Introduction France has been faced with threatening trends in her air travel industry in the recent past. Although declining economic and leisure demands for air travel are evident across the world due to various economic, political, and social factors, France seems to have experienced its fare share of this occurrence. The situation has even worsened following the decline of leisure and business demands that are dependent of air travel (Flottau & Buyck 2013, p. 33). In fact, it is projected that, within the next few months, there will be cancellation of flight bookings or complete cancellation of travel by clients. This outcome is likely to worsen the situation in the air travel industry in France. Annulment of flights will mean increase in losses that the air travel industry is already experiencing. This termination by both domestic and international travellers will translate to a decline in economic returns in France. The economy of France is therefore in the verge of losing a large share of its income. With these threats ahead, there is a need to safeguard the economic position of the French airline. Both financial and operational efforts must be put in place before the situation grows worse. Strategies to regulate flight fleets, routes, and resources required for the airline should be devised. This paper provides a rescue plan based on the witnessed operational and financial issues of flight fleets, routes, and resources in an effort to offer recommendations on survival measures. Operational Predisposition Operations in the aircraft industry demand a highly skilled workforce and high technology. There is a need for coordinated operations in the airport from the entrance, through the waiting bay to the control towers and the human resource offices. Proper operations management ensures that there is efficiency, security at the airport, security in the air, and that customers’ demands are satisfied prior to, during, and after the journey. Efficiency Demands In order to achieve efficiency and effectiveness, Air France must put in place mechanisms to ensure that the time spent carrying out a certain duty is worth the amount of work done. Knibb (2012, p. 28) observes that delays in airports continue to increase thus reducing the number of airplanes that can take off in a certain airport in a given period. There have been increased demands for efficiency in the French airports. According Cabon et al. (2012, p. 44), due to the increased security risks and threats of terror attacks by terrorism groups such as the Al-Qaida and Taliban, airlines in France have increased the number of security checks. The airlines have also installed scanners for languages and individual cargos. Scanning and scrutinising these items may take a longer duration than the previous inspection methods. According to Barros, Bin Liang, and Peypoch (2013, p. 668), inefficiency of the operation takes a lot of time. In some cases, it has resulted in flight delays. Travellers have therefore been complaining about delayed arrival and departure from various airports in France. Therefore, there are fresh demands for increased efficiency in France airports. Passengers are demanding i