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Air France operates a fleet of 205 aircraft,[1] mostly Airbus aircraft. Its narrow-body fleet consists of all-four Airbus A320ceo family variants, on the other hand the wide-body aircraft of Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 serve as long-haul operations. [1][2][3][4][5] The airline has also ordered the short-to-medium-haul Airbus A220 to replace their aging Airbus A318s and Airbus A319s.[6]

Current fleet

As of February 2023, Air France (excluding its subsidiaries Air France Hop and Transavia France) operates the following registered aircraft:[1]

Air France passenger fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
F J W Y Total
Airbus A220-300 18 42[6] — 20 — 128 148 Order with 30 options and 30 purchase rights[6]
To replace Airbus A318 and A319.[7]
Airbus A318-100 9 — — 18 — 113 131 Largest airline operator of the type.[8]
To be retired and replaced by Airbus A220-300.[7]
Airbus A319-100 15 — — 20 — 122 142 To be retired and replaced by Airbus A220-300.[7]
123 143
Airbus A320-200 39 — — 20 — 154 174
18 160 178
Airbus A321-100 4 — — 20 — 182 202 To be retired.
Airbus A321-200 13 — — 20 — 182 202 One painted in SkyTeam livery.[9]
Airbus A330-200 15 — — 36 21 167 224
Airbus A350-900 20 21[10][11][12] — 34 24 266 324[13] Deliveries until 2025 to replace Boeing 777-200ER.[14]
Boeing 777-200ER 18 — — 40 24 216 280 To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350-900 by 2025.[14]
28 260 312
Boeing 777-300ER 43 — 4 58 28 206 296 Launch operator.[15]
Three painted in SkyTeam livery.[9] 381 seats to be retrofit to 369 seats.
— 42 24 315 381
48 48 273 369
14 28 430 472[16]
Boeing 787-9[17] 10 — — 30 21 228 279
Air France cargo fleet
Airbus A350F — 4 Cargo Order with 4 purchase rights.[18]
Boeing 777F 2 — Cargo
Total 206 67
Air France current fleet
Airbus A220-300
Airbus A330-200
Airbus A350-900
Boeing 777-200ER
Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 787-9

Fleet history

Previously, Air France operated the following aircraft types:[19]

Air France historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement Notes Refs
Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde 6 1976 2003 None
1 2000 F-BTSC crashed as Flight 4590.
Airbus A300B2-100 8 1974 1996 Airbus A330-200
1 1994 None F-GBEC hijacked and written-off as Flight 8969.
Airbus A300B4-200 16 1976 1998 Airbus A330-200 F-BVGG hijacked in 1976 as Flight 139.
Airbus A310-200 7 1984 2002 Airbus A330-200
Airbus A310-300 4 1989 2002 Airbus A330-200
Airbus A320-100 13 1988 2010[20] Airbus A320-200
1 1988 None F-GFKC crashed as Flight 296Q
Airbus A330-200 1 2005 2009 None F-GZCP crashed as Flight 447
Airbus A340-200 6 1993 1999 Airbus A340-300
Airbus A340-300 23 1993 2020 Airbus A350-900[21]
Boeing 777-200ER
Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 787-9 		Launch Customer.
Early retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 		[22]
1 2005 None F-GLZQ crashed as Flight 358
Airbus A380-800 10 2009 2020 Airbus A350-900[23] Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic.
5 to be stored at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris with no plans to re-enter the fleet, and the other 5 to be scrapped.[24]
Boeing 707-320B 7 1960 1982 Airbus A300
1 1969 None F-BHSZ crashed as Flight 212
Boeing 707-320C 11 1960 1984 Airbus A310
1 1968 None F-BLCJ crashed as Flight 212
Boeing 707-320 Intercontinental 17 1959 1979 Airbus A300
1 1976 None F-BHSH irreparably damaged by a bomb explosion[25]
1 1961 F-BHSA crashed as Flight 272 [26]
1 1962 F-BHSM crashed as Flight 007
1 1962 F-BHST crashed as Flight 117
Boeing 727-200 29 1968 1992 Airbus A320-200
Boeing 737-200 24 1982 2002 Airbus A320-200
Boeing 737-300 9 1991 2004 Airbus A320-200
Boeing 737-500 30 1990 2007 Airbus A320-200
Boeing 747-100 17 1970 2000 Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747-200B 2 1977 2005 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-200F 11 1974 2003 Boeing 747-400ERF
Boeing 747-200M 16 1977 2005 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-200M/SUD 2 1992 2007 Boeing 777-300ER Acquired from merged Union de Transports Aériens.
Converted from two 747-200M aircraft.
Boeing 747-300 3 1991 2007 Boeing 777-300ER Acquired from merged Union de Transports Aériens.
Boeing 747-300M 1 1991 2007 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-400 10 1991 2016 Airbus A380-800
Boeing 777-300ER
4 Converted into freighters and transferred to Air France Cargo.
Boeing 747-400BCF 4 2009 2011 Boeing 777F Converted from 747-400 passenger aircraft.
Boeing 747-400ERF 6 2002 2015 Boeing 777F
Boeing 747-400M 3 1992 2012 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 767-200ER 2 1991 1992 None
Boeing 767-300ER 8 1991 2003 Airbus A330-200
Bréguet 763 Deux-Ponts 12 1952 1971 Un­known
de Havilland Comet 3 1953 1954 Vickers Viscount 700
Dewoitine D.338 Un­known 1936 1945(?) Un­known
Douglas DC-3 81[27] 1946 1962 Un­known
Douglas DC-4 45[28] 1946 1971 Un­known
Douglas DC-6 2 1949 1968 Un­known
Fokker F27 Friendship 17 1967 1997 Un­known
Fokker F28 Fellowship 6 1977 1995 Un­known Leased from TAT European Airlines
Fokker 100 6 1997 1999 Un­known
Junkers Ju 52/3m Un­known 1945 1953 Un­known
Latécoère 631 4 1947 Un­known Un­known Three aircraft were lost due to crashes, the F-BDRC and F-BDRD crashed in 1948, presumably due to material fatigue, another was lost in 1950, so that Air France operated only one Latécoère 631 in the freight service until the early 1950s.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation 4 1946 1950 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Lockheed L-749 Constellation 24 1947 1961 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation 24 1953 1968 Lockheed L-1649A Starliner
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner 8 1957 1963 Boeing 707
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 1989 1991 Un­known Leased from Air Transat.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 5 1992 1995 Acquired from Union des Transports Aériens (UTA)
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc 49 1945 1952 Un­known
Sud-Ouest Bretagne Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Sud Aviation Caravelle 50 1959 1981 Boeing 727-200
Transall C-160 4 1973 1991 Boeing 737-300QC Operated for La Poste.
Vickers Viscount 700 16 1953 1962 Un­known From 1967-1968 four Viscounts were leased from British Eagle.

