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Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines Forums | AFVA Operations | Air France KLM - 2006-2007 Summary and Outlook for 2007

AFV009
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Oxford, Oxfordshire County UK

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4 legs, 6.8 hours online
335 legs, 1,204.6 hours ACARS
593 legs, 2,712.0 hours total
10 legs dispatched, 9.6 hours

Posted onPost created on February 22 2007 13:25 ET by Dan Biddle

Technically, in addition to being the 747 Chief Pilot, I'm also AFVs Liason Officer, meaning I relate our activities to the realworld airline. As you may have noticed, I've done very little indeed so far, but this update should be a step on the right track.

Since the merger in September 2003, Air France and KLm are one company, and represented as such on the stock market. All operating details take into account both airlines.

Air France KLM Third Quarter Results 2006/07

The Group experienced excellent results in the third quarter - turnover is up 5.9% to 5.75 billion Euros, and operating income up 32.6% to 252 million Euros. This contributed to an excellent overall fiscal year for the company, putting it in a very strong position as one of the most profitable airlines in Europe.

Summer Schedule 2007

For the summer 2007 season, the Air France KLM Group will be increasing capacity by 5.4% compared with last summer, up 5.6% on the long-haul network and 4.3% on the medium-haul network. The summer schedule will start on March 25 and end on October 27.

Both airlines will significantly grow capacity to long-haul destinations, particularly to Latin America (up 11.4%) and Asia (up 7.3%). Capacity to North America will also increase (up 10.1%). Meanwhile capacity to Africa will go up, but to a lesser extent (up 3.1%). On the other hand, capacity to the Middle East and the French Caribbean and Indian Ocean networks will undergo the usual seasonal adjustments.

On the medium-haul network, KLM is reinforcing its 7th connecting bank at the Amsterdam hub introduced last summer, by increasing flight frequencies to Eastern and Northern Europe. At the same time, Air France is boosting capacity, mainly to North African destinations.

Air France will begin a new flight from Paris to Seattle, initially operated by an A330-200 aircraft.

KLM and Air France continue their policy of growing the number of destinations and the amount of capacity in emerging markets China, India and South America.
The number of weekly KLM return flights to China will increase to 34, including seven code share flights with partner China Southern between Amsterdam and Beijing/Guangzhou. This is the third consecutive season that KLM expands the flight frequency to China. Together with Air France the weekly number of flights to China will expand to 69, which is more than any other European airline group.

In South America KLM will link Lima nonstop to Amsterdam with six weekly flights, operated with Boeing 777-200ER equipment, and a 6th frequency will be added to Quito/Quayaquil.
In India KLM will add one extra frequency to Hyderabad, going to five flights per week. The flight frequency of KLM, Air France and Northwest to India will be 43 weekly return flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.
In total KLM will grow 7.4% in capacity on routes to Asia and 3.7% to Central & South America.

Full details can be found here, or the Air France or KLM websites under the latest press releases.

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/3271436/

Dan Biddle (AFV009)

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274 legs, 430.6 hours online
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501 legs, 763.5 hours total

Posted onPost created on February 22 2007 22:15 ET by Michael Carter

THanks for the good news Dan. The LC flights are especially a welcome addition for me.

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243 legs, 964.7 hours online
345 legs, 1,353.2 hours ACARS
21 legs, 92.7 hours event
741 legs, 3,101.2 hours total
4 legs dispatched, 4.1 hours

Posted onPost created on February 24 2007 15:27 ET by Ryan Wilson

Great news Dan!

Are all of these new NW/KLM codeshare flights going to be added to the database or are they going to be left out?

Ryan Wilson

Senior Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on February 25 2007 02:48 ET by Dan Biddle

Well, technically we can fly any KLM flight because Air France and KLM are the same airline, but I have no idea about the codeshares. Might be nice to get a few 757 flights though. I would expect the company that does the scheduling for us wil probably add them, but I don't know for sure.

Dan Biddle (AFV009)

Posted onPost created on February 25 2007 11:49 ET by Ryan Wilson

I guess it all depends on what Luke has imported. If KLM codeshares were in the database, there would be a TON of NWA flights in the database.

Ryan Wilson

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Eastern Canada

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2 legs, 3.4 hours online
4 legs, 7.4 hours ACARS
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38 legs, 52.8 hours total

Posted onPost created on April 26 2007 13:03 ET by Trajce Alcinov

Hello pilots,

I'm new to AF and I have a quick question: is there acars 2.0 available, or we use the build 76 one? Thanks!

Trajce Alcinov (AFV066)

Posted onPost created on April 26 2007 15:24 ET by Ryan Wilson

Trajce,

First off, welcome to Air France! Yes, ACARS 2.0 is available for use and can be found in the Pilots Center -----> Fleet Library -----> ACARS 2.0 - DVA. V. 2.0 uses Java and requires Microsoft .Net whereas the other build don't.

Happy flying!

Ryan Wilson

Senior Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on April 26 2007 22:40 ET by Trajce Alcinov

Thank you Ryan! I've got almost everything sorted out now, and I can't wait to fly. See you in the skies smile

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