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Air France welcomes its 60th Airbus A220 to the fleet

The aircraft named Mimizan marks five years of refined air travel across 50 destinations. This modern, light filled cabin carries 148 passengers in elegant comfort.

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Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
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Air France’s 60th Airbus A220, christened Mimizan, represents five years of refined expansion through a fleet that has quietly reshaped the airline’s reach across 50 destinations. The aircraft embodies a thoughtful approach to modern air travel, its 148 seats arranged within a cabin distinguished by generous headroom and abundant natural light that transforms the journey itself into something altogether less taxing than the narrow body conventions of previous decades.

A woman in a camel-coloured linen shirt works at a laptop in a sun-filled A220 cabin seat with navy fabric, a bearded man in a navy jumper seated beside her at the window

Since entering Air France’s fleet, these new generation aircraft have carried nearly 24 million customers. The cabin design reflects an understanding of what contemporary travellers value: space without ostentation, brightness without glare, efficiency without compromise to comfort. Each A220 that joins the route map extends that philosophy further across the network.

View from the flight deck of an Air France A220 showing the overhead panel of switches and dials, a pilot wearing headphones and captain's stripes at the controls, landscape visible through the forward windscreen

This milestone belongs as much to the engineers and technicians who maintain the fleet, the pilots who command it, and the cabin crew who orchestrate each flight, as it does to the aircraft itself. From the mechanics on the ramp to those navigating the cockpit, the collective skill and dedication of Air France’s staff ensures that each journey on the A220 reflects the airline’s commitment to seamless, composed travel. Mimizan’s arrival signals not an endpoint but a continuation of that commitment across the destinations that define modern European and international connectivity.

Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky

Imagery courtesy of Air France (@airfrance).

A woman in a camel-coloured linen shirt works at a laptop in a sun-filled A220 cabin seat with navy fabric, a bearded man in a navy jumper seated beside her at the window
View from the flight deck of an Air France A220 showing the overhead panel of switches and dials, a pilot wearing headphones and captain's stripes at the controls, landscape visible through the forward windscreen
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky
Air France Airbus A220 named Mimizan on the tarmac, white fuselage with navy lettering and red tail fin, registration visible on undercarriage against a pale sky

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