Airline News

www.PArctel.com: With effect from 4 April 2007, Air France will be offering l´Espace Première customers a customized travel experience both on the ground and in-flight.

Air France introduced the new l´Espace Première cabin in September 2003. In an exclusively refined and elegant setting, customers enjoy exceptional service, each receiving special attentions and discreet service. Inside the aircraft, passengers benefit from a private lounge environment, and a seat which adapts to their needs, with space to have a private conversation with another passenger to a fully reclined position as a two-metre lie-flat bed.

Today, Air France is redefining the standards of luxury with its revamped ground service at Paris-CDG. One hundred specially trained Air France ground staff are dedicated to making the customer´s l´Espace Première experience a moment of sheer well-being and comfort, through personalized, exclusive service.

An exclusive area awaits customers on arrival at Paris-CDG airport, followed by a privileged welcome and attentive service in the privacy of a dedicated check-in lounge, personal assistance during their smooth, privileged passage through the airport, exclusive car transfer to the aircraft and a personal introduction to crew members. In this way, Air France offers its l´Espace Première customers an outstanding service, both on the ground and during the flight.

www.Parctel.com: In February 2007, Air France-KLM posted a 3.5% rise in traffic, while capacity rose 1.9% (+6.9% in February 2006). The load factor gained 1.2 points to 78.9%. The Group carried over 5.2 million passengers (+4.0%).

As in January 2007, the Group posted a further increase in yield in all segments.

- On the Americas network, traffic increased by 3.2% with a 1.6% rise in capacity; consequently the load factor improved by 1.3 points to 81.6%.

- The Asian activity remained buoyant with traffic up 5.5%, outpacing the increase in capacity of 3.1%. The load factor gained 2.0 points to 87.1%.

- On the Africa & Middle-East network, traffic increased by 2.9% while capacity was up 0.5%. The load factor reached 78.3%, a 1.8 point improvement.

- On the Caribbean & Indian Ocean network, capacity was reduced by 3.8% while traffic remained virtually stable (-0.2%). The load factor therefore gained 3.2 points to 87.3%.

- The European network recorded a rise in traffic of 4.5% while capacity increased by 5.6%. The load factor stood at 63.6%, down 0.7 points.

www.Parctel.com: On March 2, European and American negotiators reached an agreement that - if approved by the EU Council of Ministers on March 22 - will provide a more harmonized regulatory framework in which to promote a free trade area for air transport between the 27 countries of the EU and US starting in the 2007/2008 winter season.

This agreement would enable European and American airlines to access any markets in the EU and U.S. It would particularly allow Air France and KLM to sell its non-stop air services between any point in the European Union and the United States (for e.g., Frankfurt/Atlanta directly operated by Delta under an Air France marketing agreement).

Air France and KLM would therefore be in a position to expand the SkyTeam alliance network and offer their customers new transatlantic routes.

Air France and KLM have always supported the principle of such an agreement insofar as it would allow European and American airlines to pursue their activity in a stable regulatory framework. This agreement would replace the bilateral open skies agreements signed by the majority of EU member states with the United States and certain provisions of which the European Court of Justice had deemed contrary to community law.

The aviation agreement between the EU and US would mean that the concept of an EU airline would be recognized by a major US partner, instead of a traditional national carrier as has been the case up to now.

AIR FRANCE KLM, Europe's leading air transport group, would like to publicly express its full support for the finalization of this agreement.

www.Parctel.com: On Thursday, 1 March 2007, Paris Airports laid the foundation stone of the new terminal 2G (T2G) at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport which, with effect from autumn 2008, will handle flights operated by Air France's three regional subsidiaries, Brit Air, City Jet and Régional.

"This new complex conforming to High Environmental Quality (HEQ) standards will provide passengers with easy access to a 1,800 sq. m boarding lounge. A large area will be dedicated to shops and services, stated Pierre Graff, Chairman and CEO of Aéroports de Paris.

Chairman and CEO of Air France, Jean-Cyril Spinetta added: "Terminal 2G is one of the key elements in the Air France hub development strategy at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, which aims to optimize the quality of ground services in the main Paris hub as well as enhance our customer relationship".

