Air France - KLM News

Following Turkish Airlines' recent announcement that it was interested in buying Lot Polish Airlines, two other foreign carriers Air France-KLM and Lufthansa are now also eying the state-controlled company, Polish daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna wrote, citing unnamed sources.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced 0.2 percent to 263.64. The Stoxx 50 Index advanced 0.2 percent to 2,490.18. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index, a benchmark measure for nations using the euro, rallied 0.4 percent to 2,522.34. Air France-KLM : The airline expects to return to normal service tomorrow as a four-day strike by pilots and other workers ends.

French flights suffered major disruptions today, the second day of a strike over labor rights.

Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM said passenger traffic for January rose 3.7 percent while cargo traffic dropped 10.3 percent, hit by the weak economy and the timing of Chinese New Year.

Air France scrapped some flights today because of a strike by pilots, cabin crew and ground workers over proposed changes to rules governing labor protests.

MANILA, Philippines - Less than a decade ago, European airlines such as British Airways, Scandinavian Airlines System , Lufthanza, KLM, Air France, Sabena, Alitalia, and a few more that had since gone under, used to fly out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and bring Filipinos directly to Europe, sometimes with stopover in Hong Kong, ... (more)

Speakers from more than 20 organisations, including the likes of Malaysia Airports, AirAsia, Emirates, ANA, IATA, Star Alliance and Air France KLM, will address delegates at FTE Asia 2012.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 2 percent to 259.51. The Stoxx 50 Index added 1.7 percent to 2,463.23. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index, a benchmark measure for nations using the euro, climbed 2.2 percent to 2,470.79. Air France-KLM : Unions for pilots, cabin attendants and ground workers have called on the airline's employees to strike from Feb.

Norfolk, Va. -- Less than 24 hours after PETA began putting public pressure on Air France to ground its plan to ship 60 monkeys from the African island of Mauritius to notorious U.S. animal-testing facility Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories , the airline has confirmed that it has canceled the February 1 shipment .

On Monday, 16 January 2012, Russell Advocaten held their traditional New Year's reception for the 29th year in succession.

Spanair SA's collapse on the weekend after the withdrawal of state funding suggests Europe's debt crisis may spark airlines from the Mediterranean to the Baltic to consider mergers or risk failure.

The Associated Press reports that the E.U. is opening an investigation into whether three airlines, including Delta , violated E.U. antitrust rules.The bloc is probing whether the airlines, who are all members of a joint venture called the SkyTeam alliance, illegally collaborated on flights between Europe and the U.S., the news service explained.

The European Union's competition body will investigate the tie-up between Air France-KLM , Alitalia SpA and Delta Air Lines Inc.

Lovers of Paris , prepare to say au revoir to nonstop flights from the City Beautiful to the City of Light.

Kenya Airways posted a 15.4 percent growth in total passenger numbers in its third quarter, lifted by flights to new routes and greater flight frequencies within Africa, it said on Thursday.

"Premium economy" is the fastest growing offering from airlines, offering room to stretch at a more affordable price than business class.

Companies could be fined up to 2% of global annual revenue if they breach new data protection rules proposed by the European Commission that aim to simplify the laws and reduce red tape.

Air France-KLM's financial situation is "extremely tight" after the company incurred a substantial operating loss in 2011 for the fourth consecutive year, the chief executive of Air France, one of the Franco-Dutch group's two airline divisions, said Wednesday.

Air France-KLM will hand over a survey to the International Air Transport Association next month in which it details the problem, senior vice president Asia-Pacific Marnix Fruitema said in a recent interview with Dow Jones Newswires.

The airframer also received a cancellation for two 777s from an unidentified customer, providing the company with a net gain of 26 orders recorded in 2012.