A whole symbol. The takeoff this Friday morning of a Transavia Boeing 737 not only marked the restart of Orly airport after three months of stoppage, but also symbolized the start of a new era for the airport in the south of Ile-de-France in which Air France’s low-cost subsidiary will become the main player on the platform at the expense of the Air France brand, number 1 in Orly since the acquisition of Air Inter in the early 1990s, whose activity will be reduced like skin of sorrow.
A structural change symbolized by the absence in July and August of almost all Air France flights (operated either on its own or by its regional subsidiary HOP), with the exception of a few public service obligation flights (OSP) to Corsica in particular.
Resumption of La Navette in September
Air France will not resume its activity until September with the resumption of La Navette flights, a service running between Orly and a few large regional cities. But beyond the impact of the Covid-19, it is the restructuring of the Air France domestic network, the main principles of which have been discussed for …
