Reduced capacity at Air France-KLM the effects of the economic crisis noticeable also in the airlines. Air France-KLM starts to save. As the flight Portal fluege.de reported, several flights cancelled in the new winter flight schedule 2009/2010. In long-haul this 1.8 percent of the flights concerned. While dropping off connections to South America and Asia, the timetable for destinations in the Indian Ocean remains unchanged.
Still, the airline reduced the number of flights to New York, Dubai and Johannesburg. Havana and Punta Cana are flown for it more often. Also medium-haul flights from the hub of Paris to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Birmingham, Dublin, Geneva, Madrid, Munich, Moscow, Rome and Verona are truncated. However, to continue to ensure connection to long-haul flights. The connections are completely deleted from the London City Airport to Paris, Strasbourg, nice and Geneva. Finally also the inbound links of the savings spared not. Overall there are 3.2 percent Flights cancelled. Only the number of flights will be reduced some compounds such as Bordeaux-Nantes, Lyon-nice and Lyon-Bordeaux.
The connections by Clermont-Ferrand after Biarritz, Lille, Marseille, Strasbourg and Toulouse, however, are completely eliminated. According to Air France-KLM, at least the flights between the two hubs in Paris and Amsterdam in an unchanged scope should be continued with all the deletions. More information: news.fluege.