Air France has announced it will cease flying to and from Paris-Orly airport – both domestically and internationally – due to a drop in demand, particularly from business travellers.
Air France’s domestic passenger numbers to/from Orly have fallen by between 40% and 60% since 2019.
It has blamed a rise in videoconferencing (leading to a drop in domestic business travel) and a growing shift towards domestic rail usage for the decline.
Air France will, now, fly all of its Paris-focused domestic and international flights through Paris-Charles de Gaulle, leaving Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia as the Air France-KLM group’s only representation at Paris-Orly.
Air France will slowly phase out its eponymous brand’s operations at Orly, before fully exiting by 2026. Over the next two and a half years, it will also increase domestic services from Charles de Gaulle.
