The Latest Breaking News from Air France

Newlywed couple slapped with 'ridiculous' £700 fee to change surname on holiday booking

Sharon Barrett was told to pay £698.50 to change her surname or she could lose 99% of the £2,200 paid if they cancelled the trip. She was given the news just before they flew off

Daily Mirror · Jan 7, 2023

Couple 'skint' after £700 charge to change name on New York holiday booking

The newlyweds had to use half of their spending money to pay the hefty bill

Wales Online · Jan 7, 2023

Your annual reminder that Christmas crackers are banned by 18 airlines

Plus the ones which do let passengers take a sealed box or two

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Bride seen sprinting through Paris airport in enormous wedding dress

Delighted couple couldn’t wait to start their honeymoon

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

Former train station on banks of Seine to house Giacometti museum

World’s largest collection of Swiss artist’s work will be housed in former Gare des Invalides from 2026

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

‘It’s OK to take risks in concerts because there it’s safe to do so’: Conductor Daniel Harding on his double life as an airline pilot

He’s been on the podium with the world’s leading orchestras but, he says, his new parallel career flying for Air France has taught him things he never learned in 30 years of music making

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

228 were killed when Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic. Their families could finally hear why

A Parisian court will hear conflicting expert testimony about who is to blame for the worst disaster in Air France’s history, but families of the 228 victims tell The Independent are determined to show the crash’s human toll, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

228 were killed when Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic. Their families could finally hear why

A Parisian court will hear conflicting expert testimony about who is to blame for the worst disaster in Air France’s history, but families of the 228 victims tell The Independent are determined to show the crash’s human toll, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Black box recording of deadly Rio-Paris flight to be played in court

The judge overseeing the trial against Air France and Airbus for involuntary homicide in the fatal 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris has agreed to allow the recording from the black box flight recorder to be heard behind closed doors.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 13, 2022

Relatives shout ‘shame’ as Air France crash trial begins

Families describe ‘almost inhuman’ wait of 13 years for justice over flight AF447, which left 228 dead

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022