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Air France

global flag carrier, major size, FR.

Ownership

state, flag carrier

Starting fleet

1 x Aerospatiale BAC Concorde, 10 x Boeing 747-100, 14 x Boeing 707-320B and 320C, 44 x Sud Aviation Caravelle, 15 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced, 5 x Airbus A300B2 and B4

Bases

CDG, ORY

Starting routes

CDG-IAD, CDG-JFK, CDG-ORD, CDG-YMX, CDG-BOS, CDG-MIA, CDG-BAH, CDG-DXB, ORY-ZRH, ORY-MAD, ORY-LIS, ORY-BRU, ORY-AMS, ORY-ATH, ORY-BCN, ORY-CPH, ORY-DUB, ORY-LHR, ORY-FRA, ORY-FCO, ORY-LYS, CDG-FCO, CDG-MAD

Confidence

estimated (to be verified)

Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: Air France: Concorde service from 21 January 1976 (Paris to Rio via Dakar, which is not modelled; Washington followed on 24 May 1976, the modelled Concorde route stands for it); A300 service from 23 May 1974. Real fleet about 130 (747 about 15, 707 about 20, Caravelle about 20, 727-200 about 10, A300 about 8, Concorde 2). Routes and finance are estimates.