50 years ago, Air France introduced inflight movies on its long-haul aircraft... For a long time, the idea seemed unlikely, as the first cabins weren't really suited to cinema. They were too narrow to accommodate a projector, they were noisy and...
July 1st, 1946. The Air France Douglas DC-4 took off from Paris-Orly and landed at New York’s La Guardia airport at noon local time. Un vol pour l’Histoire de 23h45 avec deux escales, Shannon (Irlande) et Gander (Terre Neuve). Une première liaison...
On May 20, 1976, an Air France Boeing 747 “Jumbo” with a capacity for 360 passengers departed from Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 5 pm and landed in Toronto at 7 pm local time on the same day. The first flight was the start of 3 weekly services by Air...
Since 1980, Air France has been a partner and the official carrier of the Cannes Film Festival. A longstanding partnership which illustrates the Company’s commitment to the world of cinema and the promotion of film. In September 1946, when the...
On 29 April 1946, Air France wanted to "reach out all over the world"... ... To America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, even to Iran, and launched its Paris-Tehran route. The Iranian capital was served once every two weeks by DC-3 and then by DC-...
