On October 7, 1933, Air France, which was created by the five main French air carriers, was officially launched at Le Bourget airport. On the tarmac, the aircraft lined up for the occasion displayed the emblem of the young national airline: the...
Of the 110 new recruits in the last Air France cadet pilot class, eight began their training at the end of June, and the others will start by mid-December. With the ambition of becoming a pilot, a distant heir to Jean Mermoz, Henri Guillaumet and...
Ties have existed between France and Russia for a while. It all began in 1924 when Maurice Noguès made a research flight to Moscow on behalf of the Franco-Roumaine line. It took three weeks of short hops flying a Caudron trimotor. But it wasn’t...
In 1949, the famous « kids meal » appeared on board. In 1951, the family service was born on the Paris-Dakar route. Nurse hostesses helped mothers to care for their children, providing bottles of milk and cots on flights that lasted up to 20 hours...
In the 1950s, the Citroën 2CV minivan was used to transport baggage and goods from the airport to the plane. Back then, passengers and crews were driven in cars and small vans from the terminals to the airports. In 1962, Air France shuttle buses...
