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aft including 33 boeing 747s and its 634 400 km network served 150 destinations in 73 countries this made air france the fourth largest scheduled passenger airline in the world as well as the second largest scheduled freight carrier 29 air france also codeshared with regional french airlines tat being the most prominent tat would later operate several regional international routes on behalf of air france 36 in 1983 air france began passenger flights to south korea being the first european airline to do so 37 in 1986 the government relaxed its policy of dividing traffic rights for scheduled services between air france air inter and uta without route overlaps between them the decision opened some of air france s most lucrative routes on which it had enjoyed a government sanctioned monopoly since 1963 and which were within its exclusive sphere of influence to rival airlines notably uta the changes enabled uta to launch scheduled services to new destinations within air france s sphere in competition with that airline 38 39 40 paris san francisco became the first route uta served in competition with air france non stop from paris air france responded by extending some non stop paris los angeles services to papeete tahiti which competed with uta on los angeles papeete uta s ability to secure traffic rights outside its traditional sphere in competition with air france was the result of a campaign to lobby the government to enable it to grow faster becoming more dynamic and more profitable this infuriated air france 41 in 1987 air france together with lufthansa iberia and sas founded amadeus an it company also known as a gds that would enable travel agencies to sell the founders and other airlines products from a single system 42 in 1988 air france was a launch customer for the fly by wire fbw airbus a320 narrow body twin along with air inter and british caledonian it became the first airline to take delivery of the a320 in march 1988 and along with air inter became the first airlines to introduce a320 service on short haul routes 43 acquisitions and privatisation edit on 12 january 1990 the operations of government owned air france semi public air inter and wholly private union de transports aériens uta were merged into an enlarged air france 29 air france s acquisition of uta and air inter was part of an early 1990s government plan to create a unified national air carrier with the economies of scale and global reach to counter potential threats from the liberalisation of the european union s internal air transport market 44 on 25 july 1994 a new holding company groupe air france was set up by decree groupe air france became operational on 1 september 1994 it acquired the air france group s majority shareholdings in air france and air inter subsequently renamed air inter europe on 31 august 1994 stephen wolf a former united airlines ceo was appointed adviser to the air france group s chairman christian blanc wolf was credited with the introduction of air france s hub and spoke operation at paris charles de gaulle wolf resigned in 1996 to take over as ceo at us airways 45 46 in 1997 air inter europe was absorbed into air france on 19 february 1999 french prime minister lionel jospin s plural left government approved air france s partial privatisation its shares were listed on the paris stock exchange on 22 february 1999 in june 1999 air france and delta air lines formed a bilateral transatlantic partnership on 22 june 2000 this expanded into the skyteam global airline alliance 47 29 air france klm merger edit main article air france klm on 30 september 2003 air france and netherlands based klm royal dutch airlines announced the merger of the two airlines with the new company to be known as air france klm the merger took place on 5 may 2004 at that point former air france shareholders owned 81 of the new firm 44 owned by the french state 37 by private shareholders former klm shareholders the rest the decision of the jean pierre raffarin government to reduce the french state s shareholding in the former air france group from 54 4 to 44 of the newly created air france klm group effectively privatised the new airline in december 2004 the state sold 18 4 of its equity in air france klm the state s shareholding in air france klm subsequently fell to just under 20 47 air france klm became the largest airline in the world in terms of operating revenues and third largest largest in europe in passenger kilometres 47 although owned by a single company air france and klm continued to fly under their own brand names air france klm remained part of skyteam alliance which then included aeroflot delta air lines aeroméxico korean air czech airlines alitalia northwest airlines china southern airlines china eastern airlines china airlines air europa continental airlines garuda indonesia vietnam airlines saudia aerolineas argentinas and xiamenair as of march 2004 the group employed 71 654 people 48 as of march 2007 the group employed 102 422 personnel 47 open skies venture edit on 17 october 2007 the creation of a profit and revenue sharing transatlantic joint venture between air france klm and delta air lines was announced during a press conference at air france klm s headquarters the venture became effective on 29 march 2008 it aimed to exploit transatlantic opportunities to capture a major share of long haul business traffic from london heathrow which opened to unrestricted competition on that day as a result of the open skies pact between the eu and us it was envisaged that air france and delta would begin nine daily round trips between london heathrow and destinations in the us including a daily london heathrow to los angeles service by air france once the new air france delta venture received antitrust immunity it was to be extended to the other two transatlantic skyteam partners enabling all four partners to codeshare flights as well as to share revenue and profit 49 50 the new transatlantic joint venture marks the air france klm group s second major expansion in the london market following the launch of cityjet operated short haul services from london city airport that have been aimed at business travellers in the city s financial services industry 49 however the daily london heathrow to los angeles service was not as successful as hoped and was discontinued in november 2008 51 2010s edit on 12 january 2012 air france klm announced a three year transformation plan called transform 2015 to restore profitability the plan was to restore competitiveness through cost cutting restructuring the short and medium haul operations and rapidly reducing debt the main objective of this plan was to turn air france klm back into a world player by 2015 air france had been losing 700 million euros a year as the financial results of 2011 demonstrated the long haul operations also subject to increasing competition would not be able to offset these losses on 22 february 2012 air france released its plan for the summer schedule because of the uncertain economic environment air france klm set a limit of 1 4 maximum increase in capacity from 25 march 2012 to 28 october 2012 52 53 54 on 21 june 2012 air france klm had announced its decision to cut just under 10 of the total 53 000 workforce about 5 000 jobs by the end of 2013 in an attempt to restore profitability the airline expected to lose 1 700 jobs through natural turnover and the rest by voluntary redundancies 55 as of