Air France (AF, Paris CDG) has retired its last B747-300 and ordered an additional A319-100LR. It has already given up its Bordeaux-Dublin and Nantes-London Gatwick routes and will drop its Paris CDG-Eindhoven route on December 23. Air France will also cease services between Paris Orly and Metz/Nancy on June 15, 2007 when the new high speed railway line linking Paris with the East of France will open. Air France, KLM (KL/Amsterdam) and China Southern Airlines (CZ/Guangzhou) are reportedly considering setting up cargo joint venture in China.