15000 km/8000 nm and seat-mile costs 20 per cent lower than its closest competitor. Air France ordered 10 A380s in June 2001 and added another two in 2007. Air France’s first A380 will start its commercial service with inaugural flights on the 20th and 21st November on the Paris – New York – Paris route. As the largest Airbus operator in Europe with a fleet of 183 aircraft, the airline currently operates 34 A330 and A340 aircraft as well as 149 A320 family aircraft. Air France took delivery …