Low-cost airline Transavia France, which is part of Air France-KLM, is to significantly expand its network during the current autumn and winter season with the launch of twenty new routes. It also announced that it will increase the size of its fleet with the addition of ten new aircraft by summer of 2023.
According to the company, it plans to have 71 aircraft in operation by the middle of next year, ten more than are currently available.
Transavia France’s fleet consists entirely of Boeing 737-800 aircraft. However, in December 2021 Air France-KLM announced an order to Airbus for one hundred A320neo family aircraft (and an option for an additional sixty) for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Transavia and Transavia France.
Deliveries are scheduled to begin next summer. «The aim is to renew the KLM and Transavia fleets, as well as to renew and grow the Transavia France fleet», the parent company said at the time.
Twenty new routes for the autumn and winter season
Transavia France will inaugurate twenty new routes during the autumn and winter season. Its offer in North Africa and the Mediterranean will be particularly enriched.
From Paris-Orly (ORY)
- Luxor (LXR): one weekly service (Saturdays). Starts on 1 October.
- Béjaïa (BJA): one daily service. Starts on 1 October.
- Copenhagen (CPH): four weekly frequencies (Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays). Starts on 21 October.
- Istanbul (IST): four weekly frequencies (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). Starts on 30 October.
- Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH): one weekly frequency (Saturdays). Starts on 5 November.
- Luleå (LLA): one weekly frequency (Fridays). Starts on 16 December.
Frequencies to and from Sétif (QSF) will be increased up to four weekly services.
In addition, the airline will offer flights from Paris-Orly to Antalya (AYT) and Izmir (ADB) as of 22 April 2023, as part of the programme to expand connections between France and Turkey.
From Lyon-Saint Exupéry (LYS)
- Istanbul (IST): two weekly frequencies (Thursdays and Sundays). Starts on 30 October.
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (LPA): one weekly service (Sundays). Starts on 30 October.
- Béjaïa (BJA): two weekly frequencies (Tuesdays and Fridays). Starts on 1 November.
- Dakar (DSS): one weekly service (Saturdays). Starts on 5 November.
- Hurghada (HRG): one weekly service (Saturdays). Starts on 5 November.
- Tenerife Sur (TFS): one weekly service (Saturdays). Starts on 5 November.
In addition, frequencies to and from Constantine (CZL) will be increased up to two weekly services, which will be available on Mondays and Thursdays.
From Nantes-Atlantique (NTE)
- Oran (ORN): two weekly frequencies (Tuesdays and Fridays). Starts on 12 October.
From Montpellier-Méditerrané (MPL)
- Madrid (MAD): two weekly frequencies (Thursdays and Sundays). Starts on 30 October.
From Marseille-Provence (MRS)
- Marrakech (RAK): two weekly frequencies (Wednesdays and Saturdays). Starts on 2 November.
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