Air France and KLM 2008 Summer Schedule
4.6% increase in Group capacity
Tuesday 11 March 2008
The summer schedule of Air France and KLM posts a 4.6% increase in capacity for summer 2008 in terms of available seat-km compared with summer 2007. This breaks down into 5.1% for the long-haul network and 3.2% for short and medium-haul routes.
On long-haul routes, KLM will be offering a new destination in Latin America, Panama, and, in cooperation with Northwest Airlines, expands its network of transatlantic routes. As of summer 2008, Air France will be implementing its Joint Venture agreement with its U.S. partner Delta, including a strengthened position of the partnership in London, Europe’s biggest market for traffic across the North Atlantic
In the medium-haul sector, Air France is offering 3 new destinations out of Paris-Charles de Gaulle and boosting capacity out of its Lyon hub, while KLM adds one new route, Amsterdam-Linköping (Sweden), and expands capacity on various other medium haul routes.
Close-up on the Air France schedule
In response to the uncertainties in the global economic situation, and in a context of tougher competition, Air France is focusing more on the quality of its capacity increase than the quantity.
4.2% increase in available seat kilometres (ASK) compared with summer 2007
14.5% increase in connecting opportunities at the CDG hub
97% of long-haul services are non-stop
An average of 8 weekly flights to long-haul destinations
Long-haul schedule (up 4.6% of ASK)
The implementation of the Air France-Delta Joint Venture agreement will enable Air France to reinforce its services among the hubs on both sides of the Atlantic, and to launch joint operations with Delta at London-Heathrow, thus taking advantage of the Open Skies agreement between Europe and the United States.
Offering more services between Delta’s hubs (Atlanta, New York JFK, Cincinnati and Salt lake City) and those of Air France (Paris CDG, Paris Orly and Lyon) translates into the opening of new routes by Delta on a code-share basis with Air France: CDG-Salt Lake City, Orly-JFK and Lyon-JFK. But the biggest new feature is the launch of joint operations by Air France and Delta from London Heathrow. Air France will be offering a daily B777-200 flight to Los Angeles and Delta is launching two daily flights to New York JFK and one to Altanta, all on a code-share basis.
The Open Skies agreement between Europe and the United States gives Air France the opportunity of establishing itself in London, Europe’s biggest market, by launching non-stop flights to North America. At the same time, it will continue to provide efficient services to other long-haul destinations via the Group’s two continental hubs: Schiphol and Paris-Charles de Gaulle. In addition, Air France is also reinforcing its position in London City on medium-haul routes.
Furthermore, thanks to the phasing in of reciprocal code-sharing with Delta as from summer 2008, one out of every four flights between Europe and the USA will carry the Air France flight number.
Air France is continuing to expand in Asia (up 7.8% in ASK) with the move to twice-daily service to Hong Kong and Shanghai, and in Latin America (up 6.1%) with an increase in capacity to Mexico and the separation of flights to Buenos Aires and Santiago.
Capacity to Nouméa will be supplemented by two new flights from Seoul, increasing to a total of 9 the number of weekly flights between Paris and Nouméa via Tokyo, Osaka and now Seoul in cooperation with Air Calin.
Air France has strengthened its position in Africa (up 4.9% in ASK). A 4th frequency will be added to Kinshasa and capacity will be increased on the 2 daily flights to Johannesburg operated by B777-300 since last winter.
Capacity remains stable on the Middle East routes (up 0.7% in ASK compared with summer 2007).
On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network (up 3.3%), the summer flight schedule will be reorganized to match seasonal demand, as is the case every year: there will be fewer frequencies to Havana, Saint Martin and Mauritius, flights will be re-connected to the two destinations in the Dominican Republic with 3 weekly flights, and there will be five weekly flights to Antananarivo instead of the previous four.
Air France is pursuing growth on the Caribbean regional network thanks to the second A320 based in Pointe-à-Pitre.
