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For its 70th anniversary in Canada, we had the pleasure of being invited to the virtual event of Air France.
It was an opportunity for the company to bring together all its customers, its sales network, its partners, its suppliers and all its employees to share the highlights of 70 years of history between Canada and Air France.
Travel columnist and writer Jean-Michel Dufaux and The Vice-President and General Manager of Air France KLM Canada, Catherine Guillemart-Dias, presented this virtual concept together following health guidelines and gave the mic to multiple speakers:
Air France made us relive historical moments during this friendly session thanks to its archival images and numerous anecdotes. It was an opportunity for the airline to also share messages from the General Management and videos of employees describing their business’s behind-the-scenes, the evolution of technologies and the fleet, and the team’s values.
The closing credits comprised messages from Air France Canada’s main partners: Delta Air Lines, WestJet, Atout France and the Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver airports.
At the end of the Second World War, in 1945, France wanted to strengthen diplomatic and economic relations with Canada, after appointing its first ambassador to Ottawa.
Air France’s presence in Canada dates back to October 2, 1950, when the Lockheed Constellation 749 touched down at Dorval airport after stopovers in Shannon and Gander. On October 5, the first cycle was completed with the first flight from Montreal to Paris.
Discover these 70 years in video:
To celebrate its 70-year alliance with Canada, Air France marked the arrival of AF 342 on October 2, 2020, with Montreal’s French delegation.
A Boeing 747 touched down on May 20, 1976, to inaugurate the first Paris-Toronto flight, a route which also included Los Angeles as a beyond for the first two years.
Direct flights to the Queen City were introduced in 1994.
With two major routes in Eastern Canada, Air France inaugurated its Vancouver route on March 29, 2015.
For us, Air France is part of our family history. French-born, we arrived in Montreal with Air France in August 2011 to settle there.
We will remember this flight for a long time since it was also the first made in business class and this, with Flying Blue miles!
Even today, we appreciate the airline’s services and try to fly on it whenever we have the chance.
Here are two reviews we’ve made:
And if you want to see our experience aboard the Air France A350 on video, check out our Youtube channel!
Air France has continued to develop ever more efficient technologies for its teams and its customers. The service offer has never ceased to evolve and renew itself, and even more so with the current situation as we live. The airline’s ambition is to build on sustainable development in the future.
In the past, nothing was more important than a boarding pass. Now, nothing easier in the digital age.
An interesting reminder also concerning the safety and constant improvement of the skills in this area with the maintenance of next-generation airliners:
AF Canada’s teams have participated in a common message about the unity and entrepreneurship that sustains them:
To Paris, Air France expects to maintain 10 flights per week in November and up to 17 in December from Canada. Boeing B787s and Airbus A350s will operate these flights:
KLM will resume flying out of Edmonton effective October 29 with ‘circular’ flights twice* a week. Outbound: Edmonton – Amsterdam direct. Inbound: Amsterdam – Calgary – Edmonton for a total 17 KLM weekly flights, to which will be added 2 all-cargo flights to Toronto.
To conclude, here are the Air France safety guidelines: Welcome aboard. Even though we know it by heart, we watch it every time from start to finish, so well scripted!
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