Air France fleet explained

Air France operates a fleet of 223 aircraft, mostly Airbus aircraft. Its narrow-body fleet consists of all-four Airbus A320 family variants, on the other hand the wide-body aircraft of Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 serve as long-haul operations.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The airline has also ordered the short-haul Airbus A220s to replace their aging Airbus A318s and Airbus A319s. In September 2023, Air France-KLM announced an additional order for 50 Airbus A350s to replace their Airbus A330s and their Boeing 777-200ERs.

Current fleet

, Air France operates the following aircraft:^[5]

Air France passenger fleet
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers					Notes
			F	J	Y+	Y	Total
	36	24^[6]	-	20	-	128	148	Order with 30 options and 30 purchase rights To replace Airbus A318 and A319.
Airbus A318-100	6	-	-	18	-	113	131	Largest airline operator of the type.^[7] To be retired and replaced by Airbus A220.
Airbus A319-100	10	-	-	20	-	122	142	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A220.
						123	143
Airbus A320-200	36	-	-	20	-	154	174
				18		160	178
Airbus A321-100	4	-	-	—	-	212	212
Airbus A321-200	11	-	-	-	—	200	200
						212	212
Airbus A330-200	15	-	-	36	21	167	224	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350-900.
Airbus A350-900	35	6^[8]	-	34	24	266	324^[9]	50 firm orders with 40 options between both A350-900 and A350-1000 by Air France–KLM to be shared with KLM from 2026.^[10] ^[11] ^[12] To replace all remaining Airbus A330-200s and Boeing 777-200ERs.^[13] ^[14]
			-	48	32	212	292
	-		TBA
Boeing 777-200ER	18	-	-	40	24	216	280	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350.
				28		260	312
	43	-	4	58	28	206	296	Launch operator.^[15]
			-	48	48	273	369
				14	28	430	472^[16]
Boeing 787-9^[17]	10	-	-	30	21	228	279
Air France cargo fleet
Airbus A350F	-	4^[18]	Cargo
Boeing 777F	2	-	Cargo
Total	226	34

Gallery

Fleet history

Previously, Air France operated the following aircraft types:^[19]

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	F-BVGG hijacked in 1976 as Flight 139.
Airbus A310-200	7	1984	2002	Airbus A330-200
Airbus A310-300	4	1989	2002	Airbus A330-200
Airbus A320-100	13	1988	2010^[20]	Airbus A320-200
	1		1988	None	F-GFKC crashed as Flight 296Q.
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	23	1993	2020	Airbus A350-900^[21] Boeing 777-200ER Boeing 777-300ER Boeing 787-9	Launch customer. Early retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	^[22]
	1		2005	None	F-GLZQ crashed as Flight 358.
Airbus A380-800	10	2009	2020	Airbus A350-900	Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic. 5 to be stored at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris with no plans to re-enter the fleet, and the other 5 to be scrapped.^[23]
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.^[24]
	1		1961		F-BHSA crashed as Flight 272.	^[25]
	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	Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747-200B	2	1977	2005	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-200F	11	1974	2003	Boeing 747-400ERF
Boeing 747-200M	16	1977	2005	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-200M/SUD	2	1992	2007	Boeing 777-300ER	Acquired from merged Union de Transports Aériens. Converted from two 747-200M aircraft.
Boeing 747-300	3	1991	2007	Boeing 777-300ER	Acquired from merged Union de Transports Aériens.
Boeing 747-300M	1	1991	2007	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-400	10	1991	2016	Airbus A380-800 Boeing 777-300ER	2 leased by Saudia.
	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
Bréguet 763 Deux-Ponts	12	1952	1971
de Havilland Comet	3	1953	1954	Vickers Viscount 700
Dewoitine D.338		1936	1945(?)
Douglas DC-3	81^[26]	1946	1962
Douglas DC-4	45^[27]	1946	1971
Douglas DC-6	2	1949	1968
Fokker F27 Friendship	17	1967	1997
Fokker F28 Fellowship	6	1977	1995		Leased from TAT European Airlines.
Fokker 100	6	1997	1999
Junkers Ju 52/3m		1945	1953
Latécoère 631	4	1947			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		Leased from Air Transat.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30	5	1992	1995		Acquired from Union des Transports Aériens (UTA)
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc	49	1945	1952
Sud-Ouest Bretagne
Sud Aviation Caravelle	50	1959	1981	Boeing 727-200
Transall C-160	4	1973	1991	Boeing 737-300QC	Operated for La Poste.
Vickers Viscount 700	16	1953	1962		From 1967-1968 four Viscounts were leased from British Eagle.

