French bee (IATA code BF) is a Paris ORY-based long-haul, low-cost airline that began operations in September 2016 as French Blue. It changed its name to French bee in January 2018. The carrier is owned by Groupe Dubreuil, which also owns Air Caraïbes. According to Planespotters.net, French bee’s widebody-only fleet consists of six aircraft: four […]
May 12, 2025 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Level is a long-haul LCC airline owned by IAG. It launched in 2017 because of Norwegian’s and other carriers’ long-haul growth, although Norwegian has since ended all such flying due to significant losses. According to Planespotters.net, Level has seven A330-200s. All are operated by Iberia with the IB IATA code, although Level was given its […]
March 3, 2025 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air France is the sixth-largest airline serving Europe, behind only Ryanair, easyJet, Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa and British Airways. While subject to fine-tuning, Cirium data shows that Air France’s capacity in the first half of 2025 is up by 5% year-on-year but down by 9% compared to the first half of 2019. Paris CDG capacity has […]
December 9, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Paris ORY is France’s second-busiest airport after CDG. It ended the year 2023 with about 32.3 million passengers, 1.4% above 2019. It was considerably above France’s top 15 airports (-7.2%) and CDG (-11.5%). However, traffic has not exceeded the record set in 2018. ORY’s growth was despite the loss of multiple airlines since 2019, such […]
April 4, 2024 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Vueling is Europe’s fourth largest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air. Part of IAG and with a pan-European network, Planespotters.net shows that it has 125 aircraft. There are six A319s, mainly for use from Florence, along with 22 A321ceos/neos and 97 A320ceos/neos. Peak summer capacity is up by just 2% year-on-year Analysis of Cirium […]
March 13, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Vueling is Europe’s fourth largest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air. Vueling has 11.7 million seats in July-September 2023 (Q3), and about 3.4% of the European short-haul market. According to Cirium data, the carrier’s capacity has fallen by 1.7% versus the same three months last year, despite opening a base at London LGW in […]
September 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The French part of Transavia (IATA code TO) has added a new route on 24 April from its main Paris ORY base to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Initially, flights will be weekly, increasing to 2-weekly (Wednesdays and Saturdays) from the beginning of June. The 3,430-kilometre route faces no direct competition. However, Air France offers […]
May 4, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Vueling launched a new route between Paris ORY and Cork on Friday 26 November. The 2-weekly service will operate every Monday and Friday on the 850-kilometre route using the airline’s A320s and A321s. Although there is no direct competition, Air France is scheduled to resume its service from Paris CDG to Cork in S22, operating […]
November 26, 2021 | Latest Route News +