Flights to France & French Airlines

Among the airlines of the world, Air France is a giant. After its takeover of KLM of the Netherlands in May 2004, the merged Air France-KLM is the world's largest airline in operating revenues as well as Europe 's largest and the world's third largest in total passenger-kilometres per year. It operates a fleet of 378 aircraft (as at 31 December 2005) and serves 225 destinations in 88 countries. It is a member of the Sky Team Alliance that includes eight other large carriers: Aeroflot, Aeromexico, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Korean Air and Northwest Airlines. It is based at the Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle hub and in France has secondary hubs at the Orly and Lyon-Saint-Exupery airports. For further information, contact Air France, 45 rue de Paris, 95747 Roissy CDG Cedex, www.airfrance.com with selectable sites and languages. Though Air France dominates, 15 other French carriers offer domestic and international services. In alphabetical order with their websites (most in two or more languages) they are:

• Aigle Azur, with scheduled and charter services between mainland France and Algeria, www.aigle-azur.fr.
• Air Austral, a local carrier based on Reunion, www.air-austral.com.
• Aircalin, a local carrier based on Nouvelle-Caledonie, www.aircalin.com.
• Air Caraibes, a local carrier based on Guadeloupe, www.aircaraibes.com.
• Airlinair, a regional carrier based at Paris Orly, www.airlinair.com.
• Air Tahiti, a local carrier based in French Polynesia, www.airtahiti.aero.
• Air Tahiti Nui, an international and regional carrier based in French Polynesia, www.airtahitinui.com.
• Air Turquoise, a local carrier based at Bordeaux, www.airturquoise.com.
• Blue Line, a charter carrier, www.flyblueline.com.
• Brit Air, a local carrier based in Normandy offering services to the UK, www.britair.com.
• Corsairfly, a tourism carrier based at Paris Orly, www.corsairfly.com.
• Europe Airpost, a subsidiary of La Poste, principally a freight carrier but also with passenger services to the Maghreb, www.europeairpost.fr.
• Regional, a regional carrier and a subsidiary of Air France based at Clermont-Ferrand, www.regional.com.
• Star Airlines, a tourism carrier based at Roissy Charles de Gaulle hub, www.starairlines.fr.
• Twin Jet, a low-cost carrier serving destinations in France as well as Jersey and Geneva, www.twinjet.net.