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By Joanna Plucinska and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - The head of Air France-KLM hit out on Thursday at a Dutch decision to cut airline slots at Amster...

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Air France-KLM on Tuesday launched a 2.26-billion-euro ($2.41 billion) share sale to shore up its balance sheet and rep...

Global aviation has been battered and air traffic remains largely grounded as countries enforce their lockdowns and restrict travel, with few signs that | Airline News | eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

European airlines said on Thursday they will seek to weaken passenger compensation and refund rights in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which left the industry struggling to reimburse billions of euros in fares for grounded flights.

Paris: Air France-KLM flew a biofuel-powered Airbus A350 from Paris to Montreal, demonstrating the airline’s readiness to adopt low-emissions fuel despite deep industry divisions over the pace of its adoption. Air France flight 342 took off from Charles de Gaulle airport on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) with a 16 per cent mix of sustainable aviation fuel in its fuel tanks, produced in France by Total from used cooking oil. The flight signalled a “shared ambition to decarbonise air transportation and to develop a SAF supply chain in France”, the companies said in a joint statement with airpor...