BBC - British Airways and Air France have announced that they will stop flying to Iran next month. Both airlines said that the route was "not commercially viable." The reintroduction of US sanctions has caused a slump in the value of the Iranian currency, the rial, making it harder for Iranians to travel overseas. BA restarted the service to ...

Bourse and Bazaar | Amir Noorbakhsh: Air France recently announced the reduction of its flights from Paris to Tehran after first switching the service on the route to its subsidiary airline JOON. At a time of uncertainty surrounding the future of the Iran nuclear deal, the reduction of flights led to speculation that the move may have been influenced ...

Reuters - Air France (AIRF.PA) is cutting its Joon subsidiarys service between Paris and Tehran to the summer season only, blaming a poor economic performance over two years in operation. Air France has decided to adapt its program to better match demand, a spokeswoman said by email, adding that the decision would take effect from October 28. Air ...

AP -- Air France has blocked 15 passengers from Muslim countries from traveling to the U.S. because they would have been refused entry under President Donald Trump's new immigration ban. Air France said in a statement it was informed Saturday by the U.S. government of the new restrictions, and had no choice but to stop the passengers from boarding ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Air France Managing Director Frdric Gagey said the resumption of Air France flights to Tehran will lead to a remarkable increase in the number of French tourists in Iran. Gagey told reporters on Monday that he has immensely been impressed by the sense of hospitality of his Iranian hosts since Sunday night when Air France resumed its ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- An Air France passenger plane has landed in Tehran international airport Sunday, marking the resumption of Paris-Tehran flights. The flight was the first Air France jet to land in Iran in eight years, following a landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers that went into effect in January. French Transport Minister Alain ...

Tehran, April 16, IRNA - Head of Civil Aviation Organization Public Relations said that in the wake of signing an agreement on resuming Air France flights to Tehran, French Minister of Transport is scheduled to have a trip to Tehran on Sunday as the first Paris-Tehran flight's special guest. Referring to the fact that Air France flights to Iran had ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The latest developments on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that was diverted to Kenya after a suspected bomb was found on it. -- 3:15 p.m. A Kenyan police official says six passengers are being questioned over a suspected bomb found on an Air France plane that forced the jet flying to Paris from Mauritius ...

PARIS (AP) -- Air France will resume flights to Tehran for the first time in more than seven years, as part of resuming European trade with Iran following a hard-fought deal to curb its nuclear activities. The airline announced in a statement Tuesday that it "is supporting the resumption of commercial exchange with Iran" and will operate flights ...