- Air France's primary connection to Israel is commercial — centered on the CDG–TLV passenger route, an El Al codeshare, and belly cargo operations — yielding a BDS-1000 score of 167 (Tier E) driven almost entirely by the V-ECON domain. - The highest-priority military finding is the documented flow of French dual-use and military components through Charles de Gaulle to Israeli defense contractors Elbit Systems and IMI Systems, though Air France Cargo's specific role as carrier on individual shipments remains unconfirmed. - AFI KLM E&M, the group's MRO subsidiary, holds a confirmed joint-venture contract with Northrop Grumman for NATO's Multinational MRTT Fleet, establishing direct supply-chain integration with a major defense prime — though end-users are NATO members and Australia, not the Israeli military. - Air France's digital profile carries near-zero Israeli exposure, with no confirmed Israeli-origin technology, no R&D footprint in Israel, and no appearance in the Who Profits, AFSC Investigate, or UN OHCHR databases. - Air France's decision to issue no public statement on the Gaza conflict through 2023–2025 stands in deliberate contrast to its explicit political positioning during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a pattern of selective silence that elevates its V-POL score above a pure business-as-usual baseline.
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Air France is a French commercial airline — a wholly owned subsidiary of the dual-listed Air France-KLM S.A. — with a long-standing scheduled passenger route and belly-cargo service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport. Its BDS-1000 score of 175 (Tier E) reflects the profile of a standard commercial carrier maintaining a recurring bilateral trade relationship with no identified direct defence contracting, no confirmed Israeli-origin technology in critical infrastructure, no foreign direct investment in Israel, and no documented political advocacy on either side of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The highest-scoring domain is V-ECON (2.25), driven by Air France’s role as the direct operator of the CDG–TLV route and a bilateral codeshare partner with El Al Israel Airlines since 2018.12 V-MIL scores second (1.75), anchored by the AFI KLM E&M subsidiary’s MRO contract for NATO’s A330 MRTT fleet — a relationship with Northrop Grumman on a NATO programme with no identified Israeli end-user — and by unconfirmed but investigatively documented dual-use freight movements through the CDG cargo hub.34 V-POL scores third (0.89), reflecting a documented pattern of selective silence: Air France issued explicit political statements during Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine but has issued only operational safety notices throughout the 2023–2025 Gaza conflict.5 V-DIG is negligible (0.08), as no Israeli-origin vendor has been confirmed in Air France’s critical enterprise technology stack.67
The composite score would be materially affected by two currently unresolved evidentiary questions: first, whether Air France Cargo is identifiable as a named carrier on the airway bills in the Disclose CDG-to-Elbit/IMI freight chain; and second, whether Israeli-origin tooling is present within managed-service bundles deployed by Atos/Eviden, IBM, or Accenture at the Air France environment. Neither is presently evidenced.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Air France founded through state-directed merger of five French civil-aviation companies |
| 16 June 1948 | Air France constituted as nationalised entity under French law |
| 1999 | Progressive privatisation of Air France commences |
| May 2004 | Air France SA and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines merge; Air France-KLM SA listed on Euronext Paris8 |
| December 2019 | Air France-KLM enters multi-year CRM partnership with Salesforce9 |
| June 2012 | “Flytilla” action: Air France reported among airlines denying boarding to pro-Palestinian activists per Israeli government-supplied list10 |
| April 2016 | Air France instructs female cabin crew to wear headscarves on Paris–Tehran route; crew objections follow; route subsequently suspended |
| April 2018 | Air France and El Al Israel Airlines sign bilateral codeshare agreement2 |
| September 2021 | Accenture digital-transformation partnership extended11 |
| June 2022 | Google Cloud named preferred cloud provider in multi-year strategic partnership12 |
| February–March 2022 | Russia invades Ukraine; Air France-KLM issues explicit political statements, closes Russian airspace overflights, participates in EU repatriation logistics5 |
| 7 October 2023 | Hamas attack on Israel; Air France suspends CDG–TLV route1 |
| Late 2023 | CDG–TLV route partially resumed as Israeli airspace reopens1 |
| 13 April 2024 | Route re-suspended following Iran’s direct missile and drone strike on Israel1 |
| 22 April 2024 | Air France announces resumption of Tel Aviv flights1 |
| 1 October 2024 | Route suspended again following second Iranian missile salvo on Israel13 |
| January 2025 | CDG–TLV service resumed14 |
| April 2025 | Route confirmed operating15 |
Air France (Société Air France S.A.) is France’s flag carrier and the principal French operating subsidiary of Air France-KLM S.A., the Franco-Dutch holding company listed on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam. The group’s two principal sovereign shareholders are the French State, which holds approximately 28.6% through the Agence des Participations de l’État (APE), and the Dutch State at approximately 9.3%; the remainder is institutional and retail free float.816 CMA CGM (French shipping) and Delta Air Lines (U.S.) hold smaller disclosed stakes.8
The airline’s statutory purpose is commercial air transport. Its operating infrastructure centres on Paris-Charles de Gaulle as its primary hub, with Orly as a secondary French base, and Amsterdam Schiphol through KLM. The group’s principal subsidiaries relevant to this dossier are Air France Cargo (belly and freighter operations from CDG), AFI KLM E&M (engineering and maintenance, the group’s MRO subsidiary), and Servair (catering).8 Air France is a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance; El Al Israel Airlines is not a SkyTeam member.17
The airline does not manufacture aircraft, weapons, or defence systems, and has no Israeli-domiciled subsidiary, R&D centre, or asset-owning entity. Its Israel-market presence is structured around a single scheduled route (CDG–TLV), a bilateral codeshare with El Al, belly-cargo service, and a standard airport station at Ben Gurion.82
Air France is a scheduled passenger and cargo carrier with no defence prime, systems integrator, or weapons manufacturing subsidiary. No public evidence has been identified of direct contracts with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, the IDF, or any Israeli military procurement body.8 The V-MIL analysis therefore focuses on two documented evidence streams: the AFI KLM E&M military MRO portfolio and the CDG air-freight channel documented in French investigative reporting.
AFI KLM E&M and the NATO MMF contract. The most clearly documented V-MIL relationship involves AFI KLM E&M, the group’s engineering and maintenance subsidiary. AFI KLM E&M has entered a structured joint venture with Northrop Grumman to provide airframe heavy maintenance and component support for NATO’s Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) of Airbus A330 MRTT tanker and transport aircraft, and for the Royal Australian Air Force’s KC-30A fleet.3 Northrop Grumman serves as the NATO MMF programme’s prime support contractor; AFI KLM E&M is the airframe MRO specialist within that structure. This is a direct, multi-year, recurring contractual relationship with a NATO allied military programme, performed by a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Under the BDS-1000 rubric, this places Air France in the logistical sustainment band for V-MIL Impact (I = 3.5): AFI KLM E&M provides ongoing support to a strategic military aviation platform but does not manufacture, sell, or transfer weapons systems. The Israeli Air Force does not operate the A330 MRTT platform, and no Israeli end-user has been identified through this MRO stream.
The Magnitude score (M = 4.5) reflects that the NATO MMF contract is a sustained, multi-year programme — not a one-time transaction — but that the Israeli-specific volume is nil and the overall relationship is with NATO allies, not with an Israeli defence customer. The Proximity score (P = 5.5) reflects that AFI KLM E&M is a direct subsidiary under Air France-KLM’s operational control, creating a meaningful chain of corporate responsibility, while the absence of Israeli military end-users prevents a higher proximity rating.
CDG freight channel and the Disclose investigations. The French investigative outlet Disclose has published detailed reporting on French export chains supplying dual-use and military components to Israeli defence contractors. One investigation documents a chain from French exporter Sermat to Israeli recipient Elbit Systems, concerning components for the Hermes 900 UAV, with goods moving through CDG air-freight infrastructure.4 A second investigation documents a chain from French exporter Eurolinks to Israeli recipient IMI Systems (now part of Elbit), also through CDG.18 As the dominant cargo carrier at CDG and operator of a scheduled TLV belly-cargo service, Air France Cargo is structurally positioned as a plausible carrier for goods in these chains. However, the specific air carrier named on the airway bills in these consignments has not been confirmed as Air France or Air France Cargo in the available primary documentation. These investigations are the highest-priority leads for follow-up verification. In the absence of confirmed carrier identification, they cannot anchor a higher V-MIL Impact score but are treated as a material confidence caveat.
Cargo acceptance framework. Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo publishes an explicit strategic-goods and weapons-embargo acceptance policy.1920 The existence of this compliance framework confirms that the group recognises dual-use and arms-embargo obligations as operational realities. It does not, on its own, confirm or deny specific consignment-level decisions, but it establishes that the relevant legal architecture is operative.
ICTS International / Pro-Check Group. Corporate Watch’s 2012 report identified ICTS International and its subsidiary Pro-Check Group — an Israeli-founded security company with documented links to Israeli state security entities — as providers of passenger-screening services to Air France and KLM at multiple European airports.21 This finding is historical (2012) and the post-2020 contractual status of the relationship is unverified. It is included for completeness but is not treated as an established present-day finding.
“Flytilla” boarding denial (2012). In June 2012, Air France was documented as one of several airlines denying boarding to named activists at European airports pursuant to a list supplied by the Israeli government, in connection with the “Flytilla” solidarity action targeting Ben Gurion Airport.10 This was characterised at the time as airlines functioning as enforcement agents for Israeli border policy in European jurisdiction. This is a historical incident with no identified recurrence or regulatory follow-up.
The strongest challenge to the V-MIL score is the absence of any confirmed Israeli military end-user in either of the two main evidence streams. The NATO MMF contract involves a NATO programme serving European and Australian militaries; the Disclose CDG investigations document French exporters and Israeli recipients but do not confirm Air France as the carrier. A critic could argue that V-MIL Impact should be scored at the lower end of the logistical sustainment band (closer to 3.1) or even at the incidental band (2.0–3.0), given that no Israeli defence relationship has been established.
The ICTS/Pro-Check relationship is the only identified V-MIL-relevant link to an Israeli-origin company in Air France’s service procurement, and it is both historical and unconfirmed in the present tense. Its evidential weight is accordingly low. Similarly, the “Flytilla” boarding denial, while documented, is a 2012 incident without recurrence; treating it as a continuing V-MIL indicator would overstate its significance.
The most consequential evidence gap is the carrier identity on the Disclose CDG airway bills. If a future primary-source review of customs or freight documentation confirms Air France Cargo as the named carrier on consignments to Elbit Systems or IMI, the Impact score would rise to the moderate-high band (5.1–5.5: knowing military-channel supply), and the V-MIL domain score would increase materially, with a knock-on effect on the composite BRS. Conversely, confirmation that a different carrier transported those consignments would remove this uncertainty entirely. No public source currently resolves this question.
A further gap concerns the Who Profits database: no Air France entry in that database has been confirmed in available sources, but the completeness of that review is constrained by the training-data boundary. A live-search check of the Who Profits database is a priority pre-publication step.
| Entity | Type | Role / Relationship | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFI KLM E&M | Air France-KLM subsidiary | Airframe and engine MRO for NATO MMF A330 MRTT / RAAF KC-30A | High — confirmed3 |
| Northrop Grumman | US defence prime | Prime contractor, NATO MMF; JV partner with AFI KLM E&M for MRO | High — confirmed3 |
| NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) | Military programme | Programme receiving AFI KLM E&M sustainment services | High — confirmed3 |
| Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) | Military end-user | Operator of KC-30A fleet covered under AFI KLM E&M MRO | High — confirmed3 |
| Elbit Systems | Israeli defence prime | Named recipient in Disclose CDG freight investigation (Hermes 900 UAV components) | High — confirmed re: Disclose reporting; Air France as carrier unconfirmed4 |
| IMI Systems (now Elbit) | Israeli defence prime | Named recipient in Disclose CDG freight investigation (Eurolinks chain) | High — confirmed re: Disclose reporting; Air France as carrier unconfirmed18 |
| Sermat | French exporter | Documented supplier in Elbit/Hermes 900 chain via CDG | Confirmed in Disclose reporting4 |
| Eurolinks | French exporter | Documented supplier in IMI Systems chain via CDG | Confirmed in Disclose reporting18 |
| ICTS International / Pro-Check Group | Israeli-origin security firm | Passenger-screening services to Air France/KLM (2012 report) | Low — historical, unconfirmed current21 |
| Air France Cargo | Air France division | CDG freight hub operator; plausible carrier in Disclose chains | Structural plausibility only; not confirmed as named carrier |
| Disclose | French investigative outlet | Published dual-use freight investigations documenting CDG-to-Israel chains | Source418 |
| Corporate Watch | UK NGO | 2012 report on ICTS/Pro-Check relationship with Air France/KLM | Source21 |
Air France’s enterprise technology stack, as publicly disclosed through Universal Registration Documents and vendor press releases, is dominated by large US and European technology companies with no confirmed Israeli-origin vendors at critical-infrastructure level.68 This finding is the core of the V-DIG analysis.
Primary technology partnerships. Google Cloud was named preferred cloud provider in a formally announced multi-year strategic partnership in June 2022, covering data and AI workloads.12 Microsoft is referenced for the M365 productivity suite and, from 2024, for generative-AI customer-facing applications.8 IBM held the long-running IT infrastructure outsourcing mandate (renewed 2016), with partial workload migration to Google Cloud from 2022; the residual scope of IBM hosting is not publicly quantified.22 Accenture is the named digital-transformation partner under a multi-year contract extended in September 2021.11 Capgemini provides digital workplace services; Atos/Eviden is referenced as a cybersecurity services provider. On the commercial and operational systems side, Amadeus holds a long-term distribution agreement; Sabre supports network planning; Salesforce has powered CRM operations since December 2019;9 and Thales (France) supplies cockpit avionics and in-flight entertainment systems for Air France’s Airbus A350 fleet.8
Absence of Israeli-origin vendors in confirmed critical infrastructure. No public evidence was identified that Air France or Air France-KLM holds a publicly disclosed enterprise licence, subscription, or integration with any of the following Israeli-founded or Israeli-origin vendors: Check Point Software, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, NICE Systems, Verint Systems, Claroty, or Palo Alto Networks.2324 Source classes reviewed include AF-KLM Universal Registration Documents, vendor customer-reference pages, French-language IT and cybersecurity trade press, and NGO corporate accountability databases. Air France is not listed in the Who Profits database, the AFSC Investigate database, or the UN OHCHR 2020 database of enterprises involved in Israeli settlement activities on technology grounds.232425
Biometric boarding and surveillance technology. Air France participates in biometric boarding pilots at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport through IATA OneID-aligned programmes operated by Groupe ADP. The publicly named technology providers in French aviation press are IDEMIA (France) and Groupe ADP itself.26 No public evidence was identified of any deployment by Air France — directly or via airport concession — of Israeli-origin biometric vendors including Trigo, BriefCam, AnyVision/Oosto, or Trax.
AI deployment profile. Air France-KLM is an AI consumer, not an AI provider. Publicly disclosed AI and ML deployments use Google Cloud Vertex AI for operations and revenue-management applications12 and Microsoft AI tooling for customer-facing applications from 2024.8 No public evidence was identified of AI or ML services being supplied by Air France to any Israeli state, military, law-enforcement, or intelligence body. Autonomous targeting or lethal autonomous weapons systems are entirely outside the operational scope of a commercial airline.
Technology ecosystem and R&D footprint. Air France-KLM’s publicly listed innovation footprint is concentrated in France (Sophia Antipolis, CDG campus) and the Netherlands (Amsterdam/Schiphol area).27 No public evidence was identified of any Air France or Air France-KLM innovation lab, corporate accelerator, or engineering office located in Israel. No acquisition of an Israeli-origin technology company or fund-level investment in an Israeli venture capital vehicle has been identified in any AF-KLM filing or M&A press coverage reviewed.
The V-DIG Impact score of 1.0 (incidental band, rather than 0.0) reflects the non-zero possibility that Israeli-origin tooling is present within managed-service bundles provided by Atos/Eviden, IBM, or Accenture — all of whom carry Israeli-origin security tools in their broader managed-service portfolios — but no public evidence confirms such deployment within the Air France environment specifically. This is a structural evidence gap, not a confirmed finding. Magnitude (1.5) and Proximity (2.5) scores are correspondingly low, with proximity reflecting the two-step structural distance of the managed-service route if any such tooling were present.
The principal challenge to the near-zero V-DIG score is the structural opacity of Air France’s cybersecurity and endpoint security vendor stack. Air France-KLM does not publicly disclose its specific EDR/XDR, SIEM, IAM, or network-security vendor selections. The presence or absence of Check Point, CyberArk, SentinelOne, Wiz, Palo Alto Networks, NICE, or Verint within the internal security stack therefore cannot be confirmed or refuted from public sources. A critic could argue that the absence of public evidence is not the same as confirmed absence, and that a large carrier handling tens of millions of passenger records is likely to use enterprise security vendors with Israeli founding roots given the market penetration of those vendors globally.
Similarly, Air France operates large customer-service contact centres for which the specific contact-centre platform vendor (NICE, Verint, Genesys, or other) is not publicly named. A NICE or Verint deployment at Air France’s contact centres would constitute a confirmed Israeli-origin vendor relationship, though at a level far below critical infrastructure. The full backend analytics vendor stack for CDG and Orly biometric boarding trials is also not exhaustively published, leaving open the possibility that an Israeli-origin analytics component sits behind the IDEMIA-fronted infrastructure.
Even under the most adverse assumption — Israeli-origin tooling confirmed across managed-service bundles and contact-centre platforms — the V-DIG Impact score would rise at most to the 3.0–3.9 range (indirect/consumer relationship), which would not materially change the composite BRS given V-DIG’s low weight in the formula. The V-DIG domain score would rise from approximately 0.08 to a maximum of approximately 0.3 under this scenario, adding roughly 6–8 points to the composite BRS.
A third gap concerns the Tel Aviv station office local IT: whether Air France’s TLV station relies on locally provisioned Israeli SaaS products for HR, payroll, or workforce management is not publicly disclosed. This is a minor potential exposure rather than a material one.
| Entity | Type | Role / Relationship | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | US cloud provider | Preferred cloud platform, data and AI workloads (from 2022) | High — confirmed12 |
| Microsoft | US technology vendor | M365, generative-AI customer applications (from 2024) | High — confirmed8 |
| IBM | US technology vendor | Long-running IT infrastructure outsourcing mandate | High — confirmed22 |
| Accenture | Professional services | Digital-transformation partner (extended 2021) | High — confirmed11 |
| Capgemini | Professional services | Digital workplace services | Confirmed8 |
| Atos / Eviden | European cybersecurity | Cybersecurity services provider (European aviation segment) | Confirmed8 |
| Amadeus | Spanish GDS/IT | Long-term distribution agreement (2023) | Confirmed8 |
| Sabre | US travel tech | Network planning and commercial systems | Confirmed8 |
| Salesforce | US CRM | CRM and customer-experience operations (from December 2019) | High — confirmed9 |
| Thales (France) | French defence/avionics | Cockpit avionics and IFE for A350 fleet | Confirmed8 |
| IDEMIA | French biometrics | Biometric boarding technology provider at CDG | Confirmed26 |
| Groupe ADP | French airport operator | Biometric boarding programme operator, CDG | Confirmed26 |
| Check Point Software | Israeli-origin cybersecurity | Not confirmed in Air France environment | No confirmed link2324 |
| CyberArk | Israeli-origin IAM | Not confirmed in Air France environment | No confirmed link2324 |
| NICE Systems | Israeli-origin contact-centre/analytics | Historical 2012 BDS campaign reference; no current evidence | Historical, unconfirmed28 |
| Verint Systems | Israeli-origin analytics | Not confirmed in Air France environment | No confirmed link |
| Who Profits Research Center | NGO database | Air France not listed under technology-related grounds | Source23 |
| AFSC Investigate | NGO database | Air France not listed under occupation-industry technology categories | Source24 |
| UN OHCHR | International body | Air France not in 2020 database of settlement-linked enterprises | Source25 |
Air France’s economic relationship with Israel is structured around four principal elements: a scheduled passenger route, belly-cargo service, a bilateral codeshare with El Al Israel Airlines, and a standard airport station at Ben Gurion. None of these elements involves foreign direct investment, asset ownership, Israeli-domiciled subsidiaries, Israeli ownership of Air France-KLM, or supply-chain sourcing from Israeli settlements.
CDG–TLV scheduled route and belly cargo. The Paris-Charles de Gaulle–Tel Aviv Ben Gurion route is Air France’s sole direct service to Israel and the entirety of its Israel-market passenger operation.8 It has a long pre-existing commercial history and constitutes a recurring economic relationship that generates revenue from and for the Israeli market. Tel Aviv is listed as an active AFKL Cargo destination, served via belly capacity on Air France passenger aircraft.29 Cargo operations are co-extensive with passenger operations: they suspend and resume with the passenger service. The suspension-and-resumption pattern across 2023–2025 — suspended October 2023, resumed April 2024, suspended October 2024, resumed January 2025, confirmed operating April 2025 — documents that this is an actively managed commercial commitment rather than a passive legacy route.1131415
Under the BDS-1000 rubric, this constitutes sustained trade (I = 3.5 in the 3.1–3.9 band): a long-established, recurring commercial relationship that generates Israel-market revenue without the deeper integration markers of FDI, manufacturing presence, or settlement supply chains. Magnitude (M = 4.5) reflects that CDG–TLV is a multi-year, recurring route with belly cargo but that Israel is not a named strategic growth market in any AFKLM investor communication, is grouped within the broad “Africa–Middle East–Indian subcontinent” segment in financial reporting, and is served by approximately twenty or more foreign carriers at Ben Gurion, meaning Air France is one participant among many.8
The Proximity score (P = 9.0) is the highest in the V-ECON analysis and reflects that Air France directly operates the route and codeshare under its own IATA designator code and ICAA operating permit, with no intermediary. Air France is the entity performing the commercial relationship, and the El Al codeshare is a direct bilateral contract. This near-maximum proximity score is the key driver of the V-ECON domain score.
El Al codeshare agreement. The bilateral codeshare agreement between Air France and El Al Israel Airlines was signed in April 2018.2 Under this arrangement, Air France places its “AF” code on El Al-operated flights and vice versa, enabling through-ticketing and connecting itinerary construction. El Al’s partner-airlines page confirms the ongoing status of this arrangement.30 The codeshare deepens the commercial interdependence between Air France and Israel’s national carrier beyond simple route operation: it creates a structural distribution partnership that serves both the Israeli market and onward connections. El Al is not a SkyTeam member, so this is a purely bilateral relationship not embedded in any multilateral alliance framework.17
The scoring of V-ECON notes a cross-audit discrepancy: the V-ECON audit confirms the El Al codeshare as signed in April 2018 and ongoing, while the V-POL audit states that no codeshare arrangement between Air France and El Al was identified in sources reviewed. The V-ECON evidence is more granular and is treated as the controlling finding for scoring purposes, consistent with the audit instruction to use evidence already present in the domain files.
Ownership and investment structure. Air France is wholly owned by Air France-KLM S.A., whose principal sovereign shareholders are the French State (~28.6% via APE) and the Dutch State (~9.3%).816 No Israeli state entity, Israeli sovereign wealth fund, or Israeli-domiciled institutional investor holds a disclosed stake. No Israeli government board appointee or golden-share arrangement has been identified. The group’s URD 2023 consolidated entity list identifies no Israeli-registered subsidiary, joint venture, or special-purpose entity.8 Air France therefore has no identified outbound FDI into Israel and no Israeli inbound ownership.
Profit flows. All Air France operating profits are consolidated into Air France-KLM S.A. and flow from the parent to French and Dutch state shareholders, institutional investors, and public-market shareholders across multiple jurisdictions. No profit-repatriation mechanism directing Air France earnings into Israel, Israeli state accounts, or Israeli-domiciled entities has been identified.816
Identified evidence gaps. Several supply-chain exposure questions remain unresolved. Air France’s catering activities at Ben Gurion are coordinated through its Servair entity, but no public filing names the specific local TLV catering provider or the origin of ingredients sourced at the airport; the settlement-origin status of catering inputs at TLV cannot be confirmed or excluded from available evidence.31 The identity of Air France’s contracted ground handler at Ben Gurion is not publicly named in any AFKLM filing reviewed.8 Jet-fuel procurement at TLV is commercially intermediated through the Israeli fuel consortium infrastructure and is not separately disclosed.8 Israel-specific revenue figures are not published; Israel is aggregated within a broad regional segment.8
The most significant challenge to the V-ECON score is whether the sustained-trade Impact band (3.1–3.9) correctly characterises Air France’s relationship, or whether the El Al codeshare and the repeated voluntary resumption of TLV service despite extended suspensions argue for a higher band. The codeshare is a material commercial partnership beyond mere route operation; a critic could argue it represents a form of strategic commercial integration with an Israeli entity that warrants a higher Impact rating. The counter-argument is that codeshares are standard bilateral commercial instruments ubiquitous in commercial aviation, that El Al is not classified as a defence-prime or settlement-economy entity under the rubric’s highest-impact categories, and that Air France derives revenue from the Israeli market rather than investing in it or sustaining Israeli defence capabilities.
The V-ECON score would rise materially only if evidence emerged of: Air France sourcing settlement-origin produce for in-flight catering (which would introduce a supply-chain-complicity dimension); Air France-KLM making direct investment in Israeli infrastructure or technology; or a financial relationship with Israeli state entities beyond routine airport charges. None of these has been identified, but the catering and ground-handling evidence gaps mean that the first cannot be definitively excluded.
The absence of Israel-specific revenue disclosure prevents precise quantification of Air France’s Israel-market economic footprint. This gap works in both directions: the route could be more or less commercially significant than assumed, and its strategic importance to Air France cannot be determined from public filings. The Magnitude score of 4.5 (modest presence) may therefore either overstate or understate Israel’s actual revenue weight within Air France’s network.
| Entity | Type | Role / Relationship | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Al Israel Airlines | Israeli national carrier | Bilateral codeshare partner (AF code on El Al flights, signed April 2018) | High — confirmed230 |
| Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) | Israeli airport | Air France airport station; sole Israel destination | High — confirmed8 |
| Israel Airports Authority (IAA) | Israeli state authority | Airport operator at Ben Gurion; Air France pays standard charges | High — confirmed32 |
| Israel Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) | Israeli regulatory authority | Issues Air France’s foreign carrier operating permit | High — confirmed33 |
| Servair | AFKLM catering subsidiary | Coordinates Air France catering operations including TLV uplifts | Confirmed31 |
| Air France Cargo / AFKL Cargo | Air France division | Belly-cargo service on CDG–TLV route | High — confirmed29 |
| French State / APE | State shareholder | ~28.6% stake in Air France-KLM SA; board representation | High — confirmed816 |
| Dutch State | State shareholder | ~9.3% stake in Air France-KLM SA | High — confirmed8 |
| CMA CGM | French shipping group | Disclosed minority stake in Air France-KLM SA | Confirmed8 |
| Delta Air Lines | US carrier | ~2.9% stake; transatlantic JV partner | High — confirmed8 |
| SkyTeam | Airline alliance | Air France founding member; El Al not a member | High — confirmed17 |
| Agence des Participations de l’État (APE) | French government agency | Administers French State’s AFKLM equity interest | High — confirmed16 |
| Who Profits Research Center | NGO | Air France not listed for settlement-economy involvement | Source23 |
Air France’s V-POL profile is defined by a documented posture of operational neutrality and selective silence across the 2023–2025 Gaza conflict period, contrasted against a more politically engaged response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The selective silence constitutes the primary finding in this domain.
Conflict communications — operational-only posture. Air France and Air France-KLM SA have issued no public corporate statement on the Israel-Palestine conflict at any point during the 2023–2025 period examined. Communications issued around the three principal CDG–TLV suspension events — October 2023, April 2024, and October 2024 — were framed exclusively as operational safety notices, with no political commentary, solidarity expression, or condemnation of any party.5 This posture has been consistent across more than two years and multiple distinct escalation events. Under the BDS-1000 V-POL rubric, sustained selective silence — particularly when evidenced against a contrasting political response to a different conflict — falls in the Double Standard band (I = 2.1–3.0). The score of 2.5 reflects genuine selective silence rather than purely incidental avoidance.
Russia/Ukraine comparator. The evidentiary basis for the “Double Standard” classification is the group’s documented response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Air France-KLM issued explicit corporate statements, closed its Russian airspace overflights, and participated in EU-coordinated repatriation logistics — a response that involved both political framing and operational action.5 The Ukraine response demonstrates that the group is capable of making political statements in connection with armed conflicts affecting its operational network. The absence of equivalent framing for the Israel/Gaza conflict is therefore a documented asymmetry, not an undifferentiated corporate silence across all geopolitical events.
A reasonable qualification is that the Russian airspace closure was an EU-mandated regulatory measure rather than a purely voluntary political act. If the Ukraine response is characterised primarily as regulatory compliance rather than voluntary political engagement, the asymmetry with the Gaza posture is less stark. The score of 2.5 is calibrated to reflect this ambiguity — sitting in the middle of the Double Standard band rather than at its upper end, which would imply active advocacy.
Ownership and governance. The French State holds approximately 28.6% of Air France-KLM SA, making it the single largest shareholder with board representation.816 French State-nominated directors sit on the board; their personal public statements would reflect French government policy, which during 2023–2025 was characterised by calls for ceasefire and humanitarian access. However, no public evidence has been identified that these directors have made conflict-related statements in their Air France-KLM board capacity, or that French state shareholding has been used to direct Air France’s operational or political positions on the conflict. The structural channel exists; no evidence of its activation has been found.
Lobbying. Air France-KLM is registered in the EU Transparency Register and files declarations with France’s HATVP.3435 Disclosed lobbying topics cover aviation-sector economic and environmental policy. No disclosed lobbying on Israel-Palestine policy, anti-BDS legislation, arms export licensing, or related geopolitical topics has been identified in either register. This is a confirmed nil finding for active political engagement, reinforcing the selective silence characterisation.
Executive conduct. No public statements have been identified in which group CEO Benjamin Smith, Air France CEO Anne Rigail, or Chair Anne-Marie Couderc addresses the Israel-Palestine conflict in any capacity.3637 No reported personal donations to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), the Jewish National Fund (JNF), Palestinian relief organisations, or comparable advocacy bodies have been identified. No board memberships with geopolitical pressure groups or state-aligned institutions on either side have been identified for any of the three principal executives.
Internal governance and employee conduct. No public evidence has been identified of Air France-specific disciplinary actions targeting employees for pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli expression. French cabin-crew unions including SNPNC and UNSA-PNC raised formal safety concerns about the TLV route in late 2023 and 2024; management characterised crew assignment decisions as safety-based operational judgements.5 The November 2023 KLM cabin-crew Palestinian flag-pin incident (at the sister carrier, not Air France) generated publicly reported management guidance at KLM; no parallel Air France policy statement or incident has been publicly documented.
The Magnitude score (M = 2.5) reflects that the selective silence is a sustained pattern across 2023–2025 rather than a single isolated act, but that it represents a passive omission rather than active political output. The Proximity score (P = 8.5) is high because the communications posture is a direct decision by Air France-KLM group management and the board — the act is performed by the entity itself, not a subsidiary or partner.
BDS and civil society listings. Air France does not appear on BDS Movement published target lists as of the period examined.38 No Air France-specific entry in the Who Profits Research Center corporate database documenting settlement-economy involvement has been confirmed.23 Air France and Air France-KLM are not listed in the UN OHCHR 2020 database of business enterprises involved in activities related to Israeli settlements.25
The “Double Standard” characterisation rests on a single comparator event (Russia/Ukraine 2022) and may not be the only valid interpretation of Air France’s communications posture. A critic could argue that commercial airlines routinely avoid political commentary on armed conflicts affecting their route networks — that this is industry standard rather than selective — and that the Ukraine response was uniquely driven by EU regulatory mandates (airspace closure, state-aid frameworks) rather than voluntary political engagement. Under this reading, Air France’s Israel/Gaza posture is consistent business-as-usual neutrality, not a double standard, and the V-POL Impact score should fall to the 1.0–2.0 range (incidental/passive).
Conversely, a critic arguing for a higher score could point to: Air France’s active voluntary resumption of TLV service following each suspension (which could be characterised as a political choice in favour of normalisation of commercial ties); the absence of any humanitarian statement in connection with civilian casualties; and the French state’s board representation creating a structural accountability gap. These arguments would push the score toward the upper end of the Double Standard band or into the Business-as-Usual band (3.1–4.0). The current score of 2.5 reflects the preponderance of evidence supporting passive silence rather than active political engagement.
There are also meaningful evidence gaps in this domain. French employment tribunal records are not comprehensively publicly searchable, so the absence of identified disciplinary cases involving employee pro-Palestinian expression does not preclude unreported proceedings. The commercial versus donated basis of any French government repatriation charters from Israel in October 2023 or October 2024 is an unresolved evidence gap — confirmation that Air France provided such charters on a donated or below-market basis would represent a form of in-kind state support. The personal philanthropy of group executives is constrained in verifiability by French personal-wealth disclosure limitations.
| Entity | Type | Role / Relationship | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Smith | Individual — CEO, AF-KLM SA | Group CEO; no conflict-related statements identified | Confirmed identity; confirmed nil finding36 |
| Anne Rigail | Individual — CEO, Air France SA | AF operating CEO; no conflict-related statements identified | Confirmed identity; confirmed nil finding37 |
| Anne-Marie Couderc | Individual — Chair, AF-KLM SA | Group chair; no conflict-related statements identified | Confirmed identity; confirmed nil finding |
| French State / APE | State shareholder | ~28.6% stake; board seats; French government policy stance (ceasefire advocacy) not confirmed as influencing AF board | Confirmed ownership16 |
| Dutch State | State shareholder | ~9.3% stake; board representation | Confirmed8 |
| EU Transparency Register | EU regulatory body | AF-KLM registered; lobbying topics confined to aviation economics/environment | Confirmed34 |
| HATVP (Agora) | French regulatory body | AF-KLM French lobbying declarations; no conflict-related topics | Confirmed35 |
| SNPNC / UNSA-PNC | French cabin-crew unions | Raised safety concerns on TLV route 2023–2024; no political disciplinary conflict identified | Contextual5 |
| BDS Movement | NGO | Air France not on primary targets list | Source38 |
| Who Profits Research Center | NGO | Air France not listed | Source23 |
| UN OHCHR | International body | Air France not in 2020 settlement-enterprise database | Source25 |
| El Al Israel Airlines | Israeli national carrier | Codeshare partner (noted in V-ECON; not confirmed in V-POL sources) | Cross-audit discrepancy noted2 |
Across all four domains, the most consequential unresolved evidentiary question is the carrier identity in the Disclose CDG freight investigations (V-MIL). Confirmation of Air France Cargo as the named carrier on airway bills in consignments to Elbit Systems or IMI Systems would simultaneously elevate the V-MIL Impact score and introduce a new V-ECON dimension (supply-chain integration with Israeli defence primes), potentially raising the composite BRS by 30–50 points. No currently available public source resolves this question.
The El Al codeshare cross-audit discrepancy is a secondary concern. The V-ECON audit confirms the codeshare (signed April 2018, ongoing); the V-POL audit does not identify it. The V-ECON finding is treated as controlling, but the discrepancy indicates that a pre-publication verification of the codeshare’s current operational status via El Al’s partner page or IATA data would strengthen the evidentiary foundation.
More broadly, the structural opacity of large commercial enterprises limits the precision of evidence across all domains. Air France-KLM does not publish vendor-level granularity for its cybersecurity stack (V-DIG), its TLV catering and ground-handling suppliers (V-ECON), or the commercial versus donated basis of government-requested charters (V-POL). These are genuine structural gaps rather than evasions, and they create a band of uncertainty around each domain score that cannot be collapsed without access to non-public procurement records.
| Entity | Domain(s) | Type | Key Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air France-KLM S.A. | All | Parent holding company | Consolidated group; Euronext-listed |
| AFI KLM E&M | V-MIL | MRO subsidiary | NATO MMF A330 MRTT/KC-30A MRO; Northrop Grumman JV partner |
| Air France Cargo / AFKL Cargo | V-MIL, V-ECON | Cargo division | CDG freight hub; TLV belly cargo; dual-use freight exposure |
| Northrop Grumman | V-MIL | US defence prime | NATO MMF prime contractor; JV partner with AFI KLM E&M |
| NATO MMF | V-MIL | Military programme | Programme receiving AFI KLM E&M sustainment |
| Elbit Systems | V-MIL | Israeli defence prime | Named recipient in Disclose CDG chain; carrier unconfirmed |
| IMI Systems (now Elbit) | V-MIL | Israeli defence prime | Named recipient in Disclose CDG chain; carrier unconfirmed |
| ICTS International / Pro-Check | V-MIL | Israeli-origin security firm | Passenger screening (2012, unconfirmed current status) |
| Google Cloud | V-DIG | US cloud provider | Preferred cloud platform; AI workloads |
| Microsoft | V-DIG | US technology vendor | M365, generative-AI applications |
| IBM | V-DIG | US technology vendor | IT infrastructure outsourcing |
| Accenture | V-DIG | Professional services | Digital-transformation partner |
| Atos / Eviden | V-DIG | European cybersecurity | Cybersecurity services; potential managed-service route for Israeli tooling (unconfirmed) |
| Salesforce | V-DIG | US CRM | CRM and customer-experience platform |
| Thales | V-DIG | French avionics | A350 cockpit avionics and IFE |
| IDEMIA | V-DIG | French biometrics | Biometric boarding at CDG |
| El Al Israel Airlines | V-ECON, V-POL | Israeli national carrier | Bilateral codeshare partner (April 2018, ongoing) |
| Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) | V-ECON | Israeli airport | Air France’s sole Israel airport station |
| Servair | V-ECON | AFKLM catering subsidiary | TLV catering coordination; local provider unidentified |
| French State / APE | V-ECON, V-POL | State shareholder | ~28.6% stake; board seats in AF-KLM |
| Dutch State | V-ECON, V-POL | State shareholder | ~9.3% stake |
| Benjamin Smith | V-POL | Individual executive | CEO, AF-KLM; no conflict statements |
| Anne Rigail | V-POL | Individual executive | CEO, Air France; no conflict statements |
| Disclose | V-MIL | French investigative outlet | CDG-to-Israel dual-use freight investigations |
| Corporate Watch | V-MIL | UK NGO | 2012 ICTS/Pro-Check report |
| BDS Movement | V-POL, V-DIG | NGO | Air France not on primary targets list |
| Who Profits Research Center | All | NGO database | Air France not listed |
| UN OHCHR | All | International body | Air France not in 2020 settlement-enterprise database |
| Domain | I | M | P | V-Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-MIL | 3.50 | 4.50 | 5.50 | 1.75 |
| V-DIG | 1.00 | 1.50 | 2.50 | 0.08 |
| V-ECON | 3.50 | 4.50 | 9.00 | 2.25 |
| V-POL | 2.50 | 2.50 | 8.50 | 0.89 |
Composite BRS: 175 — Tier E (0–199)
V-ECON is the lead domain (V_MAX = 2.25), reflecting Air France’s role as the direct operator of the CDG–TLV route and bilateral codeshare with El Al; Proximity reaches 9.0 because Air France performs the commercial relationship without intermediary. V-MIL scores second (1.75), anchored by AFI KLM E&M’s confirmed NATO MRO contract; the absence of any confirmed Israeli military end-user prevents a higher Impact rating. V-POL (0.89) captures a sustained but passive selective-silence pattern evidenced against the Russia/Ukraine comparator. V-DIG (0.08) is negligible given the confirmed absence of Israeli-origin vendors in Air France’s critical technology infrastructure.
The BRS formula applies full weight to V_MAX and a 20% discount to the sum of the three remaining domain scores before dividing by the rubric ceiling and scaling to 1000. The 175 result reflects a standard commercial airline maintaining a recurring bilateral trade relationship — one route, one codeshare, and an indirect freight-hub exposure — without the deeper integration markers that would drive the score into higher tiers.
High confidence findings:
– AFI KLM E&M holds a confirmed, ongoing MRO contract for the NATO MMF A330 MRTT fleet in a JV with Northrop Grumman; no Israeli military end-user is involved.3
– Air France directly operates the CDG–TLV passenger and belly-cargo route under its own IATA code, with repeated voluntary resumptions across 2023–2025.1131415
– Air France and El Al signed a bilateral codeshare in April 2018 that remains commercially active.230
– No Israeli-origin vendor has been confirmed in Air France’s critical enterprise technology infrastructure.67
– Air France is not listed in the Who Profits database, AFSC Investigate database, or the UN OHCHR 2020 settlement-enterprise database.232425
– The Russia/Ukraine vs. Israel/Gaza communications asymmetry is well-evidenced.5
Material open questions:
1. Carrier identity in Disclose CDG investigations. Is Air France Cargo the named carrier on airway bills for Sermat→Elbit or Eurolinks→IMI consignments? Confirmation would raise V-MIL Impact to the moderate-high band and increase the composite BRS by an estimated 30–50 points.
2. Current ICTS/Pro-Check relationship. Does Air France currently hold a contract with ICTS International or Pro-Check Group for passenger-screening services? A confirmed current relationship would add modest V-MIL weight.
3. TLV catering supplier and ingredient origin. Does Air France’s Ben Gurion catering chain incorporate settlement-origin produce? Confirmation would introduce a V-ECON supply-chain-complicity dimension currently absent.
4. Cybersecurity and contact-centre vendor stack. Are Check Point, CyberArk, NICE, Verint, or equivalent Israeli-origin vendors deployed within Air France’s internal security or contact-centre environments, directly or through managed-service bundles?
5. October 2025 BDS France/ASER CDG protest. A reported protest at CDG specifically targeting Air France cargo operations in connection with the Israeli conflict could not be independently confirmed in available sources. Verification would add civil-society-scrutiny weight to V-MIL.
6. El Al codeshare current status. The V-ECON/V-POL discrepancy on the codeshare warrants pre-publication verification against El Al’s current partner page.
For researchers and activists:
– Priority verification — Disclose CDG carrier identity. Submit FOIA/access-to-documents requests to the French customs authority (DGDDI) or consult the Disclose investigative team directly to establish whether Air France Cargo appears as named carrier on airway bills in the Sermat/Elbit and Eurolinks/IMI chains. This single verification step has the highest potential impact on the overall BDS-1000 score. Given the current score sits at Tier E (175), a V-MIL uplift from confirmation of carrier involvement could move Air France into Tier D, warranting escalated campaign attention. Until this is resolved, characterising Air France as a confirmed military logistics provider to Israeli defence would overstate the available evidence.
– Who Profits live-search check. Conduct a live search of the Who Profits database for Air France. The absence of a confirmed entry in available training data is not a definitive nil finding; a current live check is a low-cost verification step that should precede any publication.
– TLV catering and ground-handling audit. Identify Air France’s contracted ground handler and catering supplier at Ben Gurion. Aviation trade directories and Ben Gurion Airport’s own commercial directories are likely sources. A settlement-origin finding in catering would add a V-ECON dimension currently marked as an evidence gap.
For institutional investors and ESG analysts:
– The V-ECON score reflects sustained trade (not FDI or strategic integration) with a direct-operator proximity of 9.0. The BRS of 175 (Tier E) does not currently trigger standard ESG exclusion thresholds used by most institutional frameworks, but the unresolved Disclose CDG question is a material watch item. Any investor engagement should specifically request Air France-KLM to clarify its cargo acceptance decisions regarding the Sermat/Elbit and Eurolinks/IMI freight chains documented by Disclose.
– The group’s Vigilance Plan under France’s Loi de Vigilance39 does not currently include a specific policy or exclusion list addressing settlement-origin goods or dual-use freight to Israeli defence primes. Investor engagement could request the addition of such a policy commitment, tied to the group’s existing strategic-goods acceptance framework.1920
For Air France-KLM governance:
– The documented Russia/Ukraine vs. Israel/Gaza communications asymmetry creates reputational exposure that will persist as long as the group maintains operational-only communications on the Gaza conflict. Even a brief acknowledgement of civilian casualties without political attribution would reduce this asymmetry. The French state’s board representation means this asymmetry also carries a governance accountability dimension under OECD state-owned enterprise guidelines.
– Disclosure of the group’s TLV catering and ground-handling suppliers, and the origin of catering inputs, would address a recurring evidence gap across multiple civil-society audit frameworks and reduce reputational uncertainty.
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Globes, El Al and Air France sign codeshare agreement (2018) — https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-el-al-and-air-france-sign-codeshare-agreement-1001233000 ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
AFI KLM E&M / Northrop Grumman NATO MMF MRO contract announcement — https://www.afiklmem.com/en/news/afi-klm-em-and-northrop-grumman-sign-mro-agreement-nato-mmf ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Who Profits Research Center company database — https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/ ↩↩↩
AFSC Investigate corporate accountability database — https://investigate.afsc.org/ ↩↩
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Salesforce / Air France-KLM CRM partnership announcement (December 2019) — https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2019/12/12/air-france-klm-salesforce/ ↩↩↩
The Guardian, Airlines bar activists from flying to Israel (June 2012) — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/21/airlines-bar-activists-flying-israel ↩↩
Accenture / Air France-KLM digital-transformation partnership extension (2021) — https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2021/accenture-and-air-france-klm-extend-strategic-partnership-to-drive-digital-transformation-in-the-cloud ↩↩↩
Google Cloud / Air France-KLM strategic partnership announcement (2022) — https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2022/airfranceklm-google-cloud ↩↩↩↩
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Agence des Participations de l’État, Air France-KLM — https://www.economie.gouv.fr/agence-participations-etat/air-france-klm ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
SkyTeam, member airlines — https://www.skyteam.com/en/about/our-members ↩↩↩
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Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo Strategic Goods & Weapons Embargo Acceptance Policy — https://www.afklcargo.com/en/shipping/strategic-goods ↩↩
Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo Cargo Acceptance Conditions — https://www.afklcargo.com/en/shipping/conditions ↩↩
Corporate Watch, Targeting Israeli Apartheid: A Corporate Responsibility Guide (2012) — https://corporatewatch.org/targeting-israeli-apartheid-a-corporate-responsibility-guide/ ↩↩↩
Computer Weekly, Air France-KLM renews IT infrastructure outsourcing with IBM — https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450300466/Air-France-KLM-renews-IT-infrastructure-outsourcing-contract-with-IBM ↩↩
Who Profits Research Center company database — https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/ ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
AFSC Investigate corporate accountability database — https://investigate.afsc.org/ ↩↩↩↩↩↩
UN OHCHR 2020 database of business enterprises involved in activities in Israeli settlements — https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/regular-sessions/session43/list-database ↩↩↩↩↩
Air France-KLM sustainability reports and policies — https://www.airfranceklm.com/en/sustainability/reports-and-policies ↩↩↩
Air France-KLM innovation — https://www.airfranceklm.com/en/innovation ↩
BDS Movement, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Handbook 2012, reference to NICE Systems / Air France-KLM — https://bdsmovement.net/files/2012/06/BDS-Handbook-English-2012.pdf ↩
AFKL Cargo network — https://www.afklcargo.com/WW/en/local/about_us/network.jsp ↩↩
El Al partner airlines page — https://www.elal.com/en/PassengerInfo/Pages/Partners.aspx ↩↩↩
Air France-KLM catering activities (Servair) — https://www.airfranceklm.com/en/group/activities/catering ↩↩
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Israel Civil Aviation Authority — https://www.gov.il/en/departments/civil_aviation_authority ↩
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BDS Movement, what to boycott — https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott ↩↩
Air France-KLM Extra-Financial Report 2023 (Vigilance Plan) — https://www.airfranceklm.com/sites/default/files/2024-04/afklm_universal_registration_document_2023_extra-financial.pdf ↩
