HAPPY BIRTHDAY AIR FRANCE, 78 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Air France is one of the world’s grand old airlines, with a history going back to 1933, when it was formed from the merger of five smaller French airlines. It has added two more French airlines since then, and is now merged with the Dutch airline KLM. The huge company currently flies a mixture of more than 250 Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

AIRBUS MISSING

As the A300 entry below went online, news arrived that an Air France Airbus A330-200, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, with 216 passengers plus crew is missing over the Atlantic Ocean. Our profound best wishes and hopes go to all concerned.