Air France offers on all its long-haul flights a new weekly news broadcast produced by Euronews, the leading international news channel in Europe. This news bulletin, produced exclusively for Air France, offers a 40-minute round-up of the week’s main news. Accessible in French and English versions as part of the in-flight entertainment programme, the bulletin covers worldwide, economic, cultural and sports news, from an international angle. This new news service will replace the different news programmes available to date.
"With our customers’ changing expectations, who read the daily news on the internet or via their smartphones, this new Euronews programme provides viewers with in-depth, contextual reporting on the major stories, complementing the daily news bulletin", stated Christian Herzog, SVP Marketing, Air France-KLM.
"We are proud to be associated with Air France which has recognized the quality of the news service specially created by our teams for Air France travellers. This agreement is a great opportunity for Euronews to increase its visibility throughout the world. This partnership is fully in line with the Euronews strategy which is to deliver the right content to the right place at the right time", said Michael Peters, Managing Director of Euronews.
About the Air France in-flight entertainment programme
Air France offers on board its long-haul flights a "VOD" (video-on-demand) in-flight entertainment system, comprising over 500 hours of programmes, including 85 feature films – some of them translated into nine languages -, 30 hours of TV programmes (cult series, exclusive news programmes, documentaries, etc.) and a juke-box selection of 200 CDs, 23 radio channels, video clips and music programmes. 17 interactive games are also offered, including the Berlitz® language learning programme and the RelaxLine® personalized relaxation programme.
