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Air France turns 75. See the home movies.

10/02/08
Air France has been gearing up for October 7th, which will mark the airline’s 75th anniversary. As part of the celebration, the airline has been posting some great archival material on its website. Included are 10 short videos about the airline’s history. Set to jaunty music, each video combines images from the past and the […]

Air France Pope-plane

09/12/08
The Pope has popped over to France to commemorate the 150th anniversary of St. Bernadette’s vision of the Virgin Mary. Lots of folks are pretty excited about this trip, including the folks at Air France. That’s because on Saturday and Monday (September 13th and 15th, 2008) Air France will be transporting Pope Benedict XVI to […]

Call me; I’ll be on the plane

07/02/08
For a few months now, Air France has been testing in-flight data and cell-phone service on one of its planes. (I flew on one of the cell-phones-allowed flights and wrote about it in my Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com.) Now comes word that passengers on at least one TAP Portugal plane can send and receive […]

Cell-phones on airplanes. Good or bad? Vote!

05/08/08
What does a World Bank economist flying to Morocco have in common with a young couple jetting home to Switzerland from Paris? A fear of seat mates with cell-phones. Air France is testing cell-phone service on one of its airplanes. I had a chance to fly on that plane last week and interviewed passengers about […]

Air France testing in-flight cell phone service

05/02/08
Through the end of June, Air France is testing cell-phone service on one of its A318 airplanes. Passengers boarding this plane don’t know cell-phone service is available until a flight attendant makes an announcement or they look in the seat back pocket and find this laminated notice. Um.. unless someone has taken it home as […]

Air France 50th 777 Ferry Flight

04/30/08
On Tuesday Air France officials were in Everett, Washington to take delivery of the company’s 50th Boeing 777-300ER airplane. The flight home to Paris had room for a few guests. Highlights of the trip: A chance to see – and smell – a brand new airplane. Turns out, like new cars, new airplanes definitely have […]

Heading to London?

04/03/08
One of the new airline routes introduced on March 31 (2008) as part of the EU – US Open Skies Agreement is daily Los Angeles-London service on Air France. Passengers on this route cannot yet use Air France’s new in-flight cell-phone service (that’s being tested on one airplane that flies within Europe) but they can […]
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