august 2012 the transform 2015 plan was accepted by ground staff and pilot unions but rejected by cabin crew unions 56 at the beginning of july 2012 it was announced that air france klm found partners for the new sub saharan african start up airline air cemac which was co founded by six countries in central africa to replace the former air afrique 57 but several problems and two partners who decided to back out delayed the implementation of the project following its launch air cemac announced it would commence operations in 2013 however this never occurred and plans were cancelled in 2015 58 in september 2013 air france introduced a brand new economy product along with an improved premium economy seat and service it is expected that the new improvements would be fitted on aircraft from june 2014 onwards 59 in october 2013 air france klm announced it was writing off the 25 stake in alitalia as it was hesitant the struggling carrier would obtain the 300 million euros in financing the group has denied alitalia of additional funds as it is currently struggling to restructure itself to profitability with the transform 2015 plan 60 in december 2013 air france announced that cityjet no longer meets the short haul needs of the group and is in the process of closing a deal with german firm intro aviation by the end of q1 of 2014 61 in 2014 the airline was targeted by a negative publicity campaign spearheaded by peta for being the only major airline that permits the transport of primates for research 62 63 64 65 in 2022 the airline announced it would stop transporting nonhuman primates 66 on 4 february 2014 the new business product was unveiled featuring a fully flat bed from zodiac aerospace the seat was fitted on boeing 777 aircraft from june 2014 onwards 67 in september 2014 air france announced it would sell a 3 per cent stake in travel technology company amadeus it group for 438 million 68 late in 2015 air france faced a financial crisis which was exacerbated by a pilot s strike against the airline the airline answered the strike by announcing it would cut some 2 900 jobs 69 in december 2015 air france announced the retirement of its last boeing 747 400 with a special scenic flight on 14 january 2016 the airline operated the 747 in several variants since 1970 70 in january 2017 air france received its first boeing 787 9 in november cityjet no longer operated on air france flights and the affected destinations were served by air france and hop from then on 71 in july 2017 air france klm entered into a multi airline strategic partnership with delta air lines china eastern airlines and virgin atlantic solidifying the existing ties between the carriers under the agreement delta and china eastern would each buy 10 of air france klm while air france klm would buy 31 of virgin atlantic 72 in december 2019 the purchase of virgin atlantic was cancelled 73 air france announced it would terminate services to iran from september 2018 explaining the concern that due to the redefined us sanctions 74 the route to iran would be no longer commercially viable in december 2018 anne rigail was appointed as executive director of the company 75 corporate affairs and identity edit head office edit the head office of air france in roissypôle charles de gaulle airport tremblay en france air france s head office is located in the roissypôle complex on the grounds of charles de gaulle airport and in the commune of tremblay en france seine saint denis near the city of paris 76 wil s hylton of the new york times described the facility as a huge white box that squats near the runways at charles de gaulle airport 77 the 130 000 square metre 1 400 000 sq ft complex was completed in december 1995 the french firm groupement d etudes et de méthodes d ordonnancement gemo managed the project the architect was valode pistre and the design consultants were sechaud boyssut and trouvin the project cost 137 000 000 euros 78 less than 700 million francs 79 the runways of the airport are visible from the building 80 the air france operations control centre occ french centre de contrôle des opérations cco which coordinates air france flights worldwide is situated at the af head office 81 82 for about 30 years prior to december 1995 air france s headquarters were located in a tower adjacent to the gare montparnasse rail station in the montparnasse area and the 15th arrondissement of paris 83 by 1991 two bids for the purchase of the square max hymans building had been made 84 by 1992 the complex was sold to mutuelle générale de l éducation nationale fr mgen for 1 6 billion francs 85 by that year air france had planned to move its head office to roissypôle 86 taking 50 000 square metres 540 000 sq ft of space inside the hotel office and shopping complex on the grounds of charles de gaulle airport 87 after air france moved to tremblay en france the ownership of the former head office complex was transferred 88 on a previous occasion the head office was at 2 rue marbeuf in the 8th arrondissement of paris 89 foreign offices edit air france s united states offices are in the 125 west 55th street building in midtown manhattan new york city 90 air france first signed a lease to occupy the building in 1991 91 the site also formerly housed the new york city ticket office for air france air france klm s head office for the united kingdom and ireland operations which includes facilities for air france and klm is located in plesman house in hatton cross the facility s inauguration was on 6 july 2006 air france moved the office from hounslow to hatton 92 in london the airline also operated a storefront ticket office for prospective passengers in 158 new bond street from the late 1950s to the early 1990s but moved to 177 piccadilly french railways house which was also the venue of maison de la france the french government tourist office until closure in the mid 2000s 93 crew base edit air france cité pn located at charles de gaulle airport acts as the airline s crew base the building developed by valode pistre opened in february 2006 the first phase consisted of 33 400 square metres 360 000 sq ft of space and 4 300 parking spaces the building is connected to the air france head office 94 vaccination centre edit until 2022 air france operated the air france vaccinations center in the 7th arrondissement of paris 95 96 the centre distributed vaccines for international travel since 2001 the centre was the only french vaccination centre certified international organization for standardization iso 9001 97 in 2005 the centre moved from the aérogare des invalides to its current location 98 in late 2022 air france sold its vaccination centre to elsan 99 aérogare des invalides edit the aérogare des invalides in the 7th arrondissement of paris houses the agence air france invalides and the air france museum 100 101 until 2005 the building hosted the air france vaccinations centre 98 on 28 august 1959 air france opened a ticket and information agency in the former air terminal in invalides targeting transit passengers and customers from offices and companies in the invalides area 102 subsidiaries and franchises edit air france regional jet operated by brit air now air france hop the subsidiaries of air france include 103 transavia france air france hop formerly called hop air france consulting quali audit 104 bluelink servair société de construction et de réparation de matériel aéronautique crma a subsidiary of the air france klm group based in elancourt france...