Air France – KLM Group ordered 50 Airbus A350 aircraft to renew its long-haul A330s and Boeing 777s fleet. The A350 order will be divided between the A350-900 and A350-1000. This order comes with rights for 40 additional aircraft. Deliveries are expected to start in 2026.
Air France – KLM, Benjamin Smith, CEO, mentioned: “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱’𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘈350 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦-𝘰𝘧-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 2019. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴: 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 -30% 𝘊𝘖2 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 2030.”
Source: FlightMode
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