{"id":774295,"date":"2026-02-19T06:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/774295\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:59:12","slug":"air-france-klm-posts-record-e2b-operating-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/774295\/","title":{"rendered":"Air France-KLM posts record \u20ac2B operating profit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Air France-KLM delivered a record operating profit of more than \u20ac2 billion in 2025, as strong demand for premium travel and lower fuel prices boosted performance. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"887\">The airline group said it carried over 100 million passengers during the year, with operating earnings rising by \u20ac400 million compared with 2024 and comfortably beating analyst forecasts of \u20ac1.88 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"1170\">Executives credited the results to the company\u2019s strategy of investing heavily in premium customer experience, including upgraded first-class cabins, improved airport lounges and faster onboard Wi-Fi. Demand for high-end travel remained particularly strong on transatlantic routes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1367\">The group also benefited from lower fuel costs and rising revenue, though some expenses continued to climb. Higher airport charges at Amsterdam\u2019s Schiphol Airport weighed on per-passenger yields.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1577\">Looking ahead, Air <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/renault-hit-by-chinese-rivalry-profit-slides\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a>-KLM plans to expand capacity by 3% to 5% in 2026 as new aircraft enter the fleet. The company is targeting an operating margin above 8% by 2028, compared with 6.1% reported for 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1753\">Shares in the airline group have risen nearly 34% over the past year, reflecting investor confidence in its premium-focused strategy despite ongoing labor and cost pressures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/aysel-mammadzada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Aysel Mammadzada<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Air France-KLM delivered a record operating profit of more than \u20ac2 billion in 2025, as strong demand for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5309],"tags":[16438,1476,2000,299,36,50934,56160,15815],"class_list":["post-774295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-air-france","tag-amsterdam","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-klm","tag-schiphol-airport","tag-wi-fi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116096005910624988","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}