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The range of business destinations served by Transavia from Montpellier airport will soon be extended to Madrid. Air France's low-cost carrier announced on Tuesday that it will be linking Montpellier airport to Barajas from 30 October. Two flights a week are scheduled every Thursday and Sunday. "Transavia is confirming and consolidating its growth by adding...

Corsair is continuing to expand its network in Africa. The carrier already serves Abidjan with a daily flight. On 16 June, it also reopened its Paris Orly-Bamako route in Mali, with three weekly flights. This winter it is doing it again with the launch of three weekly flights to the capital of Benin, Cotonou. The carrier...

On 30 April, French bee inaugurated the Paris-Los Angeles route in an Airbus A350-900 at Orly, its new route to the United States after New York opened in July 2021, San Francisco in 2018 (with a possible extension of the trip to Papeete) and Punta Cana at its creation in 2016. Miami will open next December....

French bee celebrated 30 April. The low-cost carrier, a member of the privately-owned Dubreuil group, became the first French airline to operate non-stop scheduled flights between Paris-Orly and Los Angeles International Airport. "It's a development we would never have thought of a few years ago. It's...

Air France seems to be drawing a line under the two years of the pandemic. With almost 200 destinations served at the height of summer, Air France's offer will correspond to 90% of 2019 capacity. On the long-haul network, Air France's business will be driven by buoyant demand in North America, Africa, the Caribbean and...

Boosted by the strategic reorientation of its parent company Air France KLM, Transavia is continuing its ascent on the French market. The low-cost airline, which will be able to call on a fleet of 61 aircraft from April, is taking on a new dimension. This is illustrated by the symbolic step soon to be taken at Orly: Transavia is preparing to open a new...

It was made official on 21 February: Volotea will be linking Tarbes-Lourdes airport to Paris-Orly. The low-cost airline will start operations on 1 June. It will operate two daily flights in Airbus A319s with a capacity of 156 seats. This route is part of a public service delegation (DSP): a mission entrusted...

After long months of closure, Morocco has been accessible to business travellers again since 7 February. This reopening has been eagerly awaited, particularly by the French market, which is likely to see the Franco-Moroccan route register huge demand. Transavia intends to adjust its capacity accordingly. The airline is even increasing its offer by 40% per...

Since the reopening of the American borders in November 2021, Air France has been gradually strengthening its service to the United States, the airline's leading long-haul destination in terms of the number of seats offered. Air France currently serves 11 destinations in the United States (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Seattle, San Francisco and Washington D.C.). The offer between...

The Air France group is pursuing its strategy of expanding Transavia. On Tuesday, the airline announced that it had inherited three new business routes. Starting on 27 March, two domestic routes will be operated from Orly airport. Transavia will then connect Pau and Perpignan. The first destination will be...

So La Compagnie has finally turned to Libreville, banking on Gabon if it cannot fully exploit the potential of the Paris-Tel Aviv route. This route is certainly promising, but given the health and regulatory context, it does not offer enough short-term guarantees to the French carrier. "The opening of our...

It aims to be different from other airlines: green, eco-responsible, premium. Flying Green is an airline currently in the process of being set up, and is due to take to the skies in 2023, according to the business plan unveiled on 6 December. The carrier is basing its activity on the idea of combining economic performance, a minimal ecological footprint and high-level technical skills....

The slots released by Air France have had a positive effect on Vueling. Thanks to its 18 new daily frequencies, the IAG low-cost subsidiary will be opening 32 routes from Orly this November. This makes it the de facto second largest international carrier at the hub, just behind Transavia and ahead of...

Good news for business travellers who regularly fly between Paris and Clermont-Ferrand: from 2 November, Amelia will be resuming the schedule it introduced shortly before the crisis. The French carrier will be operating the same schedule, with two daily flights on weekdays and one on Sundays. The...

Vueling should be able to launch nine daily return flights from Orly after receiving all 18 slots released by Air France in exchange for the European Commission's green light for its recapitalisation. New routes should begin operating from November. Vueling is already the third largest airline operator at Paris Orly...

In a country where centralism remains a dogma, particularly in air transport, Corsair is going against the tide. The airline is launching a series of routes from Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Nantes to the French West Indies and the Indian Ocean. Lyon is benefiting most from this strategic move. After launching two...

The Air France group is resuming its expansion with the easing of sanitary conditions around the world. Starting with Transavia, which is continuing to beef up its short-haul network from Orly. Next winter, the carrier will be launching routes from the southern Paris airport to Berlin and Stockholm-Arlanda (three frequencies a week); Krakow (two frequencies a week) and Rome-Fiumicino...

Following in the footsteps of Air France, Delta, La Compagnie and United, French Bee will be arriving on the Paris-New York route this summer. The low-cost carrier will link Orly to Newark Liberty International airport in New York with three direct flights a week in July. From August, it will operate four direct flights a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays....

In the new process being trialled at Orly airport, the passenger's three recorded documents are then used to speed up all the formalities, from baggage drop-off to border crossing. At each stage of the process, a camera identifies the face and compares it with the stored data. Once recognised, the passenger's...

At a time when Parisian transport - and in particular services to Orly and Paris-CDG airports - does not always get a good press, RATP has chosen Orlyval to introduce a "world first in LCD": four intelligent windows have been installed on one of the shuttles since 26 January, with the other seven Orlyval trains due to be...