Air France KLM Group

San Francisco to Become KLM’s First U.S. Boeing 787 Destination

Aircraft Airlines Airports April 6, 2016

The twice-weekly seasonal service, which KLM will launch on May 4 and which will be in addition to KLM’s daily, year-round Amsterdam-San Francisco service operated by 747-400s, will mark KLM’s first deployment of 787-9s on a route to the United States.

Air France to Launch JFK-Orly and Paris CDG-Tehran Services

Airlines Airports December 11, 2015

Air France has announced two new international routes beginning in the first six months of 2016, one of which will see the carrier resurrecting the New York-Paris Orly route it first operated with jets in 1960.

KLM Receives Its First Boeing 787

Aircraft Airlines November 14, 2015

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9, which the Dutch flag carrier has acquired on lease through leasing company AerCap.

Hop! Air France Receives Its First ATR 72-600

Aircraft Airlines April 10, 2015

Air France’s regional subsidiary Hop! has taken delivery of the first of five new ATR 72-600 turboprops it has agreed to lease from Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital.

KLM Cityhopper Orders 17 E-Jets to Replace Its Remaining Fokker 70s

Aircraft Airlines March 30, 2015

Air France KLM group regional carrier KLM Cityhopper has placed a firm order for 15 Embraer 175s and two E190s. Its purchase contract also includes options for 17 additional E-Jets for KLM Cityhopper or Hop!, Air France’s regional subsidiary.

Transavia Revealed as Previously Unidentified Customer for 17 737-800s

Aircraft Airlines February 12, 2015

The Transavia.com order, which Boeing values at $1.6 billion at current list prices not including the options on three additional 737-800s which Transavia Company has also secured, was previously booked and attributed to an unidentified customer on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website.