Air France-KLM Summer 2010 schedule capacity to fall 0.3%

Air France-KLM announced plans to reduce capacity (ASKs) by 0.3% under its upcoming Summer 2010 schedule. Capacity will be increased slightly (+0.8%) on the long-haul network, while medium-haul capacity will be reduced by 4.0%.

Air France Summer 2010 schedule highlights:

• Capacity: -0.9%;
• Long-haul capacity: +0.1% (without introduction of Premium Voyageur, capacity would have increased by 3.2%);
• Medium haul capacity: +3.7%;
• Domestic capacity: -2.2%.
• Fleet:
  • Long-haul fleet (excluding B777s operating on Caribbean-Indian Ocean network and A380s in service) to be fitted with new 'Premium Voyageur' cabin, an intermediary class between Business and Economy;
  • Four more A380s to be introduced by end of Summer schedule, Tokyo to be next A380 destination
  • 16 aircraft to be retired from medium-haul fleet of Air France and its subsidiaries.
  • New, lighter seat offering more legroom be introduced on A319s, A320s and A321s covering short-haul network.

• Network:
  • North America:
    • San Francisco: +3 frequencies to ten per week
    • Atlanta: Codeshare partner, Delta, suspending third daily frequency
  • Latin America:
    • Santiago: Additional frequency to six per week, from Sep-2010;
    • Sao Paulo: Additional frequency to thirteenth per week from Sep-2010;
  • Caracas: Service down-gauged to smaller A330-200.
  • Asia Pacific:
    • Tokyo: A380 added to route: 27 weekly frequencies, including seven per week operated by Japan Airlines under codeshare.
  • India:
    • Bangalore frequency reduced from seven to six per week
  • Africa:
    • Capacity increased by 2.9%:
    • New routes: Bata via Malabo
    • Capacity increases: Johannesburg, Bangui, Lomé, Pointe Noire, Brazzaville and Libreville (conditional on traffic rights from authorities in Gabon.
    • Flights to Ouagadougou (daily) and Niamey (three times weekly) to be disconnected over Summer peak:
  • Middle East:
    • Capacity increased by 5%
    • New Routes: Abu Dhabi five times weekly service;
    • Capacity increases: Beirut;
    • Capacity reductions: Dubai reduced from 12 to seven weekly frequencies;
  • Caribbean
    • Havana and Cayenne services up-gauged to B747-400 and B777-300 equipment, respectively;
  • Reunion: Capacity reduced from ten to nine weekly frequencies;
  • Europe (Paris CDG unless otherwise specified):
    • New routes: Bari (codeshare with Alitalia);
    • Route suspensions: Munster, Trieste and Shannon, Paris-Orly-Lannion, Paris-Orly-Limoges, Lyon-Rouen,
    • Capacity increases: Dublin, Strasbourg-Amsterdam, Nice-Amsterdam;
    • Capacity reductions: Pau, Athens, Amsterdam and Hamburg, Lyon-Le Havre, Lyon-Strasbourg. [more]