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- What a beautiful Air France A350 behind me.
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First Air France A350 has been named City of Toulouse.
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- I'm extremely proud to fly
this aircraft all over the world for Air France.
- I make two records on this flight myself.
- How's it going?
- Oh my gosh, I am shell-shocked.
Champagne for everybody on Air France.
Cheers!
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Hundreds of staff waiting at the Air France Headquarter.
- [Pilot] You can tell the left-hand side of the aircraft
are the Air France staff welcoming us.
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- Very nice stair.
Today I'm at the Airbus delivery centre,
taking the first Air France A350.
- We are the only airline in the world
who have operated every model of commercial jetliners
that Airbus has produced, starting with the Airbus A300,
the A310, the A320,
the A330, the A340,
the A380, and now the Airbus A350.
So, by the end of this year we'll
have three A350 300s in the fleet.
We'll have three more by the summer of next year
and then we take 11 additional aircraft
by the end of 2021 and we'll have all 28 aircraft delivered
before the end of 2025.
- This aircraft's ferry to Charles De Gaulle,
we will partly use bio-fuel and this illustrates importance
of this level for the industry,
minus 25% in CO2 emissions is average consumption
in only 2.5 litre per passenger and per 1000 kilometre
and the noise footprint will be reduced by 40%.
The 7th of October, first commercial flight
of the Airbus 350,
will be the 86th anniversary of Air France.
So the hippocampe ailé, so the winged seahorse,
is a distinctive, historic symbol of Air France.
It appears on the winglet of this
beautiful aircraft and also on the engines.
In the winter season, 27th of October,
it will fly to Toronto.
Then when we receive the third aircraft,
it will fly to Cairo and Seoul.
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- What a beautiful Air France A350 behind me.
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They just revealed the first Air France A350
has been named City of Toulouse.
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Cheers.
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Welcome aboard the brand new Air France A350.
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Today's delivery flights a little different,
there's a lot, a lot of people showing.
I was told over 250 guests.
I figure a lot of staff for Air France,
they hold an internal competition and their prize
is to come to take delivery of the first A350 back to Paris.
Hello. - Hello, Sir.
Welcome aboard. - Hello.
There's--
- Thank you, your seat is 10A, thank you, sir.
- [Sam] Oh, you're very stylish with the red
leather, okay. - (laughing) Yeah.
On your right, please.
Enjoy your flight. - All right.
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- [Sam] Welcome on board.
- Thank you.
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- Take a look at the Business Class seats.
All direct aisle access, I love the fabric here,
leather and the fabric, just like Air France,
very chic, very nice design and it's very,
very clean as well.
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The seat's designs are staggered,
so the middle aisle seats face little bit diagonal.
The pair seats face straight.
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How are you?
- Fine and you?
- [Sam] Yeah good, how do you found the seat so far?
- Very comfortable, very easy to put in bed, very clean.
- [Sam] Very clean, yes.
- Yes, very clean, look out through the window.
- Ooh. - Very nice.
- [Sam] Electric window.
- So beautiful.
- Oh, a new generation, yes. - A new generation.
- [Sam] Wow.
- So big, very big, very big.
- So, Kevin, how do you like your Business Class seat?
- Oh, it's very nice, Business Class,
I really enjoy it.
- This is the new generation for Air France.
- Yeah, the leather is very,
to the utmost feels very great.
- I envy you, you have a Business Class seat.
I am at Premium Economy today.
- Yeah. (laughing)
I'm not like you but you will do it next time.
I'm sure. - Next time.
Enjoy your flight!
- Thank you, you too.
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- I'm just trying out this economy class seat.
This is 16C, this seat has a little bit extra leg room here
as you can see and it's, surprisingly, you think it's narrow
but I actually think it fits me perfectly.
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(speaking in foreign language)
- I am Pascal Boydoi, I will be the captain
of this first flight, this delivery flight.
So, we're now in Toulouse, on course to Paris,
Charles de Gaulle with this brand new A350.
Today we'll be flying at flight level three five zero,
it's normal because we're an A350
and it will take us 1 hour to reach Paris
with a fuel consumption of 6.2 tonnes of petrol
which is very low.
This type of aircraft is very low in fuel consumption,
about 25% less than previous generation
of aircraft and I would say
that it's an environmental signature
when we speak about noise,
it's 40% under the previous generation of aircraft.
So this makes, I wouldn't say a green aircraft,
but presently this may be the best aircraft we can have
to do the job and I'm extremely proud
to fly this aircraft all over the world for Air France.
- [Sam] And, Captain, I heard today's flight
is also powered by bio-fuel.
- Yes, this is it.
Yes, today we have an experiment.
Half of the fuel we have on board is bio-fuel.
(cheering in foreign language)
- [Sam] Today's the shortest delivery flight in the world,
probably, one hour to Paris.
I'm sitting in Premium Economy.
We don't need Business Class.
- But um, of course we need no Business Class for one hour.
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- Everything is just so new on this plane
and I think I'm the first one to sit here,
first one to open the table,
first one to use the IFE screen.
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- [Air Hostess] To evacuate the aircraft,
follow the illuminated spots.
(instructs in foreign language)
Place the mask over your nose and mouth.
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- [Flight Attendant] Gentlemen, your captain say we're
on the runway, ready to go but unfortunately the aircraft
which had just landed has
performed a bird strike and so I want the runway checked
before we may go for obvious safety reason.
So this operation, we ask five minutes,
I thank you for understanding.
- Oh, this is pretty close from the captain's announcement,
there is a bird strike down the aeroplane landing before us
so fingers crossed, hopefully it will be smooth.
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Catherine, I want to know, I've been sitting here,
during the flight, and this is a recliner seats.
This is a different seats to your Premium Economy
in other planes, which is a fixed shell.
- Yes.
- So, why you now chosen to have this kind of seat?
- It's another kind of comfort.
Please, recline in your seat,
you will feel. - Recline.
- Yeah, perfect.
- Oh yes.
I see the nice lighting just came up.
- Yeah, exactly.
The light in this aircraft is very, very important.
- It's good comfort, yes.
- Yeah, and you have a beautiful support
even in the shoulder so it's really--
- Even in the shoulder.
- Yeah, it's really good
that you can feel in your body with the recliner seat,
that's a relaxed position.
- I actually feel I'm relaxed, I'm relaxing too much,
I'm reclining too much. (laughing)
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- [Sam] Champagne for everybody today on today's flight.
- But we always have champagne on every flight
on Air France, even in Economy class, but today--
- [Sam] What is the champagne name here?
- Champagne Thiénot.
Everyone come to my window, take photos there
because the view, in English, we call this,
the logo Air France, is the winged seahorse.
- [Catherine] Yes.
- The seahorse.
But how do you call this in France, in French?
- Yes, in French we said hippocampe.
- Hippocampe.
- Yes, hippocampe.
- [Sam] Thank you very much, thank you.
- [Air Hostess] You're welcome.
- Champagne for everybody on Air France, cheers.
(glass clinking)
(sighs) Good one.
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- Hey, Sam, how's it going?
- Oh my gosh!
I am shell-shocked.
Very rarely there's an airline CEO so down
to the earth, he come over to every passenger.
Are you Canadian?
- Yes, I lived in Canada for 43 years.
I was actually born in the UK
but I spent most of my life in Canada.
This is, you know,
the first new Airbus long haul aeroplane in Air France
in a long time, and as you can see it's fantastic.
It's really fantastic. - I love the way
you said about bringing the tradition back to Air France.
Bringing the seahorse, the winged seahorse,
which I'm seeing right here. - Seeing it here,
right out here. - I can see it
right out here so--
- I got it right here on my tie.
- On your tie, oh look at that.
- This is what's called in French, the hippocampe.
- Stylish.
I hope really one day you turn around Air France
and because there are lots and lots of fans like myself.
We love Air France.
- Oh thank you. - We love the gastronomic,
we love the comfort and the chic and we hope Air France will
become a formidable European carrier.
- Do you like French butter?
- Of course.
- Do you like French chocolate?
- I love everything.
All the food made in French. - Do you like French bread?
Red wine? (laughing)
- We're already started our descent.
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- [Flight Attendant] Ladies and gentlemen,
we will be landing shortly.
Please fasten and adjust your seat belts,
please put your seat back in the upright,
stow away your table, your cup holder
and your footrest, disconnect anything from the SCPC
or USB socket and open all window blinds.
- I make two records on this flight myself.
The first record is, this is the shortest delivery flight,
just one hour.
And also the second record is there's almost 300 people,
every seat is filled so Air France used
this good opportunity to showcase their product
to the staff and industry professionals.
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Woo hoo!
(passengers clapping)
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- [Pilot] You can tell the left-hand side of the aircraft
are the Air France staff welcoming us.
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- [Air Hostess] (speaks in foreign language)
- That was amazing, there were literally hundreds
of staff waiting in the Air France headquarter,
just standing on the rooftop next to the fans,
welcoming this new aeroplane.
Bye.
- Goodbye, sir.
- [Sam] Bye. - Such a pleasure to see you.
- [Sam] Thank you, bye bye. - Did you enjoy?
- Oh, of course,
thank you so much. - Yeah, it's nice. (laughs)
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- How are you?
- [Sam] Nice to see you. - Pleasure, yes?
- [Sam] Beautiful.
- You're welcome, thank you.
- Oh my God, that was super nice,
what a beautiful welcome to Paris.
- It's Mr Sam Chui
- [Sam] Hey.
- Hey, it's Mr Sam Chui
- [Sam] How was your flight?
- Nice.
- [Sam] Good flight.
- See you, Sam.
- See you next time, Mike.
Wow, I didn't expect this, that was a grand welcome.
Look at these ladies holding Air France Welcomes Airbus 350.
I hope you liked the video, thank you so much.
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- Thank you.
- Thank you so much - Thank you, bye bye.
- [Together] Toulouse!
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