Air France fleet

Air France operates a fleet of 226 aircraft, most of which are manufactured by Airbus Industrie. The airline's fleet of narrow-body aircraft comprises all four Airbus A320 family variants. The airline's wide-body fleet, consisting of the Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Boeing 777, and Boeing 787 Dreamliner, serve medium to long-haul routes. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The airline had also ordered the short-haul Airbus A220-300s to replace their aging Airbus A318s and A319s. In September 2023, Air France-KLM announced an additional order for 50 Airbus A350s to replace their Airbus A330s and their Boeing 777-200ERs. ^[5]

Current fleet

As of March 2025 ^[update] , Air France operates the following aircraft:

Air France fleet
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers					Notes
			F	J	Y+	Y	Total
Airbus A220-300	41	19 [5]	—	20	—	128	148	Order with 30 options and 30 purchase rights. [5] Replacing Airbus A318-100 and Airbus A319-100. [6]
Airbus A318-100	6	—	—	18	—	113	131	Last airline operator. [7] To be retired and replaced by Airbus A220-300. [6]
Airbus A319-100	9	—	—	20	—	122	142	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A220-300. [6]
						123	143
Airbus A320-200	36	—	—	20	—	154	174
				18		160	178
Airbus A321-100	4	—	—	—	—	212	212
Airbus A321-200	10	—	—	—	—	200	200
						212	212
Airbus A330-200	9	—	—	36	21	167	224	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350. [8]
Airbus A350-900	36	5 [9] [10]	—	34	24	266	324 [11]	Order with 40 options to be shared between Air France and KLM and delivered from 2026 to 2030. [12] [9] [13] Replacing Airbus A330-200, Boeing 777-200ER and older Boeing 777-300ER. [8] [14] It is confirmed through manufacturer order records that the split will consist of 39 A350-900s and 11 A350-1000s. [15] Preliminary delivery data suggests that KLM will take up all of the group's ordered -1000 variant aircraft and at least 11 of the -900 variant, leaving at most 28 -900 variant aircraft for Air France. [16]
				48	32	212	292
		28	TBA
Boeing 777-200ER	18	—	—	28	32	268	328	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350. [8]
Boeing 777-300ER	43	—	4	58	28	206	296	Launch customer. [17] Older aircraft to be retired and replaced by Airbus A350. [8]
			—	48	48	273	369
				14	28	430	472 [18]
Boeing 787-9 [19]	10	—	—	30	21	228	279
Air France Cargo fleet
Airbus A350F	—	4 [20]	Cargo
Boeing 777F	2	—	Cargo					Launch customer.
Total	224	56

Gallery

• 
  Airbus A220-300
• 
  Airbus A318-100
• 
  Airbus A319-100
• 
  Airbus A320-200
• 
  Airbus A321-100
• 
  Airbus A321-200
• 
  Airbus A330-200
• 
  Airbus A350-900
• 
  Boeing 777-200ER
• 
  Boeing 777-300ER
• 
  Boeing 787-9

Fleet history

Previously, Air France operated the following aircraft types:

Air France historical fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Replacement	Notes	Refs
Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde	6	1976	2003	None
	1		2000		Crashed as Flight 4590.
Airbus A300B2-100	8	1974	1996	Airbus A330-200
	1		1994	None	Hijacked and written-off as Flight 8969.
Airbus A300B4-200	16	1976	1998	Airbus A330-200	One was hijacked in 1976 as Flight 139.
Airbus A310-200	7	1984	2002	Airbus A330-200
Airbus A310-300	4	1989	2002
Airbus A320-100	13	1988	2010	Airbus A320-200
	1		1988	None	Crashed as Flight 296Q.
Airbus A330-200	1	2005	2009	None	Crashed as Flight 447.
Airbus A340-200	6	1993	1999	Airbus A340-300
Airbus A340-300	23	1993	2020	Airbus A350-900 [21] Boeing 777-200ER Boeing 777-300ER Boeing 787-9	Launch customer. Retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	[22]
	1		2005	None	Crashed as Flight 358.
Airbus A380-800	10	2009	2020	Airbus A350-900 [21]	Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic. 5 to be stored at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris with no plans to re-enter the fleet, and the other 5 to be scrapped. [23]
Boeing 707-320B	7	1960	1982	Airbus A300
	1		1969	None	Crashed as flight AF212.
Boeing 707-320C	11	1960	1984	Airbus A310
	1		1968	None	Crashed as flight AF212.
Boeing 707-320	17	1959	1979	Airbus A300
	1		1976	None	F-BHSH was irreparably damaged by a bomb explosion. [24]
	1		1961		Crashed as flight AF272.	[25]
	1		1962		Crashed as flight AF007.
	1		1962		Crashed as flight AF117.
Boeing 727-200	29	1968	1992	Airbus A320-200
Boeing 737-200	24	1982	2002
Boeing 737-300	9	1991	2004
Boeing 737-500	30	1990	2007
Boeing 747-100	17	1970	2000	Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747-200B	2	1977	2005	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-200F	11	1974	2003	Boeing 747-400ERF
Boeing 747-200M	16	1977	2005	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-200M/SUD	2	1992	2007		Acquired from merged Union de Transports Aériens. Converted from two 747-200M aircraft.
Boeing 747-300	3	1991	2007		Acquired from merged Union de Transports Aériens.
Boeing 747-300M	1	1991	2007
Boeing 747-400	10	1991	2016	Airbus A380-800 Boeing 777-300ER	2 leased by Saudia.
	4				Converted into freighters and transferred to Air France Cargo.
Boeing 747-400BCF	4	2009	2011	Boeing 777F	Converted from 747-400 passenger aircraft.
Boeing 747-400ERF	6	2002	2015
Boeing 747-400M	3	1992	2012	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 767-200ER	2	1991	1992	None
Boeing 767-300ER	8	1991	2003	Airbus A330-200
Bréguet 763 Deux-Ponts	12	1952	1971	Un­known
de Havilland Comet	3	1953	1954	Vickers Viscount 700
Dewoitine D.338	Un­known	1936	1945(?)	Un­known
Douglas DC-3	81 [26]	1946	1962	Un­known
Douglas DC-4	45 [27]	1946	1971	Un­known
Douglas DC-6	2	1949	1968	Un­known
Fokker F27 Friendship	17	1967	1997	Un­known
Fokker F28 Fellowship	6	1977	1995	Un­known	Leased from TAT European Airlines.
Fokker 100	6	1997	1999	Un­known
Junkers Ju 52/3m	Un­known	1945	1953	Un­known
Latécoère 631	4	1947	Un­known	Un­known	Three aircraft were lost due to crashes, the F-BDRC and F-BDRD crashed in 1948, presumably due to material fatigue, and another was lost in 1950, so that Air France operated only one Latécoère 631 in the freight service until the early 1950s.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation	4	1946	1950	Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Lockheed L-749 Constellation	24	1947	1961
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation	24	1953	1968	Lockheed L-1649A Starliner
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner	8	1957	1963	Boeing 707
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar	1	1989	1991	Un­known	Leased from Air Transat.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30	5	1992	1995	Un­known	Acquired from Union des Transports Aériens (UTA).
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc	49	1945	1952	Un­known
Sud-Ouest Bretagne	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
Sud Aviation Caravelle	50	1959	1981	Boeing 727-200
Transall C-160	4	1973	1991	Boeing 737-300QC	Operated for La Poste.
Vickers Viscount 700	16	1953	1962	Un­known	Four Viscounts were leased from British Eagle.

Air France also briefly operated Convair 990 and Douglas DC-8-61 jet aircraft. ^{[28] [29]}

See also

• British Airways fleet
• KLM fleet
• Lufthansa fleet

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