Initially founded in 1933, Air France is an international airline, and one of the largest airlines in the world. The company was a pioneer in flying the Concorde supersonic aircraft with British Airways. The headquarters are in Paris. In 1948, Air France operated a fleet of 130 aircraft and became one of the largest airlines in the world. Between 1947 and 1965, the airline operated Lockheed Constellations on passenger and cargo flights around the world.
It also operated the Vickers Viscount turboprop, with twelve entering services on European routes between May 1953 and August 1954. On September 26, 1953, the government instructed Air France to share long-distance routes with new private airlines. An agreement on the transfer of some routes to Africa, Asia and the Pacific region was signed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport with Air France, Aigle Azur, TAI and UAT.
Photographer Eugene Louis Kammerman took a series of photographs for a 1957 advertising campaign for Air France. He became a photographer for the United States Army and married a French woman. As a reporter for the Saturday Evening Post, he collaborated with the young newspaper L’Express, which was too “poor” to pay him. His images were featured in magazines like Elle, Paris Match, and Life, all devoted to fashion. He began to work on advertising campaigns and covered significant fashion houses.
