Air France In New York Or 75 Years Of Rich History

Following the announcement of the lifting of journey restrictions for vaccinated worldwide passengers travelling to america, efficient early November, Air France introduced final week that the corporate would strengthen the variety of its flights to and from america and enhance the variety of its flights to New York, Miami and Los Angeles. The target of Air France is to return to 90% of its offer-mostly the identical as 2019- with the goal date March 2022. Most just lately, Air France has received 4 Skytrax World Airline Awards 2021 together with Greatest Airline in Europe and the COVID Airline Excellence Award. Nice information for the corporate. 

The French airline operates 11 locations in america: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles with greater than 100 flights per week. For Air France, the North Atlantic is a very powerful long-haul axis which represents 40% of the Group’s long-haul income. New York JFK is a very powerful worldwide stopover for the corporate which operates 5 flights a day from Paris.  

Air France is the last word ambassador of French artwork de vivre and the window of France all over the world. From the emblematic white chook with a curved beak, the uniforms designed by the best couturier Cardin, Courrèges, Dior, Carven or Jean Patou -to identify simply a few- to the inside parts imagined by emblematic Raymond Loewy, Charlotte Perriand or Andrée Putman and on board gastronomy supervised by maestro Chef Alain Ducasse, Air France commemorates all of the codes of French luxurious. The airline firm has at all times been acknowledged for its distinctive service and a spotlight to its clients.

Greater than 50% of the American enterprise and first-class clientele are touristic, in comparison with the opposite firms the place American passengers fly largely for enterprise objective. Flying with Air France is step one in the direction of a magical French journey which begins in New York when clients board an Air France flight to Paris. Then they are going to undoubtedly expertise a keep in a Parisian Palace and journey to the south of France. 

“In my childhood two airline firms made me dream: Air France and Pan Am. I wish to hold the magic of Air France and I’ll do all my finest to keep up its specialities and strengths. Air France is a magical model, a novel expertise for passengers” stated Air France CEO, Ben Smith when he entered the corporate in 2018. 

On June 24, 2021 Air France celebrated its seventy fifth anniversary of the very particular route Paris-New York. The 2 cities have been the foundations of Air France journey and a laboratory of innovation that perpetually modified air journey. A beautiful love story between two cities which need to one another on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. 

The story started on June 24, 1946. A Douglas DC4 known as “Ciel d’île de France” took off from Paris-Orly at 7:00 p.m. 23 hours and 45 minutes later with two stopovers, one in Eire and the opposite in Newfoundland, the primary Air France scheduled service landed in New York. For 75 years, so many reminiscences and tales have solid the popularity of the French airline shared by its crews, groups and naturally all the shoppers. 

Concorde has grandly contributed to the wealthy and iconic historical past of the corporate. With this extraordinary aircraft, Air France accrued an unbelievable savoir faire. In 2000, Air France opened its first Salon La Première in Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle, right now it is without doubt one of the finest lounges on this planet. 

Alain Vershuere, Air France Chief Purser, who entered Air France in 1982 as a Stewart likes to evoke his flights on all of the Air France planes from Boeing 747 to Concorde. “I’m perpetually grateful to have been engaged on Concorde” advised Alain Vershuere. “It was magical to fly to New York and are available again on the identical day”. “It was the period of going at all times quicker, right now our friends prefer to take their  time and luxuriate in their flights.” He added. The intense tailor made and incomparable luxurious of the Concorde period gave Air France an immense savoir faire with its clientele included then into the corporate.“Our clients like to come back again flying with us as a result of we’ve a made to measure method they can’t discover anyplace else”. “They love France and Air France is a part of the French identification. Our heritage, human kindness and cautious service are the strongest and most necessary richness of the corporate” remarked Alain. 

The Paris New York route has at all times been a dream for pilots and aviation lovers, Air France Captain Jean Michel Buffet identified that it’s in all probability probably the most stunning vacation spot on this planet. Captain Buffet entered Air France in 1987. He flew on “the queen of the sky” Boeing 747 and right now on Boeing 777. He likes to say that his happiness is to be a part of this iconic Paris New York route which has transported hundreds of thousands of passengers since 1946. It’s the busiest route on this planet. “There’s one other life above the Atlantic Ocean. When flying at evening, I’m very fortunate, as a captain, to see auroras borealis, taking pictures stars or unusual phenomenons like I just lately had the possibility to look at a form of cloud stuffed with twinkles situated as much as North Pole.” “Captains like to run after the solar and play with time zones ”. Captain Buffet celebrated the seventy fifth anniversary as he directed the Air France flight AF006 on June 24, 2021. “It was and it’ll at all times be a memorable route. We flew very north as much as Greenland, Newfoundland, then Boston, Cape Cod. On the way in which again to Paris, we caught the jet stream so we arrived  one hour earlier.” Even after 33 years inside the corporate, Captain Buffet remains to be amazed by the hours spent up there. 

Since final Could, Vanna Oak is the Air France Station Supervisor at New York JFK. She oversees a very powerful stopover after Paris Roissy CDG. Paris-New York-Paris is the busiest route of the Air France community and takes the second place after Roissy when it comes to Air France workers. Vanna Oak began in Air France in 2006. From Boston, to Washington Dulles and now New York JFK, she – as an Air France employee- has participated within the historical past of the transatlantic route. The opening of the gorgeous Air France lounge in Washington Dulles is one in all her proudest achievements. At this time, in JFK, she manages flight schedules, Air France groups and all of the operations on the bottom every day. “This stopover is the window of the corporate in america, we have to proceed to keep up it at  its prime degree”. “We have to return to  its highest degree – as  it was earlier than the pandemic – the Air France Salon is a crucial a part of this Air France story. “We’re able to welcome passengers from Paris again once more ”. Vanna advised with an enormous smile.