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In 1974 Air France became a launch customer for the Airbus A300 twin-engined widebodied plane, Airbus Industrie's first commercial airliner. Air France was a launch customer for the revolutionary, fly-by-wire (FBW) Airbus A320 narrowbody twin, along with Air Inter and British Caledonian. It became the first airline to take delivery of the A320 in March 1988.
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On 24 May 2007 Air France announced it was planning to phase out the 747 by 2012, and placed an order for an additional 13 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and 5 Boeing 777-200F aircraft. The airline had ... converted options for 2 more A380 aircraft into firm orders. This will bring the total number of these aircraft types for Air France to 33 Boeing 777-300ER, 10 Boeing 777-200F, and 12 A380-800. [17]
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Air France is a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. SkyTeam began on 22 June 2000 by Aeromexico, Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air. Since then other airlines such as CSA Czech Airlines, Alitalia, Continental, KLM and Northwest have ... joined the alliance with more on their way to becoming members. There are also affiliated airlines such as Air Europa, Copa Airlines, Kenya Airways and Tarom. Aeroflot and China Southern Airlines have both signed an MOU taking the first step towards membership. In total there are 2,069 aircraft belonging to SkyTeam.
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As of March 2005, Air France-KLM was operating 554 aircraft. At the time of the merger in May 2004, Air France and KLM combined offered flights to 225 destinations in the world. In the year ending March 21, 2003, the two companies combined transported 66.3 million passengers. Air France-KLM is member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. They ... offer a Frequent flyer program: Flying Blue.
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Air France was formed on October 7, 1933. On that day the airline came into existence, as a result of a merger between Air Orient, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale, Société Générale de Transport Aérien (SGTA) - the first commercial airline company in France founded as Lignes Aériennes Farman in 1919, Air Union and Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne (CIDNA). At that time the airline had already built an extensive route network across Europe, as well as to the French colonies in North Africa and farther afield.
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The first Air France flight from France - AF 180 - arrived at Hong Qiao Airport («Rainbow Bridge») on 20 September 1966. Air France ... became the first Western airline to serve China. Read more.
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