A tipster on Local 4’s Help Desk alerted us to an Air France flight bound for Detroit that was diverted to Canada after U.S. authorities barred it from entering American airspace.

After glamorizing tobacco for decades, France is preparing for its most sweeping smoking ban yet.

Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament have approved a bill that would ban discrimination over the texture, length, color or style of someone’s hair.

Low-cost airlines Ryanair and Malta Air have won a court case against the European Union’s decision to approve billions of euros in state aid by the French government to holding company Air France-KLM during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A French court has acquitted Airbus and Air France of manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris.

Families of the 228 people killed aboard a Rio-Paris flight that crashed in 2009 were hoping for justice at last.

Distraught families whose loved ones died in Air France’s worst-ever crash have shouted down the CEOs of the airline and of planemaker Airbus as the two companies go on trial on manslaughter charges in Paris over the 2009 crash.

The families of the 228 people killed in 2009 when their storm-tossed Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris slammed into the Atlantic finally have a chance at justice.

Many domestic and some international flights have been canceled in France after air traffic controllers went on a national strike Friday over pay and recruitment issues.

In a story published Aug. 28, 2022, about Air France pilots suspended after fighting in the cockpit, The Associated Press erroneously attributed information about the incident to Swiss newspaper La Tribune.

Thousands have joined in a government-sponsored rally in Mali’s capital to protest new regional economic sanctions and growing pressure from former colonizer France, after Mali’s military ruler pushed back promised elections by four years.

A French court has ordered Air France and plane maker Airbus to stand trial for manslaughter in the 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris which killed all 228 people aboard.

SpaceX's third crew has an attack helicopter pilot, a former Air France pilot, a Japanese rocket scientist and an oceanographer.

France has suspended all flights between Brazil and France amid concerns over coronavirus variants.

The European Union has approved $4.7 billion in state aid for national carrier Air France as it struggles through the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air France-KLM plunged to a 7.1 billion euro ($8.5 billion) loss in 2020 as the global pandemic grounded planes and halted travel plans worldwide causing a 67% slump in passenger numbers at the French-Dutch aviation giant. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)PARIS – Air France-KLM plunged to a 7.1 billion euro ($8.5 billion) loss in 2020 as the global pandemic grounded planes and halted travel plans worldwide causing a 67% slump in passenger numbers at the French-Dutch aviation giant. The year 2020 “tested the Air France-KLM Group with the most severe crisis ever experienced by the air transport industry," CEO Ben Smith said Thursday. Both the French and Dutch governments pledged billions in support last year to help the carriers survive the brutal downturn in air traffic caused by the coronavirus. The massive loss included some 2.1 billion euros in restructuring and other charges.

France's government has announced 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in aid for the virus-battered aerospace industry, including plane maker Airbus and national airline Air France. (AP Photo/ Francois Mori, File)PARIS Frances government announced 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in rescue money on Tuesday for the pandemic-battered aerospace industry, including plane maker Airbus and national airline Air France. It also includes a special fund jointly financed by the government, Airbus and other big manufacturers to support small suppliers. It includes 7 billion euros in loans and loan guarantees that the government had already promised to Air France, whose planes were almost entirely grounded by the virus. The government predicted it will be 2023 before the industry reaches pre-crisis levels.