Flying Blue
Air France-KLM (Euronext: AF) is a French-Dutch airline holding company incorporated under French law with its headquarters at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Tremblay-en-France, Paris. The group has offices in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, and in Amstelveen, Netherlands.
Air France-KLM is the result of the merger in 2004 between Air France and KLM.
In 2008, it was the largest airline company in the world in terms of total operating revenues, and also the largest in the world in terms of international passenger-kilometres. The company's CEO since 17 October 2011 is Jean-Cyril Spinetta.
Both Air France and KLM are members of the SkyTeam airline alliance. They offer a frequent flyer programme called Flying Blue. The company's namesake airlines rely on two major hubs: Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Air France-KLM Airlines transported 71.374 million passengers in 2010.
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