ID :
120395
Wed, 05/05/2010 - 14:45
Auther :
Shortlink :
https://oananews.org//node/120395
The shortlink copeid
Abu Dhabi Airport's Company and Air France celebrate arrival of the inaugural non-stop flight from Paris
Abu Dhabi, May 5, 2010 (WAM)- Abu Dhabi International Airport saw yesterday the arrival of Air France's Airbus A330 on its first nonstop flight between Paris and Abu Dhabi. Air France flight AF 3848 touched down at 10:25pm local time and was welcomed by the Chairman of Abu Dhabi Airport's Company (ADAC), H.E. Khalifa Al Mazrouei and other high ranking officials in a ceremony celebrating Air France's inaugural flight.
In the spirit of mutual co-operation and development that the new route highlights, a delegation of Abu Dhabi Government officials, headed by H.E. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, the UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, alongside senior French officials, including the Ambassador of France to the UAE, H.E. Alain Azouaou, witnessed the departure of the inaugural nonstop Air France flight to Paris, which departed 30 minutes after midnight following the inaugural ceremony.
Air France now offers the earliest arrival time in Paris (05h45 am), convenient to reach Paris down town before the rush hours and offering multiple connecting opportunities to Europe, The Americas and Africa." With the new route's introduction, from 3 May, the Air France-KLM group now offers up to 10 weekly, nonstop, flights out of Abu Dhabi International Airport, to their respective hubs of Paris - Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam - Schiphol offering additional travel alternatives.
In the spirit of mutual co-operation and development that the new route highlights, a delegation of Abu Dhabi Government officials, headed by H.E. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, the UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, alongside senior French officials, including the Ambassador of France to the UAE, H.E. Alain Azouaou, witnessed the departure of the inaugural nonstop Air France flight to Paris, which departed 30 minutes after midnight following the inaugural ceremony.
Air France now offers the earliest arrival time in Paris (05h45 am), convenient to reach Paris down town before the rush hours and offering multiple connecting opportunities to Europe, The Americas and Africa." With the new route's introduction, from 3 May, the Air France-KLM group now offers up to 10 weekly, nonstop, flights out of Abu Dhabi International Airport, to their respective hubs of Paris - Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam - Schiphol offering additional travel alternatives.
