We shared a waiting area with an Air France flight from Seattle to Paris last year- I was surprised at how many Arabic looking passengers boarded and that a few of their gate staff also appeared Arabic.
“I was surprised at how many Arabic looking passengers boarded”
Not really surprising...
Air France is the safest Airline of Choice for flights from N. and Central Africa, as well as Syria/Lebanon.
Large numbers of Arab ethnic folks isn’t unusual for Air France.
“We shared a waiting area with an Air France flight from Seattle to Paris last year- I was surprised at how many Arabic looking passengers boarded and that a few of their gate staff also appeared Arabic.”
Yes, France has a high population of Arabs, mostly Algerians. They have a huge Algerian community there, even though Algeria was once taken over by the french & Algeria went to war with them for its independence back in the 40’s, I think. If you recall, there were riots and burning of cars in France awhile back, and it was among that Algerian community in France where that was happening. I too flew Air France recently and had an Algerian flight attendant (Paris to Atlanta flight).