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North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. These are the three geographical areas which benefit most from the new summer routes at Marseille-Provence international airport. In North Africa, the first airline to inaugurate new routes is Air Arabia Maroc. The low-cost carrier now offers flights to Fez and Oujda. Marseille-Fès is served...

In an economic climate that is, to say the least, unfavourable to airlines, there is one company that is continuing to focus on expansion: Wizz Air. The Hungarian-born carrier falls into the category of ultra-low-cost carriers like Ryanair. But it is exploiting a niche positioning by essentially linking Central European cities. This strategy is certainly helping...

In turmoil since the end of 2018, low-cost carrier Norwegian Air has finalised its restructuring plan. The carrier wants to emerge from bankruptcy protection before the end of March. The carrier had entered bankruptcy in November 2020 under the Irish Protection Act. This...

Benjamin Smith sees Transavia as a key element in a strategy designed to improve the group's short-haul business. This ramp-up of the low-cost subsidiary is being tested first on the domestic French market. During his speech, Benjamin Smith explained that Transavia would enable the Air France-KLM group to turn around a deficit situation on routes...

Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI Europe, made a bitter assessment last week at the virtual congress of European airports. The overall figures, including data up to 15 November, show that passenger traffic at European airports fell by 81 %. A symbolic threshold was crossed on 15 November....

Faced with sluggish demand for air travel, which has been undermined by the coronavirus pandemic, the carrier Wizz Air is trying to reinvent itself. It has just signed a deal with CarTrawler, a B2B provider of car rental and mobility solutions, to build a platform that integrates flights and transfers for both departures and arrivals. CarTrawler already works with Emirates,...

Southwest Airlines seems to be taking advantage of the reduction in frequencies and destinations of the major traditional carriers at their hubs. Southwest is already present in all the major American cities, but on alternative hubs. It is the leading carrier in Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love Field, Houston-Hobby and New York-La Guardia. Southwest...

Ryanair will open a new base at Paris-Beauvais on 3 December. The ultra-low-cost carrier will base two aircraft there. The total cost of the investment is €175 million. Ryanair will use the opportunity to launch two new destinations, Paphos and Manchester. Both cities will be linked to Beauvais by two weekly frequencies....

It's a timid arrival for Vueling on French domestic routes, but it's a symbolic one. IAG's low-cost - or hybrid, depending on your sensibilities - subsidiary has just announced the launch of three domestic routes from Orly. Brest, Montpellier and Marseille will each have two flights a week, on Fridays and Sundays....

Air France is gaining momentum at Orly by resuming services to Nice as well as Biarritz and Montpellier. On the latter two routes, however, it will have to rely on the return of EasyJet. This August, EasyJet is launching a regular service between Paris airport and Biarritz and Montpellier. The decision...

After less than two years in business, the health crisis has had the better of a new airline, the young Level Europe. The European low-cost airline, part of the IAG group, had set up its base at Vienna airport - a very attractive location for low-cost airlines - before opening a new base in Amsterdam. Its operations had ceased...

What if Europe's post-containment skies were dominated by low-cost airlines? This is more than likely, according to the report "After Covid-19 - Air transport in Europe: time to decide" published recently by the Fondation pour l'innovation politique (Fondapol think tank)...

The British airline Flybe will go down in history as the first airborne victim of the coronavirus epidemic, with its disappearance at the beginning of March. Unfortunately, it will probably not be the only one. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), lobbies and other representatives of the industry are constantly reminding us that aviation is...

Rail operators are preparing their weapons for the opening up of the rail sector to competition. In Spain, Renfe will be adding a new low-cost brand to its catalogue. Avlo, as it is known, was presented on 11 December. It is due to enter service on 6 April 2020 on the Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona route, with the aim of attracting mainly young customers...

With four new routes, Bordeaux airport will benefit the most from the new programme announced by easyJet on Wednesday. The airline will soon be basing a fifth aircraft there, an Airbus A320, which will enable it to boost traffic at Bordeaux airport. In fact, easyJet is betting on an increase in the number of seats available, estimated at...

Volotea launched its first flight to Lyon in April 2018 and already serves Prague all year round, as well as Venice for the past few weeks. The niche regional airline also offers routes to Cagliari in Sardinia, Palma de Mallorca, Palermo, Split and Valencia in high season. The announcement to base an Airbus A319 at...

This will soon be a reality. A few days ago, Transavia France announced that it would be basing two Boeing 737s in Montpellier next spring. A judicious choice, since Montpellier is the last major French city not to be a base for a low-cost airline, while the airport is being...

It was certain that Aigle Azur's France-Algeria network would whet the appetites of the competition. Now it's done: at the beginning of the week, Transavia CEO Nathalie Stubler confirmed on various radio stations that the airline was interested in taking over a dozen routes operated by Aigle Azur. The low-cost carrier operates...

The €10 fee - initially €6 - which had applied since 2012 to all flights operated by easyJet was abolished on 1 October. According to the airline's management, "the administration fee has been abolished as part of an ongoing review of our costs and charges. This improves transparency...

Long-haul low-cost carrier XL Airways has suspended ticket sales from 19 September due to financial difficulties within the company. "For over a year, management has been negotiating with several buyers. These negotiations have been unsuccessful, and the company must now place itself under the protection of the Court...