Air France fleet

Air France operates a fleet of 216 aircraft, it's narrow-body fleet consists of all four Airbus A320 family variants. While its long-haul operations are served by the Boeing 777, 787, Airbus A330 and A350 XWB wide-body aircraft.[1]The airline also has the short to medium-haul Airbus A220 on order to serve as replacement for aging A318s and A319s.[2]

Current fleet
Air France current fleet
Airbus A320-200
Airbus A330-200
Airbus A350-900
Boeing 787-9

As of June 2020, the Air France fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1]

Air France passenger fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
F B E+ E Total
Airbus A220-300 — 60[2] — — — 149 149 Deliveries to start in September 2021.
Replacing Airbus A318 and Airbus A319.
Airbus A318-100 18 — — — — 131 131 To be replaced by Airbus A220-300.
18 113 131
Airbus A319-100 33 — — — — 142 142
143 143
20 123 143
Airbus A320-200 45 — — 14 — 144 168 Two painted in the SkyTeam livery.
— 174 174
36 138 174
— 178 178
Airbus A321-100 5 — — — — 212 212 Taken over from Air Inter after its collapse.
Airbus A321-200 15 — — — — 200 200 One painted in SkyTeam livery.
— 212 212
36 176 212
Airbus A330-200 15 — 36 21 167 224
Airbus A350-900 5[3] 33[4][5] — 34 24 266 324[6] To replace older Boeing 777-200ER.[7]
Boeing 777-200ER 25 — — 40 24 216 280 Older aircraft to be replaced by Airbus A350-900.
28 260 312
16 276 316
Boeing 777-300ER 43 — 4 58 28 206 296 Launch customer
Three painted in SkyTeam livery.
38 252 322
— 42 24 315 381
14 32 422 468
14 28 430 472[8]
Boeing 787-9 10 — — 30 21 225 276 [9]
Air France Cargo fleet
Boeing 777F 2 — Cargo Launch customer.
Total 216 93

Fleet history

Before its current fleet, Air France has operated the following aircraft types:[10]

Air France historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement Notes Refs
Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde 7 1976 2003 None One crashed as Flight 4590.
Airbus A300B2-100 9 1974 1996 Airbus A330-200 One was hijacked as Flight 8969.
Airbus A300B4-200 16 1976 1998 Airbus A330-200
Airbus A310-200 7 1984 2002 Airbus A330-200
Airbus A310-300 4 1989 2002 Airbus A330-200
Airbus A320-100 14 1988 2008 Airbus A320-200 One crashed as Flight 296
Airbus A340-200 6 1993 1999 Airbus A340-300
Airbus A340-300 15 1993 2020 Boeing 787-9 One written-off as Flight 358
Airbus A380-800 10 2009 2020 Airbus A350-900 [11]
Amiot AAC.1 Toucan
(Junkers Ju 52/3m)		 Unknown 1945 1953 Unknown
Boeing 707-320B Unknown 1960 1982 Airbus A300
Boeing 707-320C Unknown 1960 1984 Airbus A310
Boeing 707-320 Intercontinental Unknown 1959 1979 Airbus A300
Boeing 727-200 Unknown 1968 Unknown 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 Airbus A330-200
Boeing 747-200B 2 1977 2005 Boeing 747-400
Airbus A330-200
Boeing 747-200F 11 1974 2003 Boeing 747-400ERF
Boeing 747-200M 16 1977 2005 Boeing 747-400M
Boeing 747-200M/SUD 2 1992 2007 Boeing 747-400M Acquired from Union des Transports Aériens.
Converted from two 747-200M aircraft.
Boeing 747-300 3 1991 2007 Boeing 747-400
Airbus A330-200		 Acquired from Union des Transports Aériens.
Boeing 747-300M 1 1991 2007 Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747-400 14 1991 2016 Airbus A380-800
Boeing 777-300ER		 Four aircraft were converted into freighters.
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 Unknown 1952 1971 Unknown
de Havilland Comet Unknown 1953 1954 Boeing 707
Douglas DC-3 Unknown 1946 1962 Unknown
Douglas DC-4 Unknown 1946 1971 Unknown
Douglas DC-6 Unknown 1949 1968 Unknown
Fokker F27 Friendship Unknown 1967 1997 Unknown
Fokker 100 Unknown 1997 1999 Unknown
Junkers Ju 52/3m Unknown 1945 1953 Unknown
Latécoère 631 Unknown 1947 Unknown Unknown
Lockheed L-049 Constellation Unknown 1946 1950 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Lockheed L-749 Constellation Unknown 1947 1961 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Unknown 1953 1968 Lockheed L-1649A Starliner
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner Unknown 1957 1963 Unknown
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Unknown 1989 1991 Unknown
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 5 1992 1995 Unknown
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc Unknown 1945 1952 Unknown
Sud-Ouest Bretagne Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Sud Aviation Caravelle Unknown 1959 1981 Unknown
Transall C-160 Unknown 1973 1978 Unknown
Vickers Viscount 700 Unknown 1953 1968 Unknown

Air France also briefly operated Convair 990 and Douglas DC-8-61 jet aircraft.[12][13]

See also

References
  1. "Air France Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  2. "Evolution of the Air France-KLM fleet". Air France KLM. 30 July 2019.
  3. Dunn, Graham. "Air France takes first A350-900". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. Kaminski-Morrow, David (12 December 2019). "Air France orders more A350s to replace A380 fleet". Flightglobal.com.
  5. Loh, Chris. "Air France-KLM Orders 10 More Airbus A350s". Simple Flying. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. "Air France takes delivery of its first A350 XWB". Airbus. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. Gubisch, Michael (6 January 2017). "KLM to introduce A350 in 2020". flightglobal.com. London, UK: Flight Global. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  8. "Boeing 777-300 map - 472 seats". Air France. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. "The Air France-KLM Group takes a next step in optimization of the long-haul fleet". Air France-KLM. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  10. "Air France historic fleet at airfleets.ner. Retrieved 20 November 2009". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  11. "Air France retires all A380s". Ch-Aviation. 22 May 2020.
  12. "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.
  13. http://www.airliners.net, photos of Air France aircraft
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