PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Air France <AIRF.PA> managers have sent a letter to the airline's pilots calling for stricter observance of safety procedures, following a fatal crash in June, French ...

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries.

Air France has implemented balked-landing training for pilots of several aircraft types including the Airbus A350, after one of the twinjets was involved in a tail-strike at Toronto. The A350-900 had ...

French investigators believe inadequate maintenance checks on an Air France Airbus A350-900’s radome led to its collapsing during a turnback to Osaka. The inquiry found that a bird-strike a month ...