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Air France to resume services to Freetown, Sierra Leone

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Air France (Paris) onย June 30, 2015, is resuming services to Freetown with three weekly frequencies from Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

Flights will be operated by Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 208 seats: 40 in the Business cabin, 21 in Premium Economy and 147 in Economy.

In other news, Air France will close its Toulouse, Nice and Marseille pilot bases by October which will result in the reassignment of approximately 200 pilots to Paris according a report by Midi-Pyrenees.

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Copyright Photo below: Jay Selman/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A330-203 F-GZCI (msn 502) approaches the runway at New York (JFK).

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Investigators call off search for missing Air France Flight Data Recorders

Air France’s Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP (msn 660), which crashed tragically on June 1, 2009 in the Atlantic Ocean, will probably remain a mystery. Investigators have called off their search for the Flight Data Recorder and the Cockpit Voice Recorder.

Air France flight AF 447 operating from Rio de Janeiro to Paris (CDG) plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a thunderstorm, killing 228 people.

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In other news, Air France-KLM will be considering a purchase of either the Airbus A350-900 or the Boeing 787-900. A decision is expected next year.

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Copyright Photo: Paul Denton. F-GZCP arrives at Dubai before the crash.

Victims of AF 447 were not given any warning of crash

News link:

www.independent.ie/national-news/flight-447-victims-given-no-warning-of-crash-1980655.html

Copyright Photo: Paul Denton.

Air France issues statement on pitot probes

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The doomed Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP (msn 660) is seen before the tragic crash.  Copyright Photo: Ole Simon.

The doomed Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP (msn 660) is seen before the tragic crash. Copyright Photo: Ole Simon.

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http://alphasite.airfrance.com/s01/?L=1