Air France also briefly operated Convair 990 and Douglas DC-8-61 jet aircraft.[29][30]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Air France Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-02-25. 212(2022-02-25); 213(2022-01-25); 214(2021-02-15); 230(2015-10-29)
  2. ^ "Long-haul". Air France-KLM Group. 7 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Medium-haul". Air France-KLM Group. 7 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Cargo". Air France-KLM Group. 7 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Seating Plans". Air France.
  6. ^ a b c "Evolution of the Air France-KLM fleet". Air France KLM. 30 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Air France's Fleet Plans: What Does The Future Hold?". Simple Flying. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  8. ^ "Airbus Order and Deliveries". Airbus. 31 August 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Air France Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  10. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (12 December 2019). "Air France orders more A350s to replace A380 fleet". Flightglobal.com.
  11. ^ Loh, Chris (11 December 2019). "Air France-KLM Orders 10 More Airbus A350s". Simple Flying. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  12. ^ https://www.air-journal.fr/2023-01-27-quatre-airbus-a350f-pour-martinair-trois-a350-900-de-plus-pour-air-france-5246000.html
  13. ^ "Air France takes delivery of its first A350 XWB". Airbus. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  14. ^ a b Gubisch, Michael (6 January 2017). "KLM to introduce A350 in 2020". flightglobal.com. London, UK: Flight Global. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  15. ^ flightglobal.com - Air France set for first 777-300ER 19 November 2002
  16. ^ "Boeing 777-300 map - 472 seats". Air France. Retrieved 2 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "The Air France-KLM Group takes a next step in optimization of the long-haul fleet". Air France-KLM (Press release). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  18. ^ "Air France-KLM orders 4 Airbus A350F full freighter aircraft – with purchase rights for an additional 4, for Air France". Air France-KLM Group (Press release). 12 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Air France historic fleet at airfleets.ner. Retrieved 20 November 2009". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  20. ^ "Air France Fleet of A320 (Stored) | Airfleets aviation". www.airfleets.net. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  21. ^ "Air France to swap A380, A340 fleets for A350 with expanded order". 12 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Air France dit adieu à son dernier quadriréacteur" [Air France says goodbye to its latest quadjet]. Air Journal (in French). 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2020-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Air France to swap A380, A340 fleets for A350 with expanded order". 12 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Air France Retiring All Airbus A380s Immediately". Forbes. 20 May 2020.
  25. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-328 F-BHSH Ajaccio-Campo dell'Oro Airport (AJA)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  26. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-328 F-BHSA Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  27. ^ "rzjets AF DC-3/C-47-fleet". www.rzjets.net.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ^ "rzjets AF DC-4-fleet". www.rzjets.net.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ^ "Modern Air Convair CV-990A in Air France colours on stand at London Heathrow (photo)". Flight International: 656. 27 April 1967. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  30. ^ ]http://www.airliners.net Photos of Air France aircraft]
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