On 20 September 1966, the Boeing 707 "Château de Cheverny" launched the Paris- Shanghai route. Three crews shared the 23-hour flight, with stopovers in Athens, Cairo, Karachi and Phnom Penh. Air France became the first European airline to serve the...
With the Rio Olympics fast approaching, did you know that Air France holds an Olympic record? The fastest flame in history! In 1991, just a few months before the Winter Olympics in Albertville, an Air France Concorde was chartered to carry the...
In 1916 began the story of the Boeing aircraft manufacturer in Seattle. 40 years later... On 3 February 1956, Air France placed its first order for ten Boeing 707-320s. The first of these aircraft entered into service on 31 January 1960 on the Paris...
In 1960 Air France came up with its own plastic beach bag, combining innovation and tradition by adding an elegant rope-style strap. The beach bag was designed for carrying accessories when designers realized that traditional handbags, often made...
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...
