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24
2006-07
Passenger activity
The most modern fleet
in Europe
For the Group, investing in new aircraft is a continuous
process and it currently operates one of the most modern
fleets in the sector. This enables Air France and KLM to
offer an optimum level of passenger comfort in aircraft
with greater energy efficiency.
Investing in comfort
Over the next two years, KLM is going to invest more than
100 million euros in replacing and renovating its long-haul
and medium-haul fleets as well as the regional fleet of
KLM Cityhopper.
New seats will be installed in World Business Class (WBC)
on board the Boeing B747-400s and the MD-11s. The
cabin interiors will be completely renovated, with new
colors, new lighting and new more comfortable seats in
the Boeing B737s.
Air France flights departing from Paris-Orly and bound for
Fort-de-France, Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint-Denis de la Réunion
and French Guiana are now aboard new Boeing B777-
300ERs, the latest aircraft from the Boeing family which
has replaced the Boeing B747-400s. All the cabin classes
in these new aircraft are equipped to offer passengers the
latest technological innovations as well as an improved
level of service. The introduction of these new aircraft
represented an investment of more than one billion euros.
Furthermore, since November 2006, Air France’s long-haul
Business Class customers have benefited from a new
seat, extending to two meters in the sleeping position, one
of the most spacious on the market.
Innovation
E-services are being developed on an ongoing basis
with new applications currently being tested and
shortly to be deployed in many of the Group’s
outstations.
Use of biometrics
Since 2005, in Paris-Charles de Gaulle’s terminal 2F,
Air France and KLM have been experimenting with a
biometrics system enabling faster cross-border
transit. This program, baptized PEGASE, uses a
fingerprint identification application.
Intelligent baggage tags
Since the summer of 2006, Air France and KLM have
been printing and reading tags integrating RFID chips
(Radio Frequency IDentification) on the baggage of
passengers on flights between Paris-Charles de
Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol. Sensors in the
airport enable the airline to track the real-time
location of the baggage and to provide passengers
with better information as to the delivery of their
baggage, its exact location and security. This new
system is also used on flights between Paris and
Tokyo and will be gradually extended to all the
destinations served by the two airlines, replacing the
current bar code system.
E-boarding
As of October 2006, experimental e-boarding or
automatic boarding has been taking place at Paris-
Charles de Gaulle’s terminal 2F on flights jointly
operated by Air France and KLM between the two
Paris and Amsterdam hubs. An automatic boarding
gate system equipped with a boarding card reader
enables passengers holding an electronic ticket with
a bar code to board directly. Identity control now
takes place at the entrance to the aircraft.