News on Air France-KLM Group

Brazilian judge awards $1M in Air France suit

2010-03-12T15:30:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Brazilian judge orders Air France to pay more than $1M to French crash victim's family</div><div><p>A Brazilian judge has ordered Air France to pay the equivalent of more than $1 million in damages to the family of one of the victims of last year's crash that killed more than 200 people, officials said Friday.</p><p>Judge Mauro Nicolau Junior ordered Air France to pay 2 ...

AF447: French famililes want equal compensation

2010-03-12T11:45:43Z

<div id="subtitle">AF447: French families want equal compensation after Brazilian judge award</div><div><p>A French support group said Friday that it will seek equal compensation for the families of French victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 after a Brazilian judge awarded more than $1 million for a Brazilian who died in the flight from Paris' main airports were due to be cancelled Friday as an air traffic controllers' strike goes into its fourth day, aviation authorities said.</p><p>Disruption could also be caused at the weekend by a separate action by Air France pilots' unions who called a strike from Friday to Monday to protest at restruct...

Air France, Japan Airlines mull joint venture

2010-02-22T02:16:00Z

<div><p>Air France-KLM and Japan Airlines are discussing joining forces on flights between France and Japan to share costs and revenues, a French daily reported on Monday, but the companies denied any such plans.</p><p>Under the joint...

Air France, JAL mull joint venture: report

2010-02-22T02:15:59Z

<div><p>Air France-KLM and Japan Airlines are discussing the possibility of joining forces on flights between France and Japan to share costs and revenues, a French newspaper reported on Monday.</p><p>Under the joint venture, the two ...

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2010-02-11T18:17:31Z

Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt arrive at LAX airport on an Air France flight from Paris Los Angeles, ...

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2010-02-11T18:17:25Z

Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt arrive at LAX airport on an Air France flight from Paris Los Angeles, ...

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2010-02-11T18:17:15Z

Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt arrive at LAX airport on an Air France flight from Paris Los Angeles, ...

France Concorde Crash

2010-02-03T06:45:30Z

Judges, from left, Lise Duquet, Francoise Bazet, court president Dominique Andreassier and Claire Estevenet are seen at the start of the trial of the Air France Concorde c...

Concorde trial starts in France 10 years after crash

2010-02-22T12:38:23Z

<div><p>PONTOISE, France (Reuters) - Continental Airlines and five men went on trial on Tuesday for their alleged role in the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people in 2000 and hastened the en...

Big moments in the Concorde's history

2010-02-22T12:41:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Big moments in the history of the supersonic Concorde jet</div><div><p>Big moments in the Concorde's history:</p><p>1950s: The idea of a supersonic passenger plane gains momentum after legendary U.S. aviator Chuck Yeager's 1947 blast through the sound barrier.</p>&...

Obese French flyers urged to plump for 2nd seat

2010-02-22T17:34:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Air France promises to reimburse overweight flyers for 2nd seat on unfilled flights</div><div><p>Air France promises to reimburse obese flyers it asks to buy doublewide seating if the plane isn't full, a company spokesman said Wednesday.</p><p>The company, which has long offered obese passengers the option of buying an adjo...

Airline denies plans for obesity surcharge

2010-02-22T17:37:03Z

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters) - Air France KLM denied media reports on Wednesday that it planned an extra charge for overweight passengers if they were unable to fit into a single seat.</p><p>Instead, the national carrier said that from Feb 1. overweight passengers who had freely chosen to buy an extra seat for...

JAL shares sink on eve of expected bankruptcy filing

2010-02-22T18:39:40Z

<div><p>Japan Airlines shares plunged to an all-time low of just five US cents Monday on the eve of an expected bankruptcy filing by the carrier that could be one of the biggest in Japan in recent decades.</p><p>JAL shares slid two yen, or 28.6 percent, to end at five yen (five US cents) as investors bailed out ahead...

Japan Airlines deal talks 'going well': KLM

2010-02-22T18:42:07Z

<div><p> Talks involving Air France-KLM and Delta on the future of Japan Airlines (JAL) are going well, a spokeswoman for Dutch carrier KLM said ahead of an expected bankruptcy filing by JAL on Tuesday.</p><p>"The ongoing discussions between Delta, Air France, KLM and JAL are going well,...

Airline pickpocket strikes as passengers sleep

2010-02-23T00:32:20Z

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters) - French police are investigating whether a pickpocket stole thousands of euros from passengers as they slept on an Air France flight from Tokyo to Paris.</p><p>"There is an investigation under way," a spokesman for the border police

2005 Air France accident victims get $11.4 mln damages

2010-02-23T07:20:56Z

<div><p>Nearly 200 passengers of an Air France jet that slid off the runway and caught fire on landing in Toronto in 2005 were awarded 12 million Canadian dollars (11.4 million US) in damages by a Canadian judge, in a court ruling.</p><p>The class-action settlement is...

Serbia: 2 jets nearly collided over Belgrade

2010-02-23T08:01:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Serbia authorities say French, Israeli passenger jets nearly collided above Belgrade</div><div><p>Two passenger jets nearly collided over Belgrade this week, Serbian air traffic authorities said Wednesday.</p><p>The D...

Brazil Plane

2009-12-12T11:45:12Z

Nelson Faria Marinho, president of the association of Brazilian victims' family members, talks to a reporter as he arrives for a meeting with French investigators about the crashed Air France flight 447 in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. The cause of the June 1 crash off Brazil's northeastern coast that killed al...

French investigate turbulent Rio-Paris flight

2010-02-23T18:07:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Experts investigate Air France distress call about turbulence on November Rio-Paris flight</div><div><p>French aviation investigators are examining an emergency distress call from an Air France flight hit by turbulence last month, saying it could shed light on the June crash of a plane headin...