. |
| June 2021 | The aircraft was re-registered as 9H-AIY by German-based investment firm Dr. Peters Group. |
| 2020 | Retired Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft from fleet. |
| 2020 | Planned retirement of Airbus A340-300s, Airbus A380-800s, and Boeing 747-400s from the Air France fleet. |
| 2020 | Airbus A340-300 aircraft were scheduled to be retired from the Air France fleet. |
| December 2020 | Announcement of HOP! restructuring as a smaller feeder carrier, with plans to transfer Paris-Orly hub to Transavia France and retire the Bombardier CRJ fleet. |
| September 2020 | BEA released its final report, determining that the engine failure was caused by a crack in the Ti-6-4 alloy fan hub due to cold dwell fatigue cracking. |
| September 2020 | The French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA) published an accident investigation report, determining that the engine failure was caused by a crack in the fan hub due to 'cold dwell' metal fatigue. |
| May 2020 | Air France retired its A380 fleet due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| May 2020 | Aircraft was retired due to the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to its lessor, the Dr. Peters Group, for storage at Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport. |
| 2019 | Air France-KLM sold Cityjet to Intro Aviation, a German aviation holding company. |
| 2019 | Retired both ATR 42-500 and ATR 72-600 aircraft from fleet. |
| 2019 | Airbus A380 aircraft were scheduled to be retired from the Air France fleet. |
| November 2019 | Announced plans to open a new base at Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport in Spring 2020, with plans to serve 20 routes by the end of the year |
| September 27 2019 | First Airbus A350-900 (named Toulouse) was delivered to Air France. |
| September 1 2019 | All HOP! flights moved to operate under the Air France brand and flight code, with plans to gradually repaint aircraft in Air France livery. |
| August 2019 | The BEA announced that a titanium fan hub fragment recovered from Greenland was examined by Engine Alliance, revealing a subsurface fatigue crack originating in a microtextured area of the slot bottom. Engine Alliance informed A380 operators that an engine inspection campaign would be launched soon. |
| July 2019 | A missing piece of the engine was located in Greenland and recovered after an extensive two-year search using ice-penetrating radar and transient electromagnetic anomaly technologies. |
| July 2019 | Air France announced its first order to replace its narrowbody fleet, planning to replace Airbus A318 and A319 aircraft with 60 Airbus A220-300s starting in 2021. |
| June 2019 | Air France-KLM merged Joon back into Air France, effectively dissolving the subsidiary airline. |
| June 2019 | Air France-KLM announced a fleet order revision, with Air France becoming the sole operator of Airbus A350 and KLM focusing on Boeing 787s. |
| June 29 2019 | Recovery of the fan hub from the Greenland ice sheet began, concluding a 20-month complex aerial and ground search operation. |
| May 2019 | First aircraft received the revised livery with Air France colors and small HOP! titles. |
| February 2019 | Air France announced the rebranding of HOP! services as 'Air France Hop'. |
| February 26 2019 | The Dutch government announced the purchase of 12.68 percent of shares in Air France-KLM, with plans to increase its stake to around 14 percent. |
| 2018 | BEA conducted search operations using synthetic-aperture radar overflights on a Dassault Falcon 20 to locate missing engine parts, but failed to find crucial components. |
| 2018 | Retired Bombardier CRJ100 aircraft from fleet. |
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