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Air France continues to modernize its fleet and takes delivery of ‘Angers’, its twentieth A350-900
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Air France continues to modernize its fleet and takes delivery of ‘Angers’, its twentieth A350-900

Air France continues to integrate latest-generation aircraft, with an improved economic and environmental performance, into its fleet. On 25 November 2022, the airline welcomed its twentieth Airbus A350-900 into its fleet, registration F-HTYT. The aircraft has rolled off the Airbus assembly line in Toulouse and has completed its ferry flight to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, where it will operate on the airline's long-haul routes. It will make its first commercial flight on 26 November 2022, flying to Lima (flight AF480). The front of the fuselage bears the name "Angers", a tribute to this city in the West of France once home to the kings of France. Since 2019 and the delivery of its first Airbus A350, Air France has revived the tradition of naming its aircraft after French tow...
Delta’s Air+Rail program connects customers to 20 more destinations in Europe
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Delta’s Air+Rail program connects customers to 20 more destinations in Europe

Delta Air Lines [NYSE: DAL] has expanded travel options to Europe using its Air+Rail program providing train connections to 20 more destinations, including 12 new cities for Delta customers in The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland and the U.K. First launched in August 2021, for travel between Amsterdam and the Belgian cities of Brussels and Antwerp, this expansion enables connectivity directly from Brussels, Manchester, Rome Fiumicino and Zurich airports with one Delta ticket booking for the whole journey. Delta will also add the service from Geneva when its nonstop flights from New York-JFK begin in April 2023. The airline is working with leading rail operators in each country to provide onward train journeys via stations located at the airports. “Building more Air+Rail connections in...
KLM’s 103rd Delftware miniature house is on the island of Aruba
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KLM’s 103rd Delftware miniature house is on the island of Aruba

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is celebrating the 103rd anniversary of its founding today, an occasion traditionally accompanied by the presentation of a new Delftware miniature house. This year’s miniature is a replica of a house in a very special location: the Ecury family home on Aruba. The island will be marking a centenary of aviation next year and the Ecury House – now part of the National Archaeolo­gical Museum of Aruba – is close to the site where the first aircraft landed. Moreover, the Ecury family played a significant role in the development of aviation on the island. KLM first flew to Aruba almost ninety years ago and made the island its operational hub for scheduled services across the Caribbean. KLM began operating scheduled services between Amsterdam and Aruba in 1974 and now oper...