The Paris Appeals Court has officially found both Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash involving one of the French flag carrier’s A330 widebody twinjets.Air France flight AF447 was flying from Galeão International Airport (GIG) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, back to the airline’s main hub at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris, France, when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Global Airlines’ Founder’s 2021 Beef With Air France
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- July 9, 2025
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This isn’t exactly new news, as the actual event took place in 2021. However, It’s one of those interesting stories that we’ve been wanting to share with you for awhile now but other, more timely news has gotten in the way. It has to do with the founder and CEO of Global Airlines – James Asquith. Apparently, a few years ago, Asquith claimed that Air France was deliberately selling “fake” first class tickets and then downgrading passengers who purchased them to business class.