Air France 2015 Annual Report Download - page 36

Salt Lake City,
the mountainous
New York,
the little known
Salt Lake City nestles in the heart of some breath-
taking scenery. In the north-east, the Great Salt Lake
stretches its surreal expanse under the burning sun
of a vast desert basin. To the west, the imposing
Rocky Mountains trace a vertiginous setting, like a
cyclopean backdrop to the city. Home to one of
North America’s most extensive ski areas, the latter
still resonate with the victories and records of the
2002 Winter Olympics. Farther still, the world-
renowned national reserves of Bryce Canyon, Zion
and Arches display their blazing colors.
Salt Lake City also unveils another face… It is the
capital of Utah, one of the US States with the most
thriving economies. The city boasts a long industrial
history, in oil refining, metallurgy, textiles and agro-
foods. In recent years, a growing number of large
companies have emerged from the new technolo-
gies, making Utah the leading State in terms of its
growth prospects. (Source: Forbes)
New York is strangely familiar, intimate even, although
we may never have set foot on its side-walks. Like a
place where we might have lived many years before,
in a now-forgotten life. The unsettling feeling of
having frequented the snow-powdered paths of
Central Park or counted the New Year down
amongst the crowd at Time Square. We are, of
course, used to hailing a yellow cab to Broadway or
Brooklyn. And the Wall Street dealing rooms, with
their infinite hue and cry of screens and data, hold no
secrets for us.
Behind these images so strongly anchored in our
imaginations, is there an unknown depth to the
city, with a far more complex and subtle reality?
How do the 8.3million New Yorkers really live,
some 47.7% of them speaking a language other
than English? You are free to explore the other side
of the mirror…
70-year anniversary
This year the Group celebrates
the 70-year anniversary of the
services between New York
and Amsterdam (KLM) and
New York and Paris (AirFrance).
On the inauguration of the latter,
in 1946, the flight lasted 23h45
and was operated in a DC-4
seating 33 passengers.
“Best State
ForBusiness”,
according to Forbes
For the fifth time in six years,
Utah is top of the list of States
most favorable to business
development, according
to leading business magazine
Forbes. This ranking is based
on six criteria like growth
prospects, the regulatory
environment and the availability
of skilled people.
As seen from space
To the south of Salt Lake City
lies Bingham Canyon,
the largest open-pit copper
mine in the world. At some 4km
wide and more than 800meters
deep, it can be seen by the
naked eye from the international
space station.
4,400km2
The average surface area of
the Great Salt Lake which gave
Salt Lake City its name, its
breadth fluctuating depending
on rain-fall.
1,320meters
The average altitude of
Salt Lake City.
New
Getting there
● Up to 3 flights a week on
departure from
Amsterdam-Schiphol,
operated by KLM
● Travel on board
an A330-200
New
Getting there
● A daily flight on departure
from Paris-Orly, operated
by Air France
● Travel on board a Boeing
777-200
More and more tourists
58.3million tourists visited New
York in 2015, i.e. 1.8million
more than in 2014, a figure up
for the sixth year running. Most
foreign visitors come, in order,
from the United Kingdom,
Canada, Brazil and China
(+14% for the latter).
Salt Lake City /
United-States
New York /
United-States
Bringing America
nearer
Alongside Alitalia, Air
France-KLM is a partner
to Delta Air Lines, one of the
largest US airlines. Their
joint-venture is based on
cost and revenue sharing,
and the harmonization of
flight schedules. It is the
most advanced commercial
cooperation model in the air
transport industry,
generating over
US$13billion of revenues in
2014. What’s more, there
are significant benefits for
customers: an increasingly-
extensive choice of
destinations in Europe
and the United States,
and seamless connections
on departure from the
European and American
hubs. But also a guarantee
of highly competitive fares
and a top-notch standard
of service, irrespective
of the airline of choice.
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