The medium-haul schedule (ASK up 4.1% in Europe and North Africa and up 0.1% on the domestic network)
Facing tougher competition on the medium-haul network, Air France is increasing capacity on routes out of the Lyon hub and will continue to improve the quality of its services.
On the domestic network, capacity will remain globally stable and will be adapted to competition from the TGV high-speed train routes. The Orly-Rennes route, which is extremely unprofitable, will be discontinued and flights to Rennes will be concentrated at Paris-CDG, with increased capacity on one of the three daily flights. Moreover, only one frequency will be maintained between Lyon and Orly, allowing passengers to connect to flights serving the French Caribbean. A 7th daily frequency will be added between Paris-CDG and Lyon. Orly-Avignon flights will be discontinued from August.
The Paris-CDG-Biarritz route has been suspended in favour of increased frequencies out of Orly (2 additional frequencies making 7 daily flights). This summer, an additional 2 frequencies will be added to the Orly-Toulouse route (29 daily flights).
A 5th frequency will serve Nantes, a 4th will be added to Pau and a 7th to Lyon (cf previous paragraph).
A new Bordeaux-Montpellier route will be introduced on the inter-European network, with four weekly services.
On international medium-haul routes, 3 new destinations will be operated out of the Paris-CDG hub :
Shannon, operated by CityJet twice-daily with an Embraer 145 since February 2008
Trieste, served three times daily by a Brit Air CRJ-100
As from May 9, Münster will be served twice-daily with a Régional-operated Embraer 145
Two new services will be launched out of the French regions:
Nice-Geneva will be operated daily by CityJet with an RJ 85
Nantes-Amsterdam will be served twice-daily by Régional with an Embraer 145
Compared with summer 2007, the number of flights to European destinations will continue to increase, notably with additional frequencies to Copenhagen, Milan, Malpensa, Verona, Moscow, Prague and Edinburgh.
Similarly, a 6th frequency will be operated on the Lyon-Bordeaux route, a 4th will be added to Milan, and there will be more flights to Barcelona, Rome, Madrid and Venice.
Lyon-Casablanca and Toulouse-Madrid services have been suspended.
4.6% increase in Group capacity
Tuesday 11 March 2008
The summer schedule of Air France and KLM posts a 4.6% increase in capacity for summer 2008 in terms of available seat-km compared with summer 2007. This breaks down into 5.1% for the long-haul network and 3.2% for short and medium-haul routes.
On long-haul routes, KLM will be offering a new destination in Latin America, Panama, and, in cooperation with Northwest Airlines, expands its network of transatlantic routes. As of summer 2008, Air France will be implementing its Joint Venture agreement with its U.S. partner Delta, including a strengthened position of the partnership in London, Europe’s biggest market for traffic across the North Atlantic
In the medium-haul sector, Air France is offering 3 new destinations out of Paris-Charles de Gaulle and boosting capacity out of its Lyon hub, while KLM adds one new route, Amsterdam-Linköping (Sweden), and expands capacity on various other medium haul routes.
Close-up on the Air France schedule
In response to the uncertainties in the global economic situation, and in a context of tougher competition, Air France is focusing more on the quality of its capacity increase than the quantity.
4.2% increase in available seat kilometres (ASK) compared with summer 2007
14.5% increase in connecting opportunities at the CDG hub
97% of long-haul services are non-stop
An average of 8 weekly flights to long-haul destinations
Long-haul schedule (up 4.6% of ASK)
The implementation of the Air France-Delta Joint Venture agreement will enable Air France to reinforce its services among the hubs on both sides of the Atlantic, and to launch joint operations with Delta at London-Heathrow, thus taking advantage of the Open Skies agreement between Europe and the United States.
Offering more services between Delta’s hubs (Atlanta, New York JFK, Cincinnati and Salt lake City) and those of Air France (Paris CDG, Paris Orly and Lyon) translates into the opening of new routes by Delta on a code-share basis with Air France: CDG-Salt Lake City, Orly-JFK and Lyon-JFK. But the biggest new feature is the launch of joint operations by Air France and Delta from London Heathrow. Air France will be offering a daily B777-200 flight to Los Angeles and Delta is launching two daily flights to New York JFK and one to Altanta, all on a code-share basis.
The Open Skies agreement between Europe and the United States gives Air France the opportunity of establishing itself in London, Europe’s biggest market, by launching non-stop flights to North America. At the same time, it will continue to provide efficient services to other long-haul destinations via the Group’s two continental hubs: Schiphol and Paris-Charles de Gaulle. In addition, Air France is also reinforcing its position in London City on medium-haul routes.
Furthermore, thanks to the phasing in of reciprocal code-sharing with Delta as from summer 2008, one out of every four flights between Europe and the USA will carry the Air France flight number.
Air France is continuing to expand in Asia (up 7.8% in ASK) with the move to twice-daily service to Hong Kong and Shanghai, and in Latin America (up 6.1%) with an increase in capacity to Mexico and the separation of flights to Buenos Aires and Santiago.
Capacity to Nouméa will be supplemented by two new flights from Seoul, increasing to a total of 9 the number of weekly flights between Paris and Nouméa via Tokyo, Osaka and now Seoul in cooperation with Air Calin.
Air France has strengthened its position in Africa (up 4.9% in ASK). A 4th frequency will be added to Kinshasa and capacity will be increased on the 2 daily flights to Johannesburg operated by B777-300 since last winter.
Capacity remains stable on the Middle East routes (up 0.7% in ASK compared with summer 2007).
On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network (up 3.3%), the summer flight schedule will be reorganized to match seasonal demand, as is the case every year: there will be fewer frequencies to Havana, Saint Martin and Mauritius, flights will be re-connected to the two destinations in the Dominican Republic with 3 weekly flights, and there will be five weekly flights to Antananarivo instead of the previous four.
Air France is pursuing growth on the Caribbean regional network thanks to the second A320 based in Pointe-à-Pitre.
The medium-haul schedule (ASK up 4.1% in Europe and North Africa and up 0.1% on the domestic network)
Facing tougher competition on the medium-haul network, Air France is increasing capacity on routes out of the Lyon hub and will continue to improve the quality of its services.
On the domestic network, capacity will remain globally stable and will be adapted to competition from the TGV high-speed train routes. The Orly-Rennes route, which is extremely unprofitable, will be discontinued and flights to Rennes will be concentrated at Paris-CDG, with increased capacity on one of the three daily flights. Moreover, only one frequency will be maintained between Lyon and Orly, allowing passengers to connect to flights serving the French Caribbean. A 7th daily frequency will be added between Paris-CDG and Lyon. Orly-Avignon flights will be discontinued from August.
The Paris-CDG-Biarritz route has been suspended in favour of increased frequencies out of Orly (2 additional frequencies making 7 daily flights). This summer, an additional 2 frequencies will be added to the Orly-Toulouse route (29 daily flights).
A 5th frequency will serve Nantes, a 4th will be added to Pau and a 7th to Lyon (cf previous paragraph).
A new Bordeaux-Montpellier route will be introduced on the inter-European network, with four weekly services.
On international medium-haul routes, 3 new destinations will be operated out of the Paris-CDG hub :
Shannon, operated by CityJet twice-daily with an Embraer 145 since February 2008
Trieste, served three times daily by a Brit Air CRJ-100
As from May 9, Münster will be served twice-daily with a Régional-operated Embraer 145
Two new services will be launched out of the French regions:
Nice-Geneva will be operated daily by CityJet with an RJ 85
Nantes-Amsterdam will be served twice-daily by Régional with an Embraer 145
Compared with summer 2007, the number of flights to European destinations will continue to increase, notably with additional frequencies to Copenhagen, Milan, Malpensa, Verona, Moscow, Prague and Edinburgh.
Similarly, a 6th frequency will be operated on the Lyon-Bordeaux route, a 4th will be added to Milan, and there will be more flights to Barcelona, Rome, Madrid and Venice.
Lyon-Casablanca and Toulouse-Madrid services have been suspended.