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Air France launches “Ready to Fly”, a pre-travel health document verification service

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• An innovative service allowing customers to ensure they have all the required health documents before going to the airport,
• A smoother journey on the day of departure, by eliminating successive checks.  

Since the beginning of the COVID crisis, Air France has been doing everything possible to assist its customers by enabling them to easily check the health documents required by the authorities of their destination country. This information is updated in real time on the airfrance.traveldoc.aero website.

With "Ready to Fly", the airline goes one step further by offering its customers the certainty of knowing that they have all the health documents required for their trip before they arrive at the airport.

A few days before departure, customers travelling on eligible flights receive an email inviting them to upload their health documents on an Air France online platform. These documents are then checked and if they are complete and correct, a confirmation message is sent to the customer. The boarding passes issued will then be marked "Ready to Fly", enabling them to be processed quickly by Air France teams at the airport on the day of departure.

If a document is missing or incomplete, customers receive a notification message inviting them to transfer the missing documents or to present them at the airport on the day of their trip.

With "Ready to Fly", Air France ensures its customers enjoy a relaxed start to their journey, knowing that they have all the documents they need to board their flight. This free and optional service also ensures a smoother customer journey through the airport, by eliminating successive checks.

Successfully tested since June, "Ready to Fly" will be available as from July 17 on flights from Paris to Corsica and French overseas destinations, before being gradually rolled out over the summer to a growing number of destinations.

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Formalités, démarches et documents, comment voyager avec Air France

Pour voyager en avion, il est de votre responsabilité de vous conformer aux exigences du pays de départ, de destination et de correspondance éventuelle, en termes de formalités d'immigration, sanitaires et de douanes.

Le transport de viande d'animaux sauvages est strictement interdit. Les passagers enfreignant cette interdiction s'exposent à des sanctions pénales.

Quelles sont les formalités pour mon voyage ?

Consultez notre moteur de recherche pour vérifier les formalités d'immigration, sanitaires et de douanes.

ESTA, eTA, e-visa, AVE... Notre partenaire Sherpa effectue à votre place les démarches pour l'obtention de ces documents. Laissez-vous guider par un spécialiste !

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Pour voyager en avion en France métropolitaine, seuls les documents suivants sont acceptés, y compris pour les enfants qui vous accompagnent :

• Carte nationale d'identité
• Permis de conduire français*
• Titre de séjour délivré par la France*

* En cours de validité, avec photo récente.

Le livret de famille présenté seul n'est pas accepté pour voyager en avion.

La carte nationale d'identité en cours de validité est suffisante. Cependant, si vous utilisez votre passeport biométrique plutôt que votre carte d'identité, vous bénéficierez ainsi du dispositif PARAFE (disponible à Paris et Marseille), et gagnerez du temps au contrôle de police.

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Depuis 2014, la période de validité est passée de 10 à 15 ans. Cependant, tous les états ne reconnaissent pas cette extension de validité. Veuillez vérifier si le pays que vous comptez visiter accepte votre carte.

En savoir plus sur le site du ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-mer

Non, une pièce d'identité physique est obligatoire pour prendre l'avion, y compris pour les vols intra France métropolitaine. Les documents générés via ou sur l'application France Identité ne sont pas acceptés.

Il n'est pas nécessaire de fournir le numéro de votre ESTA lors de votre enregistrement. Les données sont liées au numéro de votre passeport. Si votre ESTA est valide, votre enregistrement sera bien confirmé.

Les autorités de certaines destinations peuvent exiger des compagnies aériennes qu'elles fournissent en amont du voyage un certain nombre de données personnelles de leurs passagers (numéro de passeport, adresse de résidence, adresse sur place, e-mail, numéro de téléphone, etc.).

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Liens utiles

Demandez votre autorisation de voyage aux États-Unis (ESTA) sur le site officiel.

Demandez votre autorisation de voyage électronique au Canada (AVE) sur le site officiel.

Inscrivez-vous sur le portail Ariane pour recevoir les consignes de sécurité.

Consultez le site du ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères pour plus d'informations.

Your questions - travel documents

What are biometric passports.

All member states of the European Union, must be able to provide biometric passports across all of its territory beginning June 28, 2009. Biometric passports include a photograph and 8 fingerprints of its holder. It allows authorities to immediately recognize an individual.

How will the PARAFE system use the information I provide?

If you do not hold a French biometric passport, you must enroll in the PARAFE program before you can benefit from it. Your saved personal information (marital status, passport information, digital fingerprints) is exclusively reserved for PARAFE. The data is kept for a period of 5 years, which is when your PARAFE registration expires. You can leave the PARAFE program at any time and your personal data will then be deleted.

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PARAFE explained on Paris airports website

What is a transit visa?

A transit visa is valid for a very short period. Depending on your nationality and destination country, you may need to have a transit visa to make a connection in a foreign airport or cross through a foreign country. In France, there are 2 types of transit visas:

• The airport transit visa: it allows a traveler to pass through the international zone of an airport, without entering the country's territory. Not all foreign travelers are subject to this regulation. Contact the embassy of your connection country for detailed information.
• The short stay visa: granted to a traveler who intends to go from a non-Schengen country to another non-Schengen country by crossing through the territory of France or any other Schengen member country. The visa may be valid for 1 or several crossings of a maximum duration of up to 5 days each.

Prior to departure, we recommend that you check the entry and travel regulations for your destination countries. If you do not respect these regulations, you will have to pay the fees or fines charged to Air France by the country authorities.

Your questions - travel documents

What are biometric passports.

All member states of the European Union, must be able to provide biometric passports across all of its territory beginning June 28, 2009. Biometric passports include a photograph and 8 fingerprints of its holder. It allows authorities to immediately recognize an individual.

How will the PARAFE system use the information I provide?

If you do not hold a French biometric passport, you must enroll in the PARAFE program before you can benefit from it. Your saved personal information (marital status, passport information, digital fingerprints) is exclusively reserved for PARAFE. The data is kept for a period of 5 years, which is when your PARAFE registration expires. You can leave the PARAFE program at any time and your personal data will then be deleted.

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PARAFE explained on Paris airports website

What is a transit visa?

A transit visa is valid for a very short period. Depending on your nationality and destination country, you may need to have a transit visa to make a connection in a foreign airport or cross through a foreign country. In France, there are 2 types of transit visas:

• The airport transit visa: it allows a traveler to pass through the international zone of an airport, without entering the country's territory. Not all foreign travelers are subject to this regulation. Contact the embassy of your connection country for detailed information.
• The short stay visa: granted to a traveler who intends to go from a non-Schengen country to another non-Schengen country by crossing through the territory of France or any other Schengen member country. The visa may be valid for 1 or several crossings of a maximum duration of up to 5 days each.

Prior to departure, we recommend that you check the entry and travel regulations for your destination countries. If you do not respect these regulations, you will have to pay the fees or fines charged to Air France by the country authorities.