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Apr 15, 2021 05:00 AM EDT (Photo : Pixabay.com) The moratorium, a watered-down version of a central proposal from President Emmanuel Macrons citizens climate conference, was introduced after a tense debate in the Assemblée Nationale over the weekend. Short internal flights from Orly airport, south of Paris, to Nantes and Bordeaux, among other destinations, will be discontinued. In contrast, connection flights from Charles de Gaulle/Roissy airport, north of Paris, will begin. Macrons climate co...

Lawmakers have backed the plan which would axe routes that are also covered by train journeys in under two-and-half hours.

This was reduced to two and a half hours after strong objections from certain regions and from Air France-KLM, which, like other airlines, has been badly hit by local and international Covid-19 restrictions on travel. A year ago, the French government agreed a €7bn loan for AF-KLM on the condition that certain internal flights were dropped, but the decree will also stop low-cost airlines from operating the banned domestic routes. The chief executive of Air France-KLM, Benjamin Smith, has said...

France has ordered its citizens back to the rails, in a ban on short domestic flights.

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Air France gets more state support to cope with mounting debts. Air France is considered too big to fail in its home country, but the company’s debt has ballooned during the pandemic.Credit...Christian Hartmann/Reuters April 6, 2021, 4:00 a.m. ET Air France on Tuesday said it would receive a new bailout from the French government worth 4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) to help the beleaguered airline cope with mounting debts as a third wave of pandemic lockdowns around Europe prolong a slump in...

Air France-KLM outlines plan to further strengthen its cash position Share Sign up here for GlobalDatas free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM has outlined a plan that will help the group to further strengthen its cash position and restore its negative equity. The cash-strengthening measures have been approved by the group’s board of directors. As part of the measures, the company plans to introduce a capital i...

The EU has backed the funding, which will only benefit the airline’s French arm. The carrier was formed by the merger of Air France and Dutch group KLM in 2004. The Netherlands, which also owns 14 per cent, will not take part in the share sale, meaning the size of its stake will fall. A major ‘sticking point’ between France and the EU in agreeing the new funding was around Air France-KLM giving up some of its lucrative take-off and landing slots at Paris-Orly airport. Up to 18 of these wi...

Share Air France-KLM has announced a plan of measures designed to strengthen its balance sheet and reposition “the group on a sustainable financial trajectory”. The group will increase its capital by up to €1 billion through the private placement of new shares and convert an existing €3 billion loan from the French state into a perpetual hybrid bonds instrument. This capital increase will be launched without preferential subscription rights but with a priority period fo...

Topps Is Going Public, Tapping Craze for SPACs, NFTs and Trading Cards Last Updated This briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of Mickey Mantle’s 1952 Topps rookie card is one of the most sought-after cards. While a Mantle with a rating of SGC 7 like this one is valuable, a version of the same card rated PSA Mint 9 recently sold for $5.2 million.Credit...Jeenah Moon for The New York Times Topps, known for its trading cards and Bazooka gum, is going public by merging with a blank-che...