Air France to Stop Operating Flights From Paris-Orly

The drop in domestic business travel and the growing shift toward rail are leading to a structural fall in demand on Air France's domestic point-to-point network.

Between 2019 and 2023, traffic on domestic routes out of Paris-Orly fell by 40%, and even by 60% for day return trips. In light of this situation, Air France will stop operating to and from Paris-Orly by summer 2026.

Following this development, connections to and from Paris would be operated according to the following principles: 

• Air France would operate all its domestic and international flights from its Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub. The only exception, as per Public Service Order (PSO) guidelines: Air France would continue to operate service from/to Corsica out of Paris-Orly. As such, Air France would honour its commitments. Air France submitted a joint bid with Air Corsica for the renewal of this PSO from 2024, thereby demonstrating its commitment to a sustained service to Corsica. 

• Transavia would become the Air France Group’s reference operator from Paris-Orly. Transavia would stay the course of its development, namely thanks to its growing fleet of new Airbus A320neo family aircraft.

Between now and 2026, Air France would continue serving Toulouse, Marseille and Nice, as well as the French Overseas departments from Paris-Orly.