Terminal 2G, located next to terminals 2E and 2F and their S3 boarding satellite, will handle Schengen flights operated by Brit Air, City Jet and Régional.

Customers arriving by car will have access to a car park with 750 parking spaces adjoining the terminal, while customers with connecting flights will be able to use the shuttle service linking the different terminals. Check-in, security checkpoint formalities and access to the vast boarding lounge will be fast and easy due to the very short distances to cover. A total of 20 aircraft can be gate-parked and accessed by the lounge. Moreover, terminal T2G will be equipped with 6 remote parking stands.

The services available to customers in terminal 2G will reflect Air France and Paris Airports' firm commitment to offering passengers greater autonomy as soon as they enter the check-in area and right up to boarding. The latest new technologies will be integrated, to offer clearer signposting for example, and passengers will enjoy quiet, restful surroundings thanks to recommendations by a specialist in airport interior design and decoration.

www.Parctel.com: The following statistics on punctuality and baggage handling have been released by Air France:

* 82.7 % of flights departed on time and 81.7 % of flights arrived on time.
* Considerable improvement in on-time performance, despite bad weather conditions.
* 16.3 items of baggage missing per 1,000 passengers boarded

1. Punctuality and regularity of Air France flights:
Results for January showed a considerable improvement in on-time performance compared with the previous month, both on arrival and departure.

In January, all Air France's flights:
"which left on-time or within 15 minutes", accounted for 82.7% of overall traffic.
"which arrived on-time or within 15 minutes", accounted for 81.7% of overall traffic.

Punctuality: the chosen criteria are as follows:
- the percentage of domestic and international short, medium and long-haul flights that left or arrived "on time or within fifteen minutes" compared with the flight schedule, at all airports on the network;
- the percentage of the four main causes of delays (beyond the Company's control - ATC, weather, airport infrastructure etc. – and internal – related to passenger or aircraft handling, loading, etc.).
Regularity: the chosen criterion is the percentage of scheduled flights which were genuinely affected, given that all flight cancellations up to three days before the scheduled service are taken into account.

Despite difficult weather conditions (fog, high winds, snow) throughout January, Air France's overall on-time performance improved by over 12 points, both on departure and arrival, compared with the previous month.

2. Baggage performance
Baggage performance for January 2007: 16.3 per 1,000.

The chosen criterion is the number of items of baggage missing on arrival at the passenger's final destination (i.e. those which do not arrive at the same time as the passengers and which are sent on later) per thousand passengers boarded at all Air France stations.

At a time of year when the number of bags handled increases, and despite difficult weather conditions, Air France's baggage performance for the entire network improved considerably in January, and places Air France first among major airlines in terms of baggage handling.

Since November 2004, Air France has published more detailed flight punctuality data, together with further details about flight regularity and missing baggage.

CityJet for Air France, is first and foremost the largest network out of London City airport with close to 70 daily flights, mainly operated with Avro RJ 85 aircraft seating 95 passengers.

Starting on 26 March 2007, CityJet for Air France will be offering 10 routes out of London City including eight new ones:
- Geneva
- Madrid
- Milan Linate
- Nice
- Zurich
And in cooperation with ScotAirways:
- Belfast Harbour Airport
- Dundee
- Edinburgh

These routes will be in addition to existing Air France services operated by CityJet out of London City: Paris-Orly (6 daily flights ) and Dublin (5 daily flights).

CityJet for Air France, is also an exclusive product with a very short check-in time of 10 minutes (at London City Airport) and a wide-range of e-services in a small but very convenient airport which makes travel easy for customers.

" CityJet for Air France is an important milestone. We are pleased to underline our commitment to London City where we have had a presence for many years while simultaneously pursuing our development with our revamped fleet ", said Geoffrey O'Byrne White, CityJet CEO.
Etienne Rachou, Air France Senior Vice President Europe & North Africa added : "We are providing our business clientele with a hitherto unknown service, access to a network straight from the heart of London with all the benefits and services the Air France Group has to offer. In this way we are strengthening our position as leader in this market".