factsonly wrote:

AF KLM have announced their Q3 2021 financial results:

Transavia = Profitable:
- Capacity +56%
- Revenues +99%
- Operating result Euro +105 Million
- Operating Margin 20%
- Change +25%

factsonly wrote:

- Embraer E190 PH-EZK also a leased aircraft (del. Dec. 2009) will likely follow soon.

factsonly wrote:

With the arrival of the 5th brand new Embraer E195-E2 (PH-NXE) aircraft from Brasil, KLM Cityhopper is transferring some older regional aircraft to the French HOP unit.

This winter, Air France will serve 11 destinations in the United States: New York JFK - the company's first international stopover, Boston, Washington DC, Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, with up to to 122 flights per week.

Flight schedule to / from the United States - winter season 2021

From / to Paris-Charles de Gaulle:

Atlanta: 14 weekly flights by Airbus A350-900
Boston: 7 flights per week by Airbus A350-900
Chicago: 5 flights per week by Boeing 777-300
Detroit: 5 flights per week by Boeing 787-9
Washington DC: 7 flights per week by Boeing 777-300
Houston: 5 flights per week by Boeing 777-300
New York JFK: 35 flights per week in Boeing 777 and Boeing 787-9
Los Angeles: 17 flights per week in Boeing 777-200 and -300
Miami: 12 flights per week in Boeing 777 and Airbus A350-900
Seattle: 3 flights per week by Airbus A350-900 from December 6, 2021
San Francisco: 7 flights per week by Boeing 777-300
From / to Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe):

New York JFK: 2 flights per week on Airbus A320 from November 24, 2021
From / to Papeete (French Polynesia)

Los Angeles: 3 flights per week by Boeing 777-200 from November 11, 2021

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

All arriving pax from todays's KL592 (JNB - AMS) and KL598 (CPT - AMS) are being deboarded from a remote stand away from the main terminal. . They are being seperated from the main passenger flow and are currently tested for the coronavirus in connection with the new, presumably more contagious variant discovered in the southern part of Africa.

https://nltimes.nl/2021/11/26/passenger ... k-schiphol

Eikie wrote:

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

All arriving pax from todays's KL592 (JNB - AMS) and KL598 (CPT - AMS) are being deboarded from a remote stand away from the main terminal. . They are being seperated from the main passenger flow and are currently tested for the coronavirus in connection with the new, presumably more contagious variant discovered in the southern part of Africa.

https://nltimes.nl/2021/11/26/passenger ... k-schiphol

And 61 of the total 600 pax were tested positive.

clrd4t8koff wrote:

Booked to fly US-CPT via CDG on AF in a few days. It’s interesting that yesterday and today’s AF CDG-JNB/CPT were cancelled, but KL AMS-JNB/CPT are operating as normal.

Given AF/KL is one group/company are the AF cancellations French government mandated? Not sure whether I should be planning to go or if AF is going to cancel my flights?

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

clrd4t8koff wrote:

Booked to fly US-CPT via CDG on AF in a few days. It’s interesting that yesterday and today’s AF CDG-JNB/CPT were cancelled, but KL AMS-JNB/CPT are operating as normal.

Given AF/KL is one group/company are the AF cancellations French government mandated? Not sure whether I should be planning to go or if AF is going to cancel my flights?

The French government suspended flights from South Africa until tomorrow I believe. With that, AF is no longer able to do turnarounds, so entire flights on their end will be cancelled. They may resume later this week

KLM for the moment are still flying to both JNB and CPT from AMS

marcogr12 wrote:

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

clrd4t8koff wrote:

Booked to fly US-CPT via CDG on AF in a few days. It’s interesting that yesterday and today’s AF CDG-JNB/CPT were cancelled, but KL AMS-JNB/CPT are operating as normal.

Given AF/KL is one group/company are the AF cancellations French government mandated? Not sure whether I should be planning to go or if AF is going to cancel my flights?

The French government suspended flights from South Africa until tomorrow I believe. With that, AF is no longer able to do turnarounds, so entire flights on their end will be cancelled. They may resume later this week

KLM for the moment are still flying to both JNB and CPT from AMS

Strange, given how many pax were found carrying the omicron variant at Schiphol the other day..One would think that the Netherlands would ban flights from certain african countries, in line with other european countries..Why would they risk having more pax with this variant entering the country everyday?

JeremyB wrote:

marcogr12 wrote:

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

The French government suspended flights from South Africa until tomorrow I believe. With that, AF is no longer able to do turnarounds, so entire flights on their end will be cancelled. They may resume later this week

KLM for the moment are still flying to both JNB and CPT from AMS

Strange, given how many pax were found carrying the omicron variant at Schiphol the other day..One would think that the Netherlands would ban flights from certain african countries, in line with other european countries..Why would they risk having more pax with this variant entering the country everyday?

People originating from countries in southern Africa can't fly to AMS, but Dutch citizens can still travel to/from those countries. That is the reason why KLM didn't suspend flying there.

JeremyB wrote:

marcogr12 wrote:

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

The French government suspended flights from South Africa until tomorrow I believe. With that, AF is no longer able to do turnarounds, so entire flights on their end will be cancelled. They may resume later this week

KLM for the moment are still flying to both JNB and CPT from AMS

Strange, given how many pax were found carrying the omicron variant at Schiphol the other day..One would think that the Netherlands would ban flights from certain african countries, in line with other european countries..Why would they risk having more pax with this variant entering the country everyday?

People originating from countries in southern Africa can't fly to AMS, but Dutch citizens can still travel to/from those countries. That is the reason why KLM didn't suspend flying there.

nicode wrote:

Can't you switch to KLM flights ?

petertenthije wrote:

Eikie wrote:

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

All arriving pax from todays's KL592 (JNB - AMS) and KL598 (CPT - AMS) are being deboarded from a remote stand away from the main terminal. . They are being seperated from the main passenger flow and are currently tested for the coronavirus in connection with the new, presumably more contagious variant discovered in the southern part of Africa.

https://nltimes.nl/2021/11/26/passenger ... k-schiphol

And 61 of the total 600 pax were tested positive.

Of those 61, 13 passengers have the new Corona variant (Omicron).

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59451103

Blerg wrote:

Does Chicago see a lot of cargo demand? I am asking because wouldn't it make more sense to serve it daily with A330 or A350 in stead of 5 weekly with the B773?

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

Here we go again...Another onboard 'tape' session spotted in the wild... This time by AF flight attendants
https://actu.orange.fr/france/un-vol-ai ... HXBow.html

ro1960 wrote:

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

Here we go again...Another onboard 'tape' session spotted in the wild... This time by AF flight attendants
https://actu.orange.fr/france/un-vol-ai ... HXBow.html

I'm just wondering, is it standard protocol to tape a passenger to a seat? I know he was unruly but how about in case of emergency evacuation?

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

Here we go again...Another onboard 'tape' session spotted in the wild... This time by AF flight attendants
https://actu.orange.fr/france/un-vol-ai ... HXBow.html