Air France – KLM Group A350s Order

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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Steven Meyer

Master’s in Business Administration, Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering, Private Pilot License & Cat B1 and B2 Aircraft Type Maintenance Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 (CFM56) Certification. Experience in aviation with Airbus (A400M) and Embraer (KC390) in the Loads and Mass Properties departments, respectively. Flight Simulator Experience in A220, A320, A321, A340, A350, A380, B737, B747, B777, KC-390, C172 & V22 Osprey.

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