Air France also briefly operated Convair 990 and Douglas DC-8-61 jet aircraft.^{[28] [29]}

See also

• British Airways fleet
• KLM fleet
• Lufthansa fleet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Long-haul. Air France-KLM Group. 7 November 2014.
2. Web site: Medium-haul. Air France-KLM Group. 7 November 2014.
3. Web site: Cargo. Air France-KLM Group. 7 November 2014.
4. Web site: Seating Plans. Air France.
5. Web site: Air France Fleet Details . September 22, 2023 . airfleets.net.
6. Web site: Evolution of the Air France-KLM fleet. 30 July 2019. Air France KLM. en. 9 June 2020. 15 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191115032516/https://www.airfranceklm.com/en/news/evolution-air-france-klm-fleet. dead.
7. Airbus Orders and Deliveries (XLS), monthly updated, accessed via Web site: 3 April 2024. Orders & deliveries . Airbus . Airbus SAS.
8. Web site: KLM to invest in cleaner, quieter and more fuel-efficient long-haul aircraft with an order of new Airbus A350s . 2023-10-16 . KLM to invest in cleaner, quieter and more fuel-efficient long-haul aircraft with an order of new Airbus A350s . en.
9. Web site: Air France takes delivery of its first A350 XWB. Airbus . 6 October 2019.
10. News: Air France-KLM orders 50 Airbus A350s. 26 September 2023 . Business Travel News Europe. 26 September 2023.
11. Web site: Schlappig . Ben . 2023-07-19 . Air France's New A350 Cabins & Configuration (Now Flying) . 2023-09-22 . One Mile at a Time . en-US.
12. Web site: Kaminski-Morrow2023-09-25T17:36:00+01:00 . David . Air France-KLM to order 50 A350s including -1000s . 2023-09-25 . Flight Global . en.
13. The Air France-KLM Group will place an order for 50 Airbus A350 family aircraft - with purchase rights for 40 additional aircraft - to accelerate the renewal of its long-haul fleet AIR FRANCE KLM . 2023-09-26 . www.airfranceklm.com.
14. News: Air France-KLM passe une commande géante de 50 Airbus A350 . 26 September 2023 . La Tribune . 25 September 2023 . fr.
15. https://www.flightglobal.com/air-france-set-for-first-777-300er-/45749.article flightglobal.com - Air France set for first 777-300ER
16. Web site: Boeing 777-300 map - 472 seats. Air France. 2 January 2020.
17. The Air France-KLM Group takes a next step in optimization of the long-haul fleet . 28 June 2019 . . 2019-07-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190629210101/https://www.airfranceklm.com/en/air-france-klm-group-takes-next-step-optimization-long-haul-fleet . 2019-06-29.
18. Air France-KLM orders 4 Airbus A350F full freighter aircraft – with purchase rights for an additional 4, for Air France. 12 April 2022. Air France-KLM Group.
19. Web site: Air France historic fleet at airfleets.ner. Retrieved 20 November 2009 . Airfleets.net . 31 May 2011.
20. Web site: Air France Fleet of A320 (Stored) Airfleets aviation . 2022-07-14 . www.airfleets.net.
21. Web site: Air France to swap A380, A340 fleets for A350 with expanded order. 12 December 2019.
22. Web site: 2020-10-14. Air France dit adieu à son dernier quadriréacteur. Air France says goodbye to its latest quadjet. 2020-11-30. Air Journal. fr.
23. News: Air France Retiring All Airbus A380s Immediately. Forbes. 20 May 2020.
24. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-328 F-BHSH Ajaccio-Campo dell'Oro Airport (AJA). Harro. Ranter. aviation-safety.net. February 25, 2022.
25. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-328 F-BHSA Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM). Harro. Ranter. aviation-safety.net. February 25, 2022.
26. Web site: rzjets AF DC-3/C-47-fleet. www.rzjets.net.
27. Web site: rzjets AF DC-4-fleet. www.rzjets.net.
28. Modern Air Convair CV-990A in Air France colours on stand at London Heathrow (photo). Flight International. 27 April 1967. 656. 19 July 2017.
29. http://www.airliners.net Photos of Air France aircraft