AF "suspending" routes from TLS - for winter only or for good?
Oct 15, 2014, 9:07 am
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AF "suspending" routes from TLS - for winter only or for good?
AF is "suspending" the following routes from TLS:
According to some sources this is only for the winter season, with Marrakech being the only non-domestic route kept for the winter season.
I wonder whether this reduction is only for the winter season or whether this is simply folding together the Bases de Province plans.
AF also reduces the number of flights between TLS and ORY by 2 to 25, but brings overall capacity on the Paris routes (ORY and CDG) up by deploying more A320 and A321.
- Berlin
- Hamburg
- Casablanca
- Venice
- Athens
- Malaga
- Seville
- Malta
- Naples
- Prague
According to some sources this is only for the winter season, with Marrakech being the only non-domestic route kept for the winter season.
I wonder whether this reduction is only for the winter season or whether this is simply folding together the Bases de Province plans.
AF also reduces the number of flights between TLS and ORY by 2 to 25, but brings overall capacity on the Paris routes (ORY and CDG) up by deploying more A320 and A321.
Oct 15, 2014, 9:22 am
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I believe that AF typically suspends 3 or 4 routes during the winter (Athenes, Berlin and Malaga are typically suspended), but ten is a strong signal. They had increased the number of leisure destinations but EZY is gaining at TLS (and NCE) and the "bases de province" was a failure to compete with them and other LCCs (sorry orbitmic).
I believe that AF typically suspends 3 or 4 routes during the winter (Athenes, Berlin and Malaga are typically suspended), but ten is a strong signal. They had increased the number of leisure destinations but EZY is gaining at TLS (and NCE) and the "bases de province" was a failure to compete with them and other LCCs (sorry orbitmic).
Oct 16, 2014, 8:50 am
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I believe that AF typically suspends 3 or 4 routes during the winter (Athenes, Berlin and Malaga are typically suspended), but ten is a strong signal. They had increased the number of leisure destinations but EZY is gaining at TLS (and NCE) and the "bases de province" was a failure to compete with them and other LCCs (sorry orbitmic).
I believe that AF typically suspends 3 or 4 routes during the winter (Athenes, Berlin and Malaga are typically suspended), but ten is a strong signal. They had increased the number of leisure destinations but EZY is gaining at TLS (and NCE) and the "bases de province" was a failure to compete with them and other LCCs (sorry orbitmic).
I am pretty sure these routes (not all of them, though) would have been working if operated by Transavia, maybe adding AF code shares to attract the few people travelling for Business purposes.
What has been done (operating them like regular AF flights, just without J/W service) is a failure, for sure.
Nov 22, 2014, 7:56 am
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I'm not sure about the other routes, but NAP already is a "sunny" seasonal one, so being suspended for the winter season looks pretty obvious to me.
It's been operated during winter a few (maybe a couple?) years ago, but the operational days were terrible for people working in the aerospace industry around TLS who wanted to come back home for the w/e.
Still, AF provincial bases has proven to be a not-so-good idea, let's put it in this way.
It's been operated during winter a few (maybe a couple?) years ago, but the operational days were terrible for people working in the aerospace industry around TLS who wanted to come back home for the w/e.
Still, AF provincial bases has proven to be a not-so-good idea, let's put it in this way.