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Air France’s Paris CDG-New York JFK services to take on “iconic Concorde flight numbers” – Business Traveller
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Air France’s Paris CDG-New York JFK services to take on “iconic Concorde flight numbers” – Business Traveller

Customers flying on Air France’s key Paris CDG-New York JFK route may note a change to the flight numbers from next week. The carrier has decided to reassign current flights AF015 (JFK to CDG) and AF022 (CDG to JFK) as AF001 and AF002 respectively. The iconic flight numbers were previously assigned to Concorde services until the supersonic aircraft was retired in 2003. The move takes effect from 29 October, as part of Air France’s 90th anniversary celebrations. Air France gears up for 90th anniversary Business Traveller recently reviewed the premium economy service on flight AF022, and the carrier’s new business class on flight AF015 – to read both reviews, see: British Airways previously assigned its all-business class London City-New York JFK route (which was cancelled in 2020) with ...
Asiana Airlines still flies the iconic 747-400 on intra-Asia routes – Business Traveller
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Asiana Airlines still flies the iconic 747-400 on intra-Asia routes – Business Traveller

Asiana Airlines is the last major operator of the Boeing 747-400 ‘Jumbo Jet’ in the Asia-Pacific region. However, the South Korean carrier plans to retire the iconic aircraft in 2024, so this might be your final chance to fly the aircraft if you are based in the region and don’t intend to fly Lufthansa any time soon (which also flies the 747-400 to Seoul!). Asiana has just one last 747-400 passenger aircraft in active service. Currently, that aircraft is exclusively operating between the airline’s hub at Seoul Incheon airport and Tokyo’s Narita airport as OZ102 and OZ101, five times a week. Going forward, based on the airline’s most recent schedule updates, Asiana plans to fly the 747-400 to Osaka from late October, as well as to Taipei from 1 March, before its scheduled retirement lat...