March 31 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM will renew the mandate of its chief executive Ben Smith for an additional five years, the Franco-Dutch airline group said in a statement on Thursday.

The group added that Marjan Rintel would replace Pieter Elbers as CEO of its Dutch arm KLM from July 1. (Reporting by Sarah Morland; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)