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User currently offlineAFa340-300E From France, joined May 1999, 2084 posts, RR: 27
Posted (12 years 9 months 2 days ago) and read 3029 times:

Hello,

Would anyone have some information about this DC-10-30 registered N54649 Air France operated a very short time around 1993, please?

What routes did it fly on?

Apparently the aircraft operated CDG-NRT-NOU (Nouméa) starting 1 November 1993.


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Best regards,
Alain Mengus

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User currently offlineDelta777-XXX From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1017 posts, RR: 8
Reply 1, posted (12 years 9 months 2 days ago) and read 2972 times:

WOW! I never realized that Air France had the DC-10. I'm sorry I can't answer any of your questions.

   

User currently offlineTEDSKI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2949 times:

I wonder if the DC-10 was leased from the other French airline AOM, till Airbus delivered to Air France some of their A340-300s that they ordered?

User currently offlineB737-700 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2937 times:


Can't help with your question but that aircraft sure looked good in AF colors !!

Rgds, B737-700

User currently offlineAirmale From Botswana, joined Sep 2004, 369 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2938 times:

was it a former UTA plane that AF aquired due to the merger of the two carriers? 


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User currently offlineAF-A319 From France, joined Oct 1999, 603 posts, RR: 4
Reply 5, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2920 times:

Hi

An Air France pilot told me that this DC-10-30 operated the CDG-MIA route just after the merger between AF and UTA

Louis

User currently offlinePhilB From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14
Reply 6, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2905 times:

MSN 46854, this DC10 first flew on Feb 2 1975 for delivery to UTA as F-BTDF. Whilst it was leased by UTA from an American lessor, (which changed around 1990) it kept its US reg, including the time it was with Air France from the the merger date of 29 Dec 1992 to return to the lessor in Oct 1994. It was sold to AOM in Nov 1994.

It now flies for AOM as F-GTDF, bringing its old reg into a more modern French series.

UTA flew the DC10 to the Pacific and Africa and in the 22 months it was with Air France, I dare say it continuedto fly its old routes.

User currently offlineAFa340-300E From France, joined May 1999, 2084 posts, RR: 27
Reply 7, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2898 times:

Hello,

I have found some more about the Air France DC-10s Click here

I checked the information about the five aircraft.

Best regards,
Alain Mengus



User currently offlineTriStar500 From Germany, joined Nov 1999, 4685 posts, RR: 47
Reply 8, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2847 times:

Alain,
I read that one of the 10's was used on PPT-NRT flights in 1993 and/ or 1994.



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User currently offlineAFa340-300E From France, joined May 1999, 2084 posts, RR: 27
Reply 9, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2841 times:

Hello TriStar500!

Nice to hear you!

Thank you for the pice of information. Apparently these DC-10s were mainly used on leisure routes (NOU, PPT, MIA, ...)

Another pice of information: Only the N54649 was ever painted in Air France colors. The other 4 very likely remained in UTA full c/s (don't even know if they had an AF sticker or so).

Best regards,
Alain Mengus

User currently offlineAF Cabin Crew From French Polynesia, joined Sep 1999, 1036 posts, RR: 37
Reply 10, posted (12 years 9 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2806 times:

This Air France DC-10 ended its life with Air France on the pacific route and was based in Papeete doing the PPT-AKL-NOU NOU-NRT NRT-NOU NOU-AKL-PPT run.
It indeed flew to Miami and also to Chicago ORD.

Happy Flying,

AF Cabin Crew.


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