Air France retires first B777-200ERs

On 12 February, Air France retired its first B777-200ER. A further three will leave the fleet before May. The aircraft which had the questionable honour is F-GSPV (28684), which was ferried from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Tarbes-Lourdes. The Triple Seven was delivered new to Air France on 15 February 2002.

Air France will replace the B777-200ER with the A350-900, of which it has so far received six. The airline now has 24 B777-200ERs left in the fleet. In total, Air France has ordered 38 A350-900s.

Photo by Anton Homma.