Transavia

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...

The rise of Transavia is now visible, as the carrier continues to strengthen its domestic and international network from its main bases. Nicolas Henin, Executive Vice President Commercial at Transavia, talks about the airline's prospects in an exclusive interview. Following the restructuring of Air France's domestic network, where do we stand today in terms of...

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...

Transavia, Air France's low-cost subsidiary, will be starting its first domestic routes from Orly and Nantes this autumn. On 2 November, Air France's low-cost subsidiary Transavia will take over the Paris Orly-Biarritz route, offering up to three daily frequencies. It will also be taking over four routes from Nantes-Atlantique, offering thirty weekly frequencies....

It was an election with the flavour of a plebiscite. With a turnout of 82.63% and 90.37% in favour, the SNPL, the majority union of Air France pilots, finally validated on 12 August the plan to reorganise the domestic network proposed by the management of the Air France-KLM group, after months of negotiations....

The Air France group's restructuring plan today confirms the closure of some of its domestic routes, in order to meet the target of reducing capacity on the French domestic network by 40% by the end of 2021. This was one of the conditions laid down by the French government for financial support totalling seven billion euros, of which...

A strike by Transavia cabin crew will affect the low-cost airline's traffic until Sunday. However, disruption is expected to be limited, with management planning to operate 95% of its schedule on Friday. Nevertheless, this strike action is a wake-up call for the group...

The big manoeuvres have clearly begun within the new management of the Air France KLM group. Nearly a year after the appointment of Benjamin Smith as the group's new CEO, the reorganisation is beginning to deliver its first tangible results. In the space of 24 hours, the acquisition of 60 new Airbus aircraft...

Nantes airport continues to grow in popularity, particularly for Transavia, which is opening more and more routes. Almost ten years after the inauguration of its Nantes base, the carrier will soon be serving 29 destinations in 14 countries. Next autumn, Transavia will be inaugurating two new routes, to business destinations in...

It's around midday in Seattle, and the mood is festive on the tarmac of the Boeing delivery centre. Teams from Transavia France and the American aircraft manufacturer have just cut the red ribbon. Behind Nathalie Stubler and her teams, pilots and crew members, the real star is VJ -...

What does the acquisition of this new aircraft, celebrated by Transavia France at the end of March, represent? Nathalie Stubler - Picking up a new aircraft is always a unique event. This is Transavia France's 32nd Boeing. With the arrival of another aircraft in the spring, this will mean growth of 18% in...

Could chatbots be a women's business? In the airline industry, the pioneers - the pioneers, in this case - are in any case christened with female first names: after Mildred, launched by Lufthansa last December, then Eva, its equivalent at Vueling, Transavia is launching its own chatbot, this time answering to the first name Laura....

Transavia is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Well, Transavia in its current form, as the company was founded in the Netherlands in 1965. On the occasion of this anniversary, Franck Terner, CEO of Air France, hailed its "exceptional" track record, with Transavia rounding out the Air France-KLM group's offering in the low-cost segment...

Transavia officially announced on Tuesday 13 February that it will be closing its Munich base from next winter. Munich was the first European base outside France and the Netherlands - its two home markets - for the low-cost airline, which announced in 2015 that it wanted to conquer Europe like Easyjet...