Thursday, September 19, 2024 Air France and Madagascar Airlines Forge New Commercial Cooperation to Enhance Air Travel Between France and Madagascar Coinciding with the IFTM Top Resa trade fair, Air France and Madagascar Airlines have today announced a new commercial cooperation agreement aimed at boosting air connectivity between France and Madagascar. Introduction of an Interline Agreement Starting October 1, 2024, both airlines will launch an interline marketing agreement, enabling passengers to seamlessly book flights operated by either airline on a single ticket. Air France will cover routes between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Antananarivo-Ivato, while Madagascar Airlines will operate domestic flights from Antananarivo to key cities like Nosy Be, Fort Dauphin, Majunga, and Tamatave.
Streamlined Flight Schedules for Smoother Transfers As part of the collaboration, passengers connecting through Antananarivo will enjoy the convenience of through-checking their luggage to their final destination, bypassing the need to recheck it in Antananarivo. Additionally, the two airlines will synchronize their flight schedules at Antananarivo-Ivato, ensuring faster and more efficient connections between Air France’s long-haul flights and Madagascar Airlines’ domestic services, cutting down on total travel time. Exploring Further Collaboration In addition to these improvements, the airlines are also exploring the possibility of a codeshare agreement that would allow Madagascar Airlines to place its flight code on Air France services between Antananarivo and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
This would open up further travel opportunities for Madagascar Airlines customers, providing them with enhanced connectivity to global destinations via Air France’s extensive network at Paris-Charles de Gaulle. “This partnership with Air France marks a major step in the implementation of the Phénix 2030 Plan launched by the company’s Executive Management at the beginning of 2024,’ said Thierry de Bailleul, CEO of Madagascar Airlines. ‘Never before have services to Madagascar’s domestic destinations offered such a high quality of connections with long-haul flights.
There is no doubt that this will be a decisive factor in helping French and European tourists to discover the Big Island, with its many tourist sites served by Madagascar Airlines, each with its own exceptional natural and cultural treasures, some of which are unique and still relatively undiscovered. Madagascar Airlines would like to thank the government for its ongoing support and efforts to develop national tourism, and we are proud to be working alongside them to achieve our target of 1 million tourists by 2028.” “We are delighted to have signed this agreement with Madagascar Airlines,’ said Anne Rigail, CEO of Air France.
‘This commercial cooperation opens up new destinations to our customers, and the coordination of our respective flight schedules will considerably enhance their travel experience. With this agreement, we are maintaining the strong and historic links between our two countries and contributing to the development of cultural and economic relations.”.
