Air France fleet

Air France operates a fleet of 214 aircraft, mostly Airbus aircraft. Its narrow-body fleet consists of all four Airbus A320ceo family variants, while its long-haul operations are served by the Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 wide-body aircraft.[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 December 2021, the Air France fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5]

Air France current fleet
Airbus A320-200
Airbus A330-200
Airbus A350-900
Boeing 777-200ER
Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 787-9
Air France passenger fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
F J W Y Total
Airbus A220-300 4 56[6] — 20 — 128 148 Replacing Airbus A318 and A319.
Airbus A318-100 15 — — 18 — 113 131 All to be retired and replaced by Airbus A220-300.[7]
Airbus A319-100 30 — — 20 — 122 142
123 143
Airbus A320-200 43 — — 20 — 154 174 Two painted in SkyTeam livery.
18 160 178
Airbus A321-100 5 — — 20 — 182 202
Airbus A321-200 14 — — 20 — 182 202 One painted in SkyTeam livery.
Airbus A330-200 15 — — 36 21 167 224
Airbus A350-900 12 26[8][9] — 34 24 266 324[10] To replace older Boeing 777-200ER.[11]
Boeing 777-200ER 21 — — 40 24 216 280 Older aircraft to be replaced by Airbus A350-900.
28 260 312
Boeing 777-300ER 43 — 4 28 58 206 296 Launch customer.
Three painted in SkyTeam livery.
— 42 24 315 381
14 32 422 468
14 28 430 472[12]
Boeing 787-9 10 — — 30 21 228 279 [13]
Air France cargo fleet
Boeing 777F 2 — Cargo
Total 213 82

Fleet history

Before its current fleet, Air France has operated the following aircraft types:[14]

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
Airbus A310-200 7 1984 2002 Airbus A330-200
Airbus A310-300 4 1989 2002 Airbus A330-200
Airbus A320-100 13 1988 2008 Airbus A320-200
1 1988 None F-GFKC crashed as Flight 296
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 14 1993 2020 Boeing 787-9 Early retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [15]
1 2005 None F-GLZQ crashed as Flight 358
Airbus A380-800 10 2009 2020 None Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic.

5 to be stored at CDG, the other 5 to be scrapped. (Dj's Aviation, Air France fleet manager.)

 [16]
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[17]
1 1961 Crashed as Flight 272 [18]
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 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 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
Boeing 777-300ER
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[19] 1946 1962 Un­known
Douglas DC-4 45[20] 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
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 Un­known
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.[21][22]


See also

References
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  2. "Medium-haul". Air Frnace-KLM Group.
  3. "Cargo". Air Frnace-KLM Group.
  4. "Seating Plans". Air Frnace.
  5. "Air France Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  6. "Evolution of the Air France-KLM fleet". Air France KLM. 30 July 2019.
  7. "Air France's Fleet Plans: What Does The Future Hold?". Simple Flying. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  8. Kaminski-Morrow, David (12 December 2019). "Air France orders more A350s to replace A380 fleet". Flightglobal.com.
  9. Loh, Chris. "Air France-KLM Orders 10 More Airbus A350s". Simple Flying. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. "Air France takes delivery of its first A350 XWB". Airbus. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  11. Gubisch, Michael (6 January 2017). "KLM to introduce A350 in 2020". flightglobal.com. London, UK: Flight Global. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  12. "Boeing 777-300 map - 472 seats". Air France. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  13. "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.
  14. "Air France historic fleet at airfleets.ner. Retrieved 20 November 2009". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  15. "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.
  16. "Air France Retiring All Airbus A380s Immediately". Forbes. 20 May 2020.
  17. "B 707 F-BHSH at Aviation Safety Database".
  18. "B 707 F-BHSA at Aviation Network-Database".
  19. "rzjets AF DC-3/C-47-fleet". www.rzjets.net.
  20. "rzjets AF DC-4-fleet". www.rzjets.net.
  21. "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.
  22. http://www.airliners.net, photos of Air France aircraft
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