AIR ALLIANCE

Air author (formally Société Air France) is a land line headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, author (near Paris), and is one of the world's maximal airlines. It is a supplementary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global line alliance. Air author serves 20 destinations in author and operates worldwide regular passenger and cargo services to 150 destinations in 83 countries (including Overseas departments and territories of France). The airline's global hub is at Paris physicist de Gaulle Airport, with Paris Orly Airport, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, and Nice Côte d'Azur Airport serving as alternative hubs.[1] Air France's joint headquarters, previously in Montparnasse, Paris,[2] are located on the deposit of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris.[3]

Air author was formed on 7 Oct 1933, from a integration of Air Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale, Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne (CIDNA), and Société Générale de Transport Aérien (SGTA). In 1990, the line acquired the operations of land husbandly carrier Air Inter and international rival UTA - Union des Transports Aériens. Air author served as France's direct national flag carrier for heptad decades prior to its 2003 integration with KLM. Between April 2001 and March 2002, the line carried 43.3mn passengers and had a amount revenue of €12.53bn. In November 2004, Air author hierarchical as the maximal European line with 25.5% amount market share, and was the maximal line in the concern in cost of operating revenue.

Air author operates a mixed fast of Airbus and Boeing wide-body jetliners on long-haul routes, and utilises Airbus A320 family bomb on short-haul routes. Air author will debut the A380 on 20 November 2009 with service to New York's JFK Airport from Paris' physicist de Gaulle Airport. The carrier's regional line subsidiary, Régional, operates the eld of its regional husbandly and European regular services with a fast of regional plane and turboprop aircraft.