In November 2022, Paris-Beauvais airport welcomed the low-cost carrier easyJet with fanfare and trumpets, with the launch of flights to Lisbon. A trial balloon transformed in 2023 with the launch of flights to Milan Malpensa and Nice.
Finally, the orange airline is throwing in the towel at the airport north of Paris. In the midst of a restructuring exercise (notably with the closure of its Toulouse base), easyJet has just announced that it will be discontinuing its three routes from Beauvais at the end of October.. The reason: the inability to make its flights on the hub profitable. These have also generated competition for its own routes from Orly and Roissy CDG.
However, easyJet's setbacks are a boon for Ryanair which has just announced special fares from Beauvais to Lisbon and Milan, routes on which the two airlines were competitors.
Leaving just as the airport's new owner arrives
This is bad news at a time when airport management to change hands this october with the arrival of a new operator, the Bouygues-Egis consortium.
Last June, the latter presented its investment project for the airport. Bouygues-Egis hopes to be able to handle up to 45,000 aircraft movements compared with 33,000 at present. This would generate annual traffic of 7.6 million passengers per year.
The new concessionaire plans to invest heavily in the platform. This would involve a capacity of over 8 million passengers with work lasting from 2026 à 2029.
This will result in junction building between terminals 1 and 2, more shops in the boarding area and more boarding lounges. A new taxiway for parked aircraft will also be built, while bus services will be extended to neighbouring towns such as Amiens and Rouen. Egis' ambition is to raise the quality of its services to the standards of major international airports.
