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Air France CEO not sure sensors caused crash

Jun. 11, 2009
There should be no assumed link between on-board speed sensors and the crash of Air France Flight 447 into the Atlantic Ocean last week, the airline's chief executive said Thursday.
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PARIS, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Air France-KLM is about to buy a stake in the Italian airline Alitalia following a meeting of the French-Dutch group's board of directors, sources say.

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ROME, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Italian cabinet has approved negotiations aimed at Air France-KLM acquiring the government's controlling stake in struggling Alitalia.

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Air France flight diverted to Maine

BANGOR, Maine, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. officials Thursday diverted an Air France flight headed for Boston because the name of a passenger appears on the "no fly" list of potential terrorists.

Air France finalizes purchase of KLM

PARIS, May 4 (UPI) -- Air France finalized its purchase of the Netherlands' KLM airline Tuesday, creating Air France-KLM, the world's biggest airline, the Financial Times reports.

Air France offers direct Vietnam flights

PARIS, April 17 (UPI) -- Air France has become the first European air carrier to offer nonstop service from Paris to Hanoi and Paris to Ho Chi Minh City.

Air France's Concorde makes final flight

PARIS, May 31 (UPI) -- Air France's Concorde arrived in Paris after its final commercial flight home on Saturday, ending 27 years of supersonic travel between New York and Paris. The plane arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport at 5:44 p.m. local time after a three and a half hou

Air France sale threatens more strikes

PARIS, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A day after Air France pilots wrapped up a four-day strike, France's flagship carrier faces a tumultuous road toward privatization, including the specter of mor
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch