Air France-KLM reported traffic results for the month and year-to-date ended September 2009. For the month, the company reported revenue pax-kilometers of 17,353 million, available seat-kilometers of 130,440 million, passengers carried of 38,371,000 and load factor of 81.7% compared to the revenue pax-kilometers of 18,013 million, available seat-kilometers of 22,283 million, passengers carried of 6,586,000 and load factor of 80.8% for the same period year ago. For the month, the company reported revenue tonne-km of 908 million, available tonne-km of 1,374 million and cargo load factor of 66.1% compared to the revenue tonne-km of 1,097 million, available tonne-km of 1,716 million and cargo load factor of 63.9% for the same period year ago. For the year to date period, the company reported revenue pax-kilometers of 106,608 million, available seat-kilometers of 130,440 million, passengers carried of 38,371,000 and load factor of 81.7% compared to the revenue pax-kilometers of 111,589 million, available seat-kilometers of 136,673 million, passengers carried of 40,532,000 and load factor of 81.6%% for the same period year ago. For the year to date period, the company reported revenue tonne-km of 5,541 million, available tonne-km of 8,677 million and cargo load factor of 63.9% compared to the revenue tonne-km of 6,863 million, available tonne-km of 10,488 million and cargo load factor of 65.4% for the same period year ago.

The families of two Americans killed when an Air France-KLM jet plunged into the seas off Brazil are suing the airline and Airbus S.A.S. for negligence. According to the case filed on September 30, 2009 with a court in Houston, Texas, the families of Michael and Anne Harris believe that the air speed monitors and radar equipment known as pitots on the Airbus 330-200 were to blame among other things for the crash. Flight AF 447 crashed on May 31 in waters off Brazil after taking off from Rio de Janeiro bound for Paris with the loss of all 228 people on board. The cause of the accident has not been confirmed and the flight recorders are still missing. The families are claiming unspecified damages for the deaths of Michael and Anne Harris. The lawsuit quotes from two Airbus documents dating from September 2007 and November 2008 about procedures for replacing the pitots.

Air France-KLM announced that it would further reduce capacity during the winter season which starts on October 25, 2009. The reason for the move is the unfavourable economic environment which in turn has led to a sharp decrease in business traffic. The reduction in capacity will reach 1.8% on the long-haul network and 2.9% on the medium-haul network. Air France-KLM reminded that it would close or suspend flights on the routes Paris-Shannon, Bordeaux-Brussels and Lyon-Frankfurt. The same will happen to flights from Clermont-Ferrand to Biarritz, Lille, Marseille, Strasbourg and Toulouse and from London to Strasbourg, Paris, Nice and Geneva.