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EasyJet is expanding its range of services from four French airports, with a number of routes that should be of interest to business customers - provided they can adapt to limited flight frequencies. For example, the airline will be linking Grenoble to Manchester from 10 December. However, only one weekly service will be operated, on Sundays... EasyJet outlines...

As the French market prepares for the warmer weather, Transavia is looking ahead to the winter season. Air France's low-cost subsidiary announced a number of new services on Wednesday. And business travellers will benefit from a reinforced offer on the France-Senegal route. From 31 October, Transavia will be operating on the Bordeaux-Dakar route. Two new...

Between two strikes over pensions in France, here's another strike looming for mid-spring. This time it involves the low-cost carrier Vueling, a subsidiary of the IAG group (British Airways/Iberia). The union representing flight crews based in France has called a strike for at least three days...

Since 26 March, Norse Atlantic has officially been a new option for business travellers on the Paris-New York route. Despite a turbulent social climate, with repeated strikes in France, the UK and Germany, Norse Atlantic has officially celebrated its first flight between Paris-CDG and JFK....

The countdown is on for Norse Atlantic's arrival on the French market. At the end of the month, on 26 March to be exact, the new low-cost airline will land at Paris-CDG airport. It will operate a daily service to New York JFK. But it is on the other side of the Channel that Norse...

The partnership signed with the German low-cost carrier Eurowings gives Volotea its first presence in Germany. Until now, the airline has only operated scheduled charters on behalf of Airbus between Toulouse and Hamburg. Volotea will be offering eight new routes from Germany to France and Italy, where it operates bases. The...

After London, Oslo and Berlin, and now Paris, Norse Atlantic's European network is taking shape week by week. And it's adding more business destinations in the process. The latest announcement, Rome Fiumicino airport, was made official by the low-cost carrier on 24 January. Norse Atlantic Airways arrives at Paris-CDG, Delta leaves for Nice...

On Thursday 15 December, Transavia France announced the reinforcement of its 2023 summer schedule. The low-cost subsidiary of the Air France group will be launching 7 new international routes. From its Paris-Orly base, the airline is offering flights to four new destinations for the first time. Paphos (Cyprus) will benefit from one flight a week...

On 7 December, easyJet announced a number of flights about to be launched from French airports. While some of the routes were already known - the airline had already announced its Nice-Copenhagen route last October - it had a few surprises in store for French travellers. Starting with two domestic routes which will be offered in...

After London, Berlin and its Oslo base, Paris will soon become the fourth destination linked to New York by Norse Atlantic. The young low-cost airline has just made it official on Wednesday that tickets will go on sale, and has specified that it will take off from Paris-CDG. The first Paris-New York flight will therefore take place on 26 March 2023, a little...

Beauvais Tillé considers itself to be the "third Paris airport", despite its rather considerable distance - the hub is 77km from Paris itself. With no dedicated rail transport, the airport is accessible by shuttle bus from Porte Maillot. The journey generally takes 1 hour 15 minutes or more. So what are the advantages of...

Between 30 October and 5 November, Transavia France is launching 13 new international routes from its Paris-Orly, Lyon and Montpellier bases, as well as from Nice and Marseille airports. Lyon has the highest number of new routes, with six, followed by Marseille with three. Paris-Copenhagen this winter with Transavia...

This is not necessarily the customer segment with which we instinctively associate Norwegian. And yet... On Wednesday, the low-cost airline announced "solid" results for the third quarter, and noted the "return of business travellers". "Business travel picked up again after the summer, and travellers in this segment have returned to...

Ryanair's Toulouse-based fleet will be reduced to two aircraft this winter. The company says that this represents an investment of more than 200 million dollars. It will support 60 high-paying direct aviation jobs and more than 970 indirect local jobs. The 2022 winter programme of...

On the international front, SNCF opened a second route on Friday for its low-cost subsidiary Ouigo Spain between Madrid and Valencia, a year and a half after the route between the Spanish capital and Barcelona (via Zaragoza and Tarragona) was used by three million passengers. The new service is operated by double-decker Euroduplex TGVs...

EasyJet will be stepping on the toes of its rival Ryanair this winter. The low-cost carrier will be landing at Beauvais, a stronghold of the Irish airline. easyJet's arrival will be a gentle one. It will be offering three flights a week to Lisbon from 1 November from this airport, positioned as the "ultra low-cost hub of Paris". The privatisation...

Admittedly, the programme announced by Transavia to Dakar and Istanbul is still too timid for most business travellers. And the low-cost airline makes no secret of the fact that it is targeting "passengers who want to meet up with family and friends and get away to the sun in winter". But the announcement of these two...

On 30 October, a new business route will be added to easyJet's Paris catalogue. The airline will link Paris-CDG airport to Liverpool. The daily frequency is expected to attract business customers. The flight programme will run until 23 March. At the same time, easyJet is also planning to...

A point-to-point airline with a simplified service offering, Eurowings is beginning to recover some of its business traffic. The carrier says it is sensing an increase in premium demand. It is therefore responding with 30% of additional frequencies from September. "We can see very clearly that after the end of the summer holidays, demand for...

The restrictions on passenger numbers - and therefore flights - continue at Heathrow airport. On 15 August, London's busiest airport informed airlines that it would have to extend its capacity ceiling until the end of October. Since June, the airport has been limiting the maximum number of passengers to 100,000. This...