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Air France’s Planned Resumption to Mali Delayed Amid Local Authorities’ Requests

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:50:12 +0000

Air France’s planned return to Bamako, the capital of Mali, following a two-month suspension is now uncertain. The French airline initially announced its intention to resume service to Bamako starting on October 13, 2023. However, amid ongoing political tensions and additional requests from the Malian authorities, the airline has postponed the resumption until further notice. [...]

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Air France Extends Flight Suspension to Mali and Burkina Faso Amid Ongoing Crisis

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 05:19:33 +0000

The political crisis in Niger continues to cast a shadow over the region which has sparked a series of airline responses, affecting connectivity and travel in the West African region. Air France has made the decision to extend its flight suspension to Bamako, Mali and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso until August 31, in response to the [...]

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Moroccan Air Traffic Soars as Air France Announces New Seasonal Service between Nice and Marrakech

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 08:13:04 +0000

Air France has announced its plan to launch a new seasonal service between Nice and Marrakech this summer. This new service will be the airline’s second connection to the Moroccan city, which has seen an increase in traffic in January 2023. The new service will operate from July 7 to August 25, 2023, offering up [...]

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Air France to Deploy A350-900 Aircraft on Paris-Luanda Route in Summer 2023

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:12:19 +0000

Air France, the French national airline will deploy its Airbus A350-900 aircraft on the Paris-Luanda route during the 2023 summer season. The new schedule as observed by Aeroroutes will commence on March 27, 2023, and the A350 will operate on one of the four weekly flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to Luanda, Angola’s [...]

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Air France ramps Up its East African flight schedule for summer 2023

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:53:55 +0000

Air France will be strengthening its presence in East Africa, after announcing it will open a new route between Paris and Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania while increasing frequencies on several other routes within the continent. Beginning June 12, 2023, the French flag carrier will inaugurate three flights per week between its base at Paris-CDG [...]

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Air France Resumes Paris-Orly to Casablanca services after 8-year Hiatus

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:46:14 +0000

Air France yesterday (Oct. 30) relaunched a route between Paris-Orly and Casablanca, after eight years of absence between the two airports, in addition to its departures from CDG Airport. As previously revealed last August, the French national airline will now offer a daily flight between its base in Paris-Orly and Casablanca-Mohammed V airport, operated by [...]

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Air France to resume Cape Town flights

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 02:00:09 +0000

After a summer marked by strong demand for travel, Air France continues to reopen its global network. During the 2022-2023 winter season (November 2022 – March 2023), the airline plans to serve 171 destinations, including 86 long-haul and 85 short- and medium-haul. The company’s entire fleet will also be in operation and capacity levels across [...]

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Air France to Resume Flights to Casablanca from Orly

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:14:31 +0000

Air France will relaunch a connection between Paris-Orly and Casablanca airport- Mohammed V in the fall, after eight years of absence between the two airports. The French national airline will begin by offering offering 1 daily flight from 30OCT22, operated by the single-aisle Airbus A320 aircraft. Air France previously served this route until March 2014. [...]

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Air France Strengthens its Flight Offering in Algeria

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:51:10 +0000

The airline Air France is “substantially” strengthening its flight program to Algeria, in particular on lines to Algiers and Oran. During the summer period of 2022, the French national company will operate up to 48 flights per week on the following routes, with the additional frequencies being put in place from next week To Algiers-Houari Boumediene airport: From Paris-Charles de Gaulle : up [...]

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Air France to Add more African Flights in Preparation for Summer 2022

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 09:28:04 +0000

Air France has announced it will serve up to 196 destinations on 5 continents, with a flight schedule representing on average 90% of the capacity deployed at the same period in 2019. Air France will return to its pre-crisis levels of activity with the addition of frequencies to numerous destinations. On long-haul network to Africa, [...]

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