“ MARKING ITSELF EARLY ON AS AN ADOPTER OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY , THE AIRLINE EMBRACED THE JET AGE IN 1953 WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DE HAVILLAND COMET ” company also made history from 1976 to 2003 as one of the two primary users of the first supersonic passenger aircraft : Concorde ( top speed 2,370km / h ). Air France ’ s passion for providing its passengers with a truly modern flying experience has been augmented recently with the introduction of stateof-the-art technologies , such as the Li-Fi ( Light Fidelity ) system added to the airline ’ s Airbus A321s . Able to function as a high-speed , low-latency multimedia hub for passengers , Li-Fi is also much less heavy than out-going tech due to its usage of fibre optic cabling rather than copper , reducing the aircraft ’ s weight and therefore increasing fuel efficiency . Artificial intelligence ( AI ) has come to play an important role in the airline ’ s customer service experience : chatbots are able to solve basic problems and answer questions relating to travel times , flight plans , destination details , and so on , therefore allowing the company to more adequately address its huge intake of daily enquiries . Also active in the startup world , Air France has launched a seed fund subsidiary called BigBlank , which offers promising entrepreneurs the