Air France KLM

Air France-KLM to cut 1,700 jobs

BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Air France-KLM is planning to cut 1,700 jobs next year after the airline posted a worse-than-expected quarterly loss.

Air France-KLM's passenger traffic drops 4.1% in October

People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Passenger traffic with Europe's leading airline group, Air France-KLM, fell for the 10th straight month with a 4.1 percent drop in October, the Paris-based company announced Monday in its monthly traffic statistics. As the group cut its transportation capacity by 5.6 percent on a year-on-year basis in October, more than the decline in passenger business, the group was able to gain a 1.3 percent improvement...

Air France-KLM load factor improves

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Air France-KLM said Monday that it carried 6.3 million passengers in October, a 5.3% decline compared to a year earlier. The airline said traffic once again declined less than capacity, leading to a 1.3 percentage point improvement in its load factor -- a measure of passengers against available seats -- to 82.5%. In its cargo business, Air France-KLM said the load factor improved...

OTCQX Watch: Fridays Advancers & Decliners

Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009

October 17, 2009 (FinancialWire) Fridays OTCQX advancers were led by Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. (OTC: GLBXF) gaining 8.46% on volume of 2,000 shares to close at $1.79, Delta-Galil Industries Ltd. (OTC: DELTY) gaining 3.80% on volume of 1,000 shares to close at $4.10, and First Majestic Silver Corp. (OTC: FRMSF) gaining 3.36% on volume of 91,540 shares to close at $3.18. Fridays OTCQX decliners...

CityJet rebrand of VLM fleet commences

Business Travel News - TravelPlus (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009

Following CityJet’s take over of VLM Airlines earlier this year, London’s business airline has begun rebranding and repainting the entire VLM fleet of Fokker 50s in the CityJet livery. The first two Fokker 50 aircraft boasting the new CityJet livery are now in operation at London City Airport, the airline’s hub. The colour scheme was developed by a joint team of VLM Airlines and...

BA joins consortium in Japan Airlines rescue

Trabber News (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009

British Airways is understood to have joined Qantas and American Airlines in a three-strong investment consortium bidding to drag Japan Airlines (JAL) back from the brink of financial collapse. Other offers to buy stakes in JAL are believed to have come from Korean Airlines and Air France-KLM. The rehabilitation of JAL, which is bathed in red ink [...]

Air France-KLM 2009 Winter schedule

AirTransportNews.aero (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009

Air France-KLM is pursuing the reduction in capacities for the 2009 Winter schedule (October 25, 2009 – 27 March 2010), cutting its offer measured in available seat kilometres by 2% compared...

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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009

British Airways, Air France-KLM ratings swapped

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Goldman Sachs added British Airways and removed Air France-KLM from its conviction buy list. Goldman sees an upside of as much as 45% for BA shares if revenue recovery starts on a restructured cost base, and the extra attraction is that British Airways could look different in six months through M&A, cost-cutting and a solution to its pension deficit. While Air France-KLM...

Easyjet upgraded to overweight at Morgan Stanley

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- U.K. cut-price airline easyJet was upgraded to overweight from equalweight on Thursday by Morgan Stanley, which said it sees renewed ability for growth. The investment bank said easyJet now joins Ryanair and Air-France KLM {s: fr:af] as its preferred plays and said any winter weakness in share prices should be viewed as a buying opportunity. Morgan Stanley said if yields recover...

Air France May Trim Business Class

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009

Air France-KLM said it could make the passenger cabins on some of its routes single-class only and it could eliminate some destinations as part of a broad restructuring.

Jet Airways strike strands thousands; Finnair cuts capacity; Traffic down at Air France-KLM, Air Berlin

Today In the Sky (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009

Here is Mondayt's news round-up. It includes recent aviation-related stories posted on USATODAY.com. The stories listed below include only those not already covered in the Today in the Sky blog. Click on the headline links to see more details. Strike:...

Air France-KLM August traffic slips 3.8%

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Air France-KLM said August passenger traffic fell 3.8% to 6.55 million passengers, while load factor, a measure of passengers to available seats, rose 1.1 points to 84.8%. Cargo traffic fell 16.1% while load factor rose 0.6 points to 63.5%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on...

Air France KLM leads Dow Jones Sustainability Index Airline Sector

TravelDailyNews.com (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009

Air France KLM has been confirmed as air transport sustainability “Sector Leader” for 2009 and will keep its place in both the Dow Jones DJSI World and DJSI STOXX Sustainability indexes. The

Air France-KLM Expects Weakness to Continue

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009

Air France-KLM said it fell into the red in its fiscal first quarter and forecast continued deterioration in its passenger business for the second quarter.

Air France-Klm to seal Alitalia deal

www.italica.sm | 01/13/2009

[ www.italica.sm ] - The board of Air France-KLM approved the 320 million euros bid to buy the 25 per cent of the Alitalia, people familiar with the matter said. Also German airline Lufthansa recently showed an interest in the Italian carrier, but no official offer has been submitted and, according to Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, time has run out to make a bid. However, the Northern League,

Air France-KLM in Second Life, a Dream Invitation

ender21 | 11/23/2008

In creating this “island in the sky” , Air France-KLM wants to provide a new platform where shareholders can meet, share information and get updates on the latest financial news from the Group, thanks to a wide range of items available to them...