Air France Expands in Africa with Madagascar Airlines Deal

Air France and Madagascar Airlines have signed a commercial cooperation agreement aimed at improving air services between France and Madagascar.

An interline marketing agreement

Starting today, 1 October 2024, Air France and Air Madagascar are introducing an interline marketing agreement, so that customers can combine flights operated by both airlines on a single ticket: Air France between Paris CDG and Antananarivo, and Madagascar Airlines between Antananarivo and its main domestic destinations such as Nosy Be, Fort Dauphin, Majunga and Tamatave.

Coordinated flight schedules

Within the framework of this agreement, connecting passengers will be able to check in their baggage to their final destination, without having to recheck it in Antananarivo.

To offer customers faster and smoother connections, the two airlines will coordinate their flight schedules at Antananarivo-Ivato. Air France's long-haul flights will be synchronised with Madagascar Airlines' domestic flights, reducing the overall journey time.

As well as these changes, Madagascar Airlines and Air France are looking into the possibility of an agreement enabling Madagascar Airlines to use its code on Air France flights between Antananarivo and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

This agreement would broaden the options for Madagascar Airlines passengers, with opportunities for connections to destinations beyond the Air France hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle.