It is a milestone year for airline group Air France KLM, as as Air France celebrates 70 years of operations to South Africa and KLM 85 years.

It is also one of the only airline groups to fly to South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New business-class cabin

As part of the celebration, Air France will introduce its newly refurbished business-class cabin on its Johannesburg route, starting March 27.

The 48-seat cabin has sliding doors that allow each passenger to have a totally private space, out of sight of the other passengers.

The seats in the centre of the cabin have been redesigned to create a greater sense of privacy for passengers travelling together and have a central panel that can be lowered.

The seats at the front of the cabin have extra space in front for additional comfort.

All the long-haul business cabins will be equipped with seats that transform into fully-flat beds by the end of the year, up from 90% today.

Have a look at the image below to see all the features of the new business-class cabin.

Johannesburg routes

Air France operates daily flights from Johannesburg to Paris, and KLM daily flights from Johannesburg to Amsterdam.

Cape Town routes

Air France operates three flights a week between Cape Town and Paris, but only until March 26. “We expect Air France flights back again [on this route] as of October 27 this year,” Wilson Tauro, Country Manager Southern Africa for Air France KLM told Tourism Update.

KLM offers ten-weekly flights from Cape Town to Amsterdam until March 26. Thereafter it will be reduced to daily flights.