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Chef Joel Robuchon Serves Air France Business Class

Thursday January 5, 2012

One year after introducing the new seat in its Business (Affaires) cabins, Air France calls upon the magic of French chefs to offer Business class customers exceptional dishes on long-haul flights departing from Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle.

For six months, starting December 1, 2011, Joel Robuchon serves as the first of Air France's ambassadors of the art of French gastronomy.

The Chef's culinary creations, one of the four hot meal choices offered on board, will be renewed every ten days.

In a special preview, Air France unveils some of the signature dishes of Joel Robuchon coming soon to its Business class menus:

� Basque shrimp and turmeric-scented pasta with lemon grass

� Chicken breast in green curry sauce, poppy seed rice, carrots and shiitake mushrooms

� Crayfish pasta with Nantua sauce

For six months, Joel Robuchon serves as the first of Air France's ambassadors of the art of French gastronomy.

With 27 Michelin stars, Joel Robuchon is at the head of more than 20 establishments, from gourmet restaurants to gastronomic workshops, featuring innovative concepts in which exquisite food melds easily with a lively and friendly atmosphere. He is an advocate for the "sublimely simple," the spirit of combining product quality with ease of execution.

As described by Joel Robuchon on the onboard menu, "a simple recipe, absent the superfluous, with a purity through which the full flavor of each ingredient is fully expressed".

The AIR FRANCE KLM group currently operates from 14 U.S. gateways and provides service from 125 U.S. cities through joint venture partner Delta. AIR FRANCE KLM, the result of a merger between AIR FRANCE and KLM in 2004, is one of the leading European air transport groups.

In 2010-11, AIR FRANCE KLM carried 71.3 million passengers and 1.5 million tons of cargo. With their partners Delta and Alitalia, AIR FRANCE and KLM operate the biggest transatlantic joint venture with more than 250 daily flights. AIR FRANCE and KLM are members of the SkyTeam alliance which has 15 member airlines, offering customers access to a global network of over 14,500 daily flights to 926 destinations in 173 countries.

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