Air France (AF/AFR) is one of Europe’s most iconic carriers. Founded in the earliest days of commercial aviation, the French flag carrier has operated some unique aircraft in its time, from French-built jets like the Sud Aviation Caravelle to the anglo-British BAC Aerospatiale Concorde. Today, Air France has a total fleet size of 250 aircraft consisting of Boeing, Airbus and Embraer types. Let’s take a look at the oldest and newest active aircraft in the Air France fleet.
Aircraft type Registration Age
A321-111 F-GMZA 29 years
777-228ER F-GSPA 25 years
Airbus A220-300 F-HPND Brand new
Airbus A350-941 F-HUBC Brand new
What is Air France’s oldest narrowbody aircraft?
Air France’s oldest narrowbody aircraft is F-GMZA, a 29-year-old Airbus A321-111, MSN00498, registered in June 1994. The aircraft is one of a huge number based at Air France’s main hub, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG). The aircraft is mostly utilized on Air France’s domestic network, regularly serving destinations such as Lyon (LYS), Bordeaux (BOD) and Marseilles (MRS). F-GMZA also frequently ventures further afield to Lisbon (LIS), Madrid (MAD), and Amsterdam (AMS).
What is Air France’s oldest widebody aircraft?
Air France’s oldest widebody aircraft is F-GSPA, a 25-year-old Boeing 777-228ER. Also based at Paris CDG, the aircraft operates regularly to various destinations throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, and an assortment of French overseas territories. Recent destinations include Papeete Tahiti Faa’a Airport (PPT), Saint-Denis Reunion (RUN), Cancun (CUN), Point-a-Pitre (PTP), Toronto (YYZ) and Detroit (DTW). The aircraft occasionally ventures east, covering flight AF264 to Seoul (ICN).
What is the oldest regional jet in Air France?
The oldest regional jet in service with Air France is an Embraer 175LR, registered F-HBXL. Built in March 2004, MSN17000009 wears the livery of Air France HOP! (previously Air France Regional) and operates frequent short flights from Paris to destinations including Nice (NCE), Dusseldorf (DUS), Geneva (GVA) and Turin (TRN).
Which are the newest aircraft in the Air France fleet?
Let’s take a look at the newer aircraft in the Air France fleet. Air France has an average fleet age of 13 years, one of the oldest in Europe. Despite this, the carrier has embarked on an ambitious fleet renewal program that has seen some of the newest single and twin aisle aircraft on the market join the airline. If we’re looking at the youngest narrowbody in the fleet right now however, we have to start with a previous generation jet.
Air France’s newest narrowbody jet(s)
The youngest narrowbody jet in the Air France fleet is F-HEPK, a 5-year-old Airbus A320-214 MSN8127, built in February 2018. The aircraft most frequently flies between Paris and Amsterdam (AMS), Athens (ATH), Montpellier (MPL) and Nantes (NTS). However – we have to consider the Airbus A220-300, which straddles the categories of narrowbody and regional jet. If we consider the A220 a narrowbody, then Air France’s newest aircraft is actually F-HPND, an Airbus A220-300 built in July 2023 as MSN55233. Air France has an impressive fleet of 30 A220 aircraft and is one of the most prolific in Europe alongside Air Baltic (BT/BTI). This aircraft makes regular trips from Paris to destinations including Zurich (ZRH), Hamburg (HAM) and Warsaw (WAW).
What is Air France’s newest widebody jet?
Air France’s newest widebody aircraft is so new that, at the time of writing, F-HUVC has only made 1 commercial flight, AF668 from Paris to Djibouti (JIB) on 25 October 2023 (the same day it was delivered to the airline by Airbus). We don’t even have a picture of this Airbus A350-941 yet, so here’s a snap of Air France’s second newest aircraft, F-HUVB departing Tel Aviv (TLV) in September 2023.
Have you flown on any of Air France’s newest or oldest aircraft? Leave us a comment below.
Cover photo: Michael Sender, JetPhotos
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4 Responses
Not Air France, but I flew in March, on an Air Canada A 220 from San Juan Puerto Rico to Toronto. This is actually previously the Bombardier C- series jet and is still built in Canada. Airbus bought Bombardier’s jet and renamed it. It is quiet, powerful, smooth and comfortable. I loved it. Been an avgeek for over 60 years now.
I too flew an Airbus 350 from New York to Amsterdam shp Not Air France, but that was one of the most comfortable flights , all the way from the room(select comfort) , but most notable was air quality and cabin pressure. When we arrived at Amsterdam we didn’t feel like we had been flying 6 hrs I believe. I actually booked the flight because I wanted to fly A350. I am so glad I did and given the next opportunity for a long overseas flight I will being looking for the 350 routes.
Thanks!
I chose Etihad A350-1000 on Paris Abu Dhabi route. Beautiful aircraft. Great interiors esp the large IFE screens.