Latest Flight deals from Air-France UK & KLM (scroll down for KLM offers)

Air France Offers :

Sales Period: 03Mar09 – 30Jun09
Travel Between: 17Mar09 – 30Jun09

Flights to Paris
Heathrow From £89 Return
Bristol From £89 Return
Southampton From £79 Return
Birmingham From £79 Return
Manchester From £79 Return
Newcastle From £99 Return
Edinburgh From £99 Return
Aberdeen From £149 Return

Air France Deals from London City Apt LCY
(Direct Flights)
Paris From £89 Return
Dundee From £99 Return
Dublin From £89 Return
Strasbourg From £99 Return
Nice From £89 Return

Europe Deals (via Paris)
Istanbul / Toulouse / Sofia / Madrid / Florence / Lyon / Naples / Marseille / Rome / Prague / Zurich / Milan… and many more European destinations.
London City From £149 Return
Heathrow From £149 Return
Bristol From £ 149 Return
Southampton From £149 Return
Birmingham From £159 Return
Manchester From £159 Return
Newcastle From £159 Return
Edinburgh From £159 Return
Aberdeen From £179 Return

KLM flight offers

Flights  to Amsterdam
London City           From £ 85 Return
Heathrow              From £ 85 Return
Manchester            From £ 89 Return
Liverpool *           From £ 89 Return
Birmingham            From £ 89 Return
Bristol	              From £ 89 Return
Cardiff	              From £ 89 Return
Leeds Bradford        From £ 99 Return
Edinburgh             From £ 99 Return
Newcastle             From £ 99 Return
Glasgow	              From £ 99 Return
Humberside            From £ 119 Return
Durham Tees Valley    From £ 119 Return
Norwich	              From £ 119 Return
Aberdeen              From £ 149 Return

Europe Deals e.g.BARCELONA / ROME / BERLIN /BUHCHAREST / ISTANBUL / VENICE

London City/Heathrow            From £ 129 Return
Bristol/Cardiff                 From £ 129 Return
Birmingham/Manchester           From £ 139 Return
Newcastle/Edinburgh/Liverpool*  From £ 139 Return
Leeds Bradford/Glasgow          From £ 149 Return
Aberdeen/Teesside/Humberside/   From £ 159 Return

* Liverpool - Flight to commence w.e.f 29Mar09 

Alitalia’s board on Sunday unanimously accepted Air France-KLM’s bid valued at $1.1 billion in a move to save the struggling national carrier.

The Air France-KLM offer values the airline at 139 million euros ($216 million), far less than expected, and a fifth of its market capitalisation at the end of last week. The new valuation is based on a share swap of 1 Air France share for every 160 Alitalia shares. The Franco-Dutch carrier also said it will pay euro608 million ($946 million) for convertible shares.

Air France said it will inject euro1 billion ($1.56 billion) in capital once the deal is complete. The French company plans to cull 1,600 jobs from Alitalia as it cancels unprofitable routes and eliminates inefficiencies. It has also said it will take over only part of Alitalia’s ground services division, which could mean the airline faces more job losses than publicly stated.

This business model is likely to put Air France at loggerheads with Italian trades unions, which must back the deal in order for it to go ahead. The takeover also needs clearance from the Italian government, which may take some time following the collapse of the administration led by Romano Prodi in January.

Looks like BA have maybe missed the boat on fast growing docklands airport London City (LCY)….

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Air France-KLM said on Monday it has agreed to buy European regional carrier VLM Airlines.

Air France-KLM said in a statement VLM Airlines, which is a unit of Dutch company Panta Holdings B.V., operates a fleet of 19 aircraft and operates most of its flights from London City Airport.

“VLM Airlines will actively cooperate with the regional carrier CityJet, a 100 percent subsidiary of Air France, already operating out of London City Airport,” Air France-KLM said, without disclosing financial details.