Clarke Case Study & Project Proposal for Air France

Client Overview

Company: Air France (part of Air France–KLM Group)

Industry: Global Commercial Aviation

Headquarters: Tremblay-en-France, Île-de-France

Key Stakeholders:

– VP of Cybersecurity & Risk Management

– Chief Data Officer

– Head of Aircraft Systems & Engineering

– CIO – Air France Digital Transformation

– GDPR & Compliance Lead (EU + EASA)

Key Security Challenges Identified

• Mixed fleet architecture (Airbus, Boeing, Embraer) with varying degrees of telemetry encryption and data exposure across aircraft generations.

• Stringent GDPR, EASA, and national privacy rules governing passenger, crew, and operational data — requiring unified compliance and auditability.

• Real-time transmission of flight ops and engine data to multiple cloud and analytics vendors — increasing the risk of cross-border data mishandling.

• Extensive digital services (booking, check-in, in-flight WiFi, SkyTeam integration) rely on APIs and shared platforms that must be encrypted end-to-end.

• Third-party and alliance partner data must meet both French and EU-level encryption and data localisation standards.

Next Steps

We propose a cybersecurity and compliance architecture session with:

• Air France Digital, Aircraft Engineering, and CISO teams

• CNIL compliance representatives or external legal counsel

• SkyTeam alliance data liaisons, if required

Submitted by:

Sarv Singh

Founder & CEO – Clarke Technologies Private Limited