AIR FRANCE is launching Dedicate, a new service featuring scheduled routes and direct flights to some of the more remote parts of the world, in a bid to make life easier for professionals travelling to construction projects, production sites and other major areas of economic activity. As from this weekend, Air France is to start flights to Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. This will make a total of seven new destinations in all to be added to the Air France network in 2004: Kuwait, Doha (Qatar), Kish Island (Islamic Republic of Iran), Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Atyrau (Kazakhstan ” subject to granting of traffic rights). Initially, because of the nature of the destinations launched, Dedicate will mainly serve energy and capital goods professionals. The timetables, frequencies, service levels and comfort on Dedicate flights will match all the usual Air France long haul standards despite the fact that the limited traffic on such routes rules out the use of widebody jets. The flights are operated using 82-seat Airbus A319s offering l”Espace Affaires (business) and Tempo (economy) cabins. Air France has invested in a fleet of five of these aircraft, which will be totally dedicated to this network.
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