AirtrafficController
2010-03-01, 01:17 PM
Air France's third Airbus A380 will also be deployed on its Johannesburg service before the French flag-carrier turns to Tokyo as its next route for the aircraft.
The airline is to reduce frequency to a daily rotation on the Johannesburg route from Paris this month, capitalising on the 538-seat A380's increased capacity.
"Luckily this aircraft has arrived at just the right time as a 'crisis buffer'," says Air France-KLM chief Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, who attended the inaugural A380 service to South Africa.
"In every way the A380 will help us withstand the crisis and cushion its effects. In the longer term it will, I'm sure, be remembered as being a ground-breaking new way to travel from South Africa to Europe and beyond."
The A380's features include a video-screen art gallery in the forward upper deck, an in-flight entertainment system offering 600 hours' viewing choice - and the option for passengers in different seat to chat to one another - plus six bars on the two decks, and a changing cabin for first-class 'La Premiere' passengers.
Video here: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... route.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/03/01/338919/video-air-france-debuts-a380-on-south-african-route.html)
The airline is to reduce frequency to a daily rotation on the Johannesburg route from Paris this month, capitalising on the 538-seat A380's increased capacity.
"Luckily this aircraft has arrived at just the right time as a 'crisis buffer'," says Air France-KLM chief Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, who attended the inaugural A380 service to South Africa.
"In every way the A380 will help us withstand the crisis and cushion its effects. In the longer term it will, I'm sure, be remembered as being a ground-breaking new way to travel from South Africa to Europe and beyond."
The A380's features include a video-screen art gallery in the forward upper deck, an in-flight entertainment system offering 600 hours' viewing choice - and the option for passengers in different seat to chat to one another - plus six bars on the two decks, and a changing cabin for first-class 'La Premiere' passengers.
Video here: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... route.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/03/01/338919/video-air-france-debuts-a380-on-south-african-route.html)