Air France-KLM



Description
Air France, the French flag carrier was formed on 7 October 1933. It is now a subsidiary
of Air
France- KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airlines alliance. With
the main
operating hub at Paris- Charles de Gaulle Airport and a fleet of 387 Aircraft (Air
France
Group), Air France operates to 272 destinations across Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe
and
Oceania (including France domestic and destinations operate by its subsidiaries).
KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V) under the name KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
formed on
7 October 1919 is the flag carrier airlines of the Netherlands. With the main hub at
Amsterdam
Airport Schipol with 206 Aircrafts (KLM Group) in its fleet, the world’s oldest airlines
operate
to 133 destinations worldwide. KLM has been the part of the AIR FRANCE-KLM group since
the
merger in May 2004.
The result of a merger between AIR FRANCE and KLM in 2004, have made it the largest
European
airlines group with a perfectly complementary network all over the world. The hubs at
Paris
Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schipol are the cornerstones of this dual network
linking Europe
and the rest of the world, with 593 aircrafts to 230 Intl. destinations in 113
countries. This
vast choice of destinations enables passengers to combine an outbound flight on Air
France with
an inbound flight with KLM (or vice versa). With record load factors on long-haul and
medium-haul sectors alike, Air France and KLM carried 75.6 million passengers in 2011.
Passenger from Bangladesh can easily connect the Air France- KLM flights from the
neighbouring-line points of DEL, BOM, BKK, AUH, DOH, BAH, DMM, JED etc. with a flight
from/ to
Dhaka on 9W, TG, PG, EY QR, GF, SV etc. Schedule, Fares and auto pricing are avilable on
all the
GDS’s.
Bengal Airlift has been representing Air France as the GSA (General Sales Agent) for
Passenger
Sales in Bangladesh since 1987. The company also got the right to serve as the GSA-
Passenger of
KLM from 2007 after the airlines merged with Air France in 2004.