Air France-KLM

09/06/2013

French weekly magazines review

This week's dailies react to fresh revelations in the so-called Bernard Tapie affair, allegedly leading to the gates of Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency.

04/04/2013 - France - Israel

Air France fined for forcing non-Jewish passenger off Israel flight

A French court on Thursday ordered Air France to pay a 10,000 euro fine for having ordered a pro-Palestinian activist off a flight to Tel Aviv because she was not Jewish.

22/03/2013 - France - United States

French pilot impersonator arrested in cockpit at Philadelphia airport

A 61-year-old French man has been arrested in the US after airline officials found him in the cockpit of a plane scheduled for takeoff.

29/11/2012 - France - United States

French court overturns Continental Airlines manslaughter verdict over Concorde crash

A French court has cleared Continental Airlines and one of its employees of criminal responsibility for the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde.

31/10/2012 - France - United States

Air France resumes flights to Washington, New York

Air France resumed flights to Washington on Wednesday and expected to start flying to New York again during the day.

30/10/2012 - France - United States

Air France cancels US flights due to Hurricane Sandy

Air France has cancelled all flights to or from New York and Washington due to Hurricane Sandy. But the airline is still flying to Boston, according to its website.

26/10/2012 - France

No flight cancellations reported as Air France strike starts

No Air France flights were cancelled on Friday morning despite a strike by personnel protesting at a restructuring plan, Paris airport sources said.

25/10/2012 - France

Railworkers strike, traffic jams block Paris region

There were more than 230 kilometres of traffic jams in the Paris region Thursday morning as commuters tried to dodge the effects of a railworkers’s strike.

18/10/2012 - France

France faces rail and air strikes next week

French rail and airline workers are to strike next week on the eve of the Toussaint holiday weekend.

17/08/2012 - France

Air France pilots accept productivity deal to save jobs

Air France pilots are to accept a deal that will increase their workload by 20 per cent.