Orly back in service

On Friday morning, Transavia operated the first flight out of Orly since the closure of the Paris airport on 31 March, marking the end of an unprecedented period of paralysis for Orly.
Transavia
Transavia operated its first flight from Orly on Friday morning after three months of paralysis.

Transavia had the honour of reopening the ball at Orly. 13 years after its very first flight - to Porto13 weeks after the closure of the Paris airport, the French airline took off for the Portuguese airport, and relaunched the machine to the south of Paris. For the occasion, as for the inauguration of a new route, the Boeing 737 was given a "water salute", a sign of the importance of this flight for the Paris hub. " The reopening of Orly is a symbol of the return of leisure activities and family and friends get-togethers, but also of a resumption of economic activity for an entire region.underlines Nathalie StublerCEO of Transavia. To celebrate this renewal, we decided to operate the first flight from Orly on our historic first Paris-Porto route. Today, we are proud to be the airline offering half of the destinations departing from Paris-Orly. "she continues.

Augustin de Romanet ADP
The management of Aéroport de Paris was relieved to see the resumption of activity at Orly airport.

These destinations are logically sunny, as the low-cost carrier is primarily targeting leisure customers. Nevertheless, of the fifty or so airports that the carrier will be serving this summer - i.e. 80% of its 'normal' schedule - also include top business destinations. Transavia flights from Orly to MadridAmsterdam and Algiers should also help to attract business customers.