Air France seeks over 20m euro revenues

Air France Romania, the domestic branch of the French air transportation giant logged over 20% growth for the first half this year, said chief executive Rodolph Lenoir. If the pace maintains, as the company intends to, its Romanian business will exceed 20 million euros this year. “Increasingly more foreign and largely French companies are opening representative offices in Romania or expanding their operations, which gives the air travel a boost. People’s incomes have increased, favouring the outgoing tourism segment. There are also people who travel abroad to visit with friends or relatives. In Air France’s case, all traffic segments recorded growth,” Air France’s chief executive said. Air France Romania posted more than 15 million euro turnover in 2003, up 15% from 2002. It set out to attain over 20% higher revenues than last year and transport 120,000 passengers compared with 100,000 in 2003. ZF