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Air France Seeing a Gradual Revival in Transatlantic Business Travel

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An Air France-KLM passenger plane at a departure gate at Orly Airport in Paris. 

An Air France-KLM passenger plane at a departure gate at Orly Airport in Paris. 

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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Air France-KLM is seeing a gradual revival in business travel as companies are starting to send employees to in-person meetings and conferences following a hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“It’s really coming back” on French domestic and North Atlantic long-haul flights, said Anne Rigail, head of the carrier’s French arm, at a press conference Tuesday in Paris. “The past two months have shown recovery of some large global corporate